SCENARIO QUESTIONS

SCENARIO ESSAY QUESTIONSI 1. You have been selected as one of the nalists for a full scholarship to any law school in the world all tuition, living expenses, travel and a living allowance included. As part of the last phase of the selection process, each nalist has been asked to write a short essay about the power of law. More specically, fmalist have been asked to offer their critical evaluation of the incredible depth and scope of inuence the law has on questions of equality and discrimination, as well as more generally on people's everyday lives. How can one describe and understand the ways in which the law does more than punish wrong-doing, establish rules, or even determine 'truth?' [11 short, how does the law operate as a 'hegemonic' force? Drawing on the readings by Douglas Litowitz (Gramsci, Hegemony, and the Law) and Carole Smart (Feminism and the Power of Law), write the requested essay. 2. Imagine you are a member of an editorial board for an online journal that publishes videos, articles, and opinion pieces about Law and Society. Generally, your job is to review potential submissions to make sure they meet the board's standards for being high quality and factually accurate. That said, recently your organisation published an opinion piece by a prominent social media gure regarding how personal bias was at the root of all the inequality in society broadly, and the legal system specically. They argued that it's a bunch of 'bad apples' or 'hidden vipers' in the 'halls of power' that are the problem. The article was titled: lime to Clean House! While the article was mostly well received, a lot of discussion has followed across your social media platforms about other kinds of bias and systemic discrimination. Knowing you did some Critical Legal Studies (CLS) courses in school, the other members of the board have asked you to take the lead in writing a rejoinder article (a complimentary response) from the editorial board that discusses other ways to understand bias and embedded inequality in the law and society. The requested piece isn't about rejecting the importance of individual bias or explicit discrimination but rather to compliment it by drawing attention to some of the more structural ways one can understand these issues in the context of law and justice. Drawing on the assigned readings by Dorothy Smith (The Everyday World as Problematic: a Feminist Sociology) and Carole Smart (Feminism and the Power of Law), prepare the requested editorial