Law has long been one way of ordering and understanding the world. Students who major or minor in Socio-Legal Studies—an interdisciplinary program within the Division of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences—focus on fascinating questions that strike at the heart of modern society:

• How does law operate in people's everyday lives?
• How do social institutions shape law? How are social institutions shaped by law?
• How does law empower and constrain individuals, groups, organizations, and communities?

Students in the interdisciplinary Socio-Legal Studies program can choose from a variety of classes offered by DU's sociology, political science, philosophy, environmental science, and media, film, and journalism studies departments.

See information for majors, information for minors, a list of our upcoming classes and learn about the faculty from various departments who contribute to the Socio-Legal Studies program.