234.23 sec. 1 - Criminal Law and Justice Colloquium (Fall 2026)
Instructor: Chesa Boudin (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
Instructor: Ryan Sakoda (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
Instructor: Jeffrey Selbin (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 1
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meetings:
Th 10:55 AM - 12:45 PM
Location: Law 141
On 2026-08-20
Th 10:55 AM - 12:45 PM
Location: Law 141
On 2026-09-03
Th 10:55 AM - 12:45 PM
Location: Law 141
On 2026-09-17
Th 10:55 AM - 12:45 PM
Location: Law 141
On 2026-10-01
Th 10:55 AM - 12:45 PM
Location: Law 141
On 2026-10-15
Th 10:55 AM - 12:45 PM
Location: Law 141
On 2026-10-29
Th 10:55 AM - 12:45 PM
Location: Law 141
On 2026-11-12
Course End: November 12, 2026
Class Number: 33339
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 24
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 30
As of: 08/06 09:25 AM
Criminal law has undergone major shifts in the last decade in response to the harmful causes and effects of mass criminalization, including racially and economically discriminatory policing, selective prosecution, and immiserating prison conditions. Renewed calls for police and prison abolition, the rise of “progressive prosecutors,” and a decade of policy reforms occurred in the face of judicial retrenchment on key legal doctrines and more recent pushback by state and federal lawmakers. The best scholarship in criminal law and justice can help us to make meaning of new developments in theory, policy, and practice and to consider new paths forward.
This workshop will engage students with recent and forthcoming research from leading scholars in criminal law and justice at the intersection of artificial intelligence (broadly defined) and the criminal legal system. Class sessions will feature an invited speaker who will present their work and take student questions and comments. We will grapple with rapidly evolving uses of AI in the criminal legal system, including in surveillance, policing, prosecution, trials, sentencing, post-conviction, and prisons, especially the extent to which AI:
• informs alternatives to or entrenches the current criminal legal system;
• mitigates or amplifies human bias and discrimination in decision-making; and
• advances or undermines justice and safety for individuals and communities.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
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Requirements Satisfaction:
Units from this class count towards the J.D. Race and Law Requirement. |
Exam Notes: (None) Series of papers or assignments throughout the semester
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Criminal Law
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
AI Law and Regulation
Public Law and Policy
Race and Law
Social Justice and Public Interest
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