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Policy Practicum: San Francisco Human Rights Commission Reparations Project

Past Offerings

Policy Practicum: San Francisco Human Rights Commission Reparations Project (808O): Client: San Francisco Human Rights Commission Reparations Committee (SFHRCRC), https://sf-hrc.org/. The HRCRC has been tasked by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to propose policies to repair enduring historical harms to San Francisco's Black community. HRCRC invited the Stanford Law Gould Center for Conflict Resolution to develop a Policy Lab practicum to assist with a Report on the History of Black Disenfranchisement in San Francisco (Report). The Report drafted by the Spring 2022 Policy Lab studied the key housing policies and laws that resulted in relevant racial disparities in housing, education, health, and intergenerational wealth. The Lab will continue in the Autumn 2022 term to complete the Report and expand the scope of research through design of a Community-Led Oral History to Capture Perspectives from Past to Present. The oral history will capture the lived experiences of San Francisco's Black community. This goes beyond what may already be in the historical literature and extends to oral narratives from those who lived through important chapters in San Francisco's history. Their perspective is especially important in connecting the past with the recent present harms and providing a roadmap to achieving the HRCRC's goal of systemic change (not just policy change). The project invites applications (both graduate and undergraduate) from the Law School, the Stanford Center for Racial Justice, CCSRE, Sociology, Human Rights, the Documentary Program in the Department of Art, the dSchool, and SPARQ. After the term begins, students accepted into the course can transfer, with consent of the instructor, from section 01 (MP/R/F) into section 02 (H/P/R/F), which meets the R requirement. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must complete and submit a Consent Application Form available at https://law.stanford.edu/education/courses/consent-of-instructor-forms/. See Consent Application Form for instructions and submission deadline..

Sections

Policy Practicum: San Francisco Human Rights Commission Reparations Project | LAW 808O Section 01 Class #30588

  • 2 4 Units
  • Grading: Law Mandatory P/R/F
  • 2022-2023 Autumn
    Schedule No Longer Available
  • Enrollment Limitations: Consent
  • Learning Outcomes Addressed:
    • LO2 - Legal Analysis and Reasoning
    • LO3 - Ability to Conduct Legal Research
    • LO4 - Ability to Communicate Effectively in Writing
    • LO5 - Ability to Communicate Orally
    • LO7 - Professional Skills

  • 2022-2023 Autumn
    Schedule No Longer Available

Policy Practicum: San Francisco Human Rights Commission Reparations Project | LAW 808O Section 02 Class #30589

  • 2 4 Units
  • Grading: Law Honors/Pass/Restrd Cr/Fail
  • 2022-2023 Autumn
    Schedule No Longer Available
  • Enrollment Limitations: Consent
  • Graduation Requirements:
    • R -Research Requirement for Law Degree
  • Learning Outcomes Addressed:
    • LO2 - Legal Analysis and Reasoning
    • LO3 - Ability to Conduct Legal Research
    • LO4 - Ability to Communicate Effectively in Writing
    • LO5 - Ability to Communicate Orally
    • LO7 - Professional Skills

  • 2022-2023 Autumn
    Schedule No Longer Available

Policy Practicum: San Francisco Human Rights Commission Reparations Project (808O): Client: San Francisco Human Rights Commission Reparations Committee, https://sf-hrc.org/. The San Francisco Human Rights Commission Reparations Committee (HRCRC) has been tasked by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to propose policies to repair enduring historical harms to San Francisco's Black community. HRCRC has asked the Stanford Law Gould Center for Conflict Resolution to develop a Policy Lab practicum to assist with: I. A Report on the History of Black Disenfranchisement in San Francisco (Report). The Report will study the key policies and laws that resulted in relevant racial disparities and their wider historical and social context, and hew to the priorities of the HRCRC. At the outset, the Stanford team will conduct interviews of the HRCRC committee members, staff, and relevant stakeholders in order to better assess then goals of the report and the scope of research. II. Student Support to HRCRC Subcommittees. The HRCRC is also comprised of four subcommittees: economic empowerment, education, health, and policy. These committees are actively researching the issues within their ambit and devising potential policy recommendations. Practicum students will be assigned to a subcommittee with the responsibility to attend each subcommittee meeting, record minutes of these meetings, and otherwise support subcommittee leadership and staff as agreed upon with Stanford faculty. These students will additionally serve as an important conduit to the Stanford team, ensuring that its own research efforts are tailored to the needs at the subcommittee level. Depending on student interest and capacity, the practicum may also develop: III. A Design for a Community-Led Oral History to Capture Perspectives from Past to Present. The oral history will capture the lived experiences of San Francisco's Black community. This goes beyond what may already be in the historical literature and extends to oral narratives from those who lived through important chapters in San Francisco's history. These will include elders whose personal stories reach back through much of the last century and include significant events that followed World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, Prop 13 etc., as well as significant current events. Their perspective is especially important in connecting the past with the recent present and providing a roadmap to achieving the HRCRC's goal of narrative change (not just policy change). The project invites applications (both graduate and undergraduate) from the Law School, the Stanford Center for Racial Justice, CCSRE, Sociology, Human Rights, the Documentary Program in the Department of Art, the dSchool, and SPARQ. After the term begins, students accepted into the course can transfer, with consent of the instructor, from section 01 (MP/R/F) into section 02 (H/P/R/F), which meets the R requirement. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must complete and submit a Consent Application Form available at https://law.stanford.edu/education/courses/consent-of-instructor-forms/. See Consent Application Form for instructions and submission deadline.

Sections

Policy Practicum: San Francisco Human Rights Commission Reparations Project | LAW 808O Section 01 Class #34534

  • 2 Units
  • Grading: Law Mandatory P/R/F
  • 2021-2022 Spring
    Schedule No Longer Available
  • Enrollment Limitations: Consent
  • Learning Outcomes Addressed:
    • LO2 - Legal Analysis and Reasoning
    • LO3 - Ability to Conduct Legal Research
    • LO4 - Ability to Communicate Effectively in Writing
    • LO5 - Ability to Communicate Orally
    • LO7 - Professional Skills

  • 2021-2022 Spring
    Schedule No Longer Available

Policy Practicum: San Francisco Human Rights Commission Reparations Project | LAW 808O Section 02 Class #34535

  • 2 Units
  • Grading: Law Honors/Pass/Restrd Cr/Fail
  • 2021-2022 Spring
    Schedule No Longer Available
  • Enrollment Limitations: Consent
  • Graduation Requirements:
    • R -Research Requirement for Law Degree
  • Learning Outcomes Addressed:
    • LO2 - Legal Analysis and Reasoning
    • LO3 - Ability to Conduct Legal Research
    • LO4 - Ability to Communicate Effectively in Writing
    • LO5 - Ability to Communicate Orally
    • LO7 - Professional Skills

  • 2021-2022 Spring
    Schedule No Longer Available
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