Provost’s Leadership Retreat 2019 Breakout Questions
Theme: How Might We Realize the Potential of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies in the Urban Setting of Chicago
Question #1
Given what you know about UIC and UIC-JMLS, do we have the potential to address any of the
following problems through interdisciplinary legal approaches to teaching, research, and service,
and if so, how?
- Public school achievement gap
- Housing segregation
- Overcrowding in jails
- Police misconduct
- Gun violence
- Inequities in transportation, infrastructure, etc.
- Health disparities
- Unemployment among young men
Question #2
What role does law play in the current configuration of the following problems and what nonlegal
knowledge would be critical to assessing the role that law and/or other forces are playing?
- Public school achievement gap
- Housing segregation
- Overcrowding in jails
- Police misconduct
- Gun violence
- Inequities in transportation, infrastructure, etc.
- Health disparities
- Unemployment among young men
Question #3
What structures at the University might be created to support interdisciplinary legal scholarship
and pedagogy to address the following issues?
- Public school achievement gap
- Housing segregation
- Overcrowding in jails
- Police misconduct
- Gun violence
- Inequities in transportation, infrastructure, etc.
- Health disparities
- Unemployment among young men