LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL-LA TO OFFER COURSE ON TERRORISM & THE LAW

Los Angeles -- In response to the Nation’s war on terrorism, the Loyola Law School of Los Angeles curriculum for spring 2002 now includes the course, “Terrorism & the Law.” “September 11 challenges many of our preconceptions about international, constitutional, and criminal law,” states Loyola’s Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs Victor Gold. “This seminar is a first step toward shaping the law to fit our new realities.”

The 14-week law seminar which begins in January will be taught by a group of faculty and outside experts coordinated by Laurie L. Levenson, Professor of Criminal Law and Director of the Center for Ethical Advocacy at Loyola. The class will address the legal, historical, moral, ethical and cross-cultural issues concerning terrorism. The proposed curriculum also will cover class sessions on international law, fighting terrorism on the home front, the impact of new anti-terrorism laws on civil liberties, immigration law, and the law of war. In addition, participants will be asked to write for the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review’s special edition on terrorism.

“In many ways, this course is a perfect fit for Loyola Law School,” states Levenson. “We’ve always been interested in working in the forefront of those issues that affect our community and the country the most. Unfortunately, those issues today include terrorism. The new course will compliment related courses already offered at Loyola Law School, such as National Security Law.” Registration for Terrorism & the Law is expected to fill quickly.

The panel of outside experts co-teaching the course will include representatives from the FBI, the Department of Justice and Congress, as well as members of the judiciary.

Loyola Law School faculty members who also will co-instruct the course include Professor Theodore Seto (on morality and cross-cultural issues), Professor Judy Fonda (on ethics), Professors Jeff Atik and Larry Helfer (on international law), Professor Georgene Vairo (on civil remedies for victims), Professor Ellen Aprill (on the financial consequences), Professor Alan Ides (on war), Professor Laurie Levenson (on crime on the domestic front), and Professors Gary Williams, Karl Manheim and John Nockleby (on civil liberties and national security).

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