Spring 2025
LEGALST 123 001 - SEM 001
Data, Prediction & Law
Jonathan David Marshall, Gowri Shivani Swamy
Jan 21, 2025 - May 09, 2025
Mo, We
12:00 pm - 01:59 pm
Social Sciences Building 110
Class #:23754
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Letters & Science Legal Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
7
Enrolled: 43
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 50
Waitlist Max: 20
Open Reserved Seats:
8 reserved for Legal Studies Majors
Hours & Workload
4 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week, and 8 hours of outside work hours per week.
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Course Catalog Description
Data, Prediction and Law allows students to explore different data sources that scholars and government officials use to make generalizations and predictions in the realm of law. The course will also introduce critiques of predictive techniques in law. Students will apply the statistical and Python programming skills from Foundations of Data Science to examine a traditional social science dataset, “big data” related to law, and legal text data.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
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Undergraduate Classifications Information
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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Associated Sections
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