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  • Who You study

    Attorneys played an array of roles in the wartime removal and imprisonment of Japanese Americans, ranging from callous to sympathetic. Examining their work and their motivations, you’ll develop a deeper understanding of the power lawyers wield and the scope of their discretion to work towards, or away from, the good.

  • What you study

    The goal of the seminar is to foster reflection, so you’ll engage with materials that differ from what you’d find in a law school classroom: films, short stories, historical fiction, museum exhibits, oral histories, and more.

  • How you study

    Forget about lectures. You’ll be in active conversation during the seminar—with each other, with your professor, with the staff of the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, with former prisoners and their descendants. Around seminar tables and meal tables, on walks and on tours, in formal sessions and casual conversations, you’ll find a cohort of bright and diverse colleagues eager to engage.

“This seminar has influenced my understanding of the idea of a lawyer's professional identity tremendously. The inclination of lawyers to think there are two choices, and no way else around the problem, is something that I find myself falling into. This course has taught me that there is almost always a third, or even a fourth of fifth option.”

“I will think of Heart Mountain whenever I am faced with an ethical dilemma in my career.”

“I have realized how I can slip into over-analytical thinking in a way that divorces me from my emotions and sometimes my moral compass, so this trip has helped remind me to bring myself and my values and identity to the job, rather than strictly separating work from myself.”

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