Law and Public Policy – LPP Pathway

Course Number: CXL-370 /
Category: History and Social Science, Pathways /
Credits: 1 /
Recommended Grades: 11,12 /
Level: College Prep /
Length: Semester /
Description: This course that helps students understand how and why governments and laws are formed, enacted, interpreted, and changed. Students explore diverse areas of law, including criminal law, civil law, constitutional and civil rights, and international law. Throughout the year, students learn about the range of careers in the legal system. This is an interdisciplinary class that must be taken with the other Law & Public Policy core classes: Forensic Science and English for the Law & Public Policy Pathway. (For more information on the Pathways, see Page 37) Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Law & Public Policy Pathway.