The criminal legal system has been the subject of much critique. Calls for reform, decarceration, and even abolition of the system, while more prominent now, are longstanding. But the criminal legal system does not operate isolated from other legal systems. This seminar will interrogate how various legal systems impact individuals, families, and communities. We will take a critical look at the ways the criminal legal system, the immigration system, and the family regulation system (child welfare system) interact with one another. This seminar will draw on historical and sociological lenses as well as experiential epistemologies, critical legal perspectives, and feminist legal scholarship.