New Class Offerings
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The Law School's Problem Solving Initiative classes are open to all U-M graduate and professional students.
PSI classes give students the opportunity to
- lend their expertise and skills to a multidisciplinary team
- develop creative problem solving tools
- learn human-centered design thinking skills
- conduct research on, and engage in, advancing solutions to real-world challenges
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LGBTQ+ Communities and Human Trafficking
Narratives around combatting human trafficking are narrowly construed, with white cisgender girls typically portrayed as the victims of heteronormative sex trafficking. Such narratives, and interventions meant to aid trafficking victims, overlook LGBTQ+ communities and fail to address their needs. In this class, students will work with stakeholders and incorporate insights from law, social work, public policy, health sciences, and other fields to identify interventions designed to help LGBTQ+ trafficking victims.
Instructors: Bridgette Carr (Law), Katie Doyle (Social Work)
Credits: 3.0
Meeting Time: Wednesdays 3:15-6:30 PM
Location: Law School |
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Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect
In Michigan, many children are subject to formal child abuse and neglect investigations, and those children are at high risk of subsequent maltreatment, poor school performance, foster care placement, and other adverse life outcomes. Multidisciplinary teams of students will develop tools to identify at-risk children, mitigate risks of maltreatment and removal from the home, and engage with at-risk families. Students will incorporate evidence and ideas from education, law, health sciences, public policy, social work, information, and other fields to develop innovative solutions.
Instructors: Vivek Sankaran (Law), Christina Weiland (Education)
Credits: 3.0
Meeting Time: Wednesdays 3:15-6:30 PM
Location: Law School |
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Reducing Toxic Airborne Emissions in Michigan
Some states, including California and Minnesota, reduce toxic airborne emissions and promote better health outcomes for residents by measuring the cumulative impact of hazardous air pollutants. In this class, students will determine why Michigan has failed to adopt such a cumulative impact approach. Students will incorporate ideas from environmental studies, law, health sciences, design, social work, and other fields to advance a solution that accounts for multiple, geographically-concentrated pollution sources and promotes environmental justice for all Michigan residents.
Instructors: Allyn Kantor (Law), Paul Mohai (SEAS)
Credits: 3.0
Meeting Time: Wednesdays 3:15-6:30 PM
Location: Law School |
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| Repairing the Unemployment Insurance Safety Net
The U.S.' unemployment insurance (UI) system faces challenges, including outdated eligibility requirements, fallout from the financial crisis, and insufficient funding. Students will study state UI system vulnerabilities and explore novel federal public policy and financing strategies to develop a plan to improve and modernize the UI safety net, drawing on insights from law, public policy, business, social work, economics, and other relevant fields.
Instructors: Steve Gray (Law)
Credits: 3.0
Meeting Time: Wednesdays 3:15-6:30 PM
Location: Law School |
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Register for PSI classes here between March 18-April 1.
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