Civil Rights Law The freedom of speech, press, and assembly, the
right to vote, the freedom from involuntary servitude, and the
right to equality in public places are among the most basic
human dignities afforded Americans by our constitution. Temple's
comprehensive civil rights curriculum addresses complex
constitutional law issues at the forefront of both legal
discourse and social conversation. The faculty's scholarly
expertise in subjects such as free exercise of religion,
equality of race, gender and sexual orientation, and freedom of
speech is informed by their participation as attorneys in civil
rights cases and their activism in community organizations.
Temple's civil rights law curriculum draws critical current
issues and controversies into a range of courses unparalleled
for their scope and depth of subject matter. Perhaps the most
commonly appreciated area of law, criminal law involves
prosecution by the government for an act that has been
classified as a crime. Temple's criminal law curriculum pro