Law & Education: Legal Perspectives on Education

This course prepares students to: 1) identify legal issues occurring in public PK-12 schools so that you can formulate, articulate, and defend alternative solutions; 2) describe and analyze key principles of school/district policy as well as federal and state law and apply them to real life scenarios; 3) increase awareness about the importance of legal literacy for administrators, educators, policymakers, and others; 4) access primary sources of law (i.e., federal and state statutes, regulations, and case law) needed to analyze and solve legal dilemmas and to stay abreast of evolving law; 5) collaborate with others to solve complex legal and ethical dilemmas; 6) communicate persuasively in oral and written form to advocate for themselves, colleagues, students, school, and district; and 7) analyze diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, and ethical issues involving but not limited to: socio-economic status, race, ethnicity, national origin, language proficiency, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex. This is a School of Education course (EDUC-A608) which will be taught entirely online. Students are responsible for ascertaining applicable rules of relevant jurisdictions for bar exams/admission. Some jurisdictions limit the number of online hours. This course qualifies as one of the School of Education cross-listed courses that is required for the J.D. Minor in Education Policy (see https://law.indiana.edu/academics/jd-degrees/joint-degrees/outside.html). Please contact the Student Affairs office if you plan to pursue the Minor in Education Policy and Dr. Janet Decker (deckerjr@indiana.edu) for further information about the course or the Education Policy minor.

Note: This course meets according to the School of Ed regulations and calendar.