Friday, February 4, 2022 | 9:15 am – 10:45 am
- Law student experiences with race and racism affect how they navigate law school, legal education, and the legal profession. This program will provide information on how law schools and law professors have struggled for years to integrate issues of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) into the core law school curriculum and what steps should be taken. Professor Teri A. McMurtry-Chubb, Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development Professor of Law, UIC School of Law and author of Strategies and Techniques for Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into the Core Law Curriculum A Comprehensive Guide to DEI Pedagogy, Course Planning, and Classroom Practice will provide practical and strategic guidance on how to integrate DEI into the core law school curriculum by effectively developing and implementing concrete instructional methods to reach law students that are grounded in an acknowledgement of racism as trauma. Topics include how to understand multigenerational racial trauma in the context of American legal education; the tension between academic freedom and DEI; and assessing the institutional climate for DEI curricula. In addition, two case studies of implementing DEI in the law school curriculum will be discussed.
Program Fee:
Free For Members | $50 For Nonmembers - Eduardo R.C. Capulong, Interim Dean, CUNY School of Law
Teri McMurtry-Chubb, Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development, Professor of Law, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Akilah Folami, Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law At Hofstra University -
- Welcome and Introduction – Eduardo R.C. Capulong, Interim Dean, CUNY School of Law (5 minutes)
- Discussion with Professor Teri McMurtry-Chubb, Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and Akilah Folami, Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. (Note that both Professors McMurtry-Chubb and Folami are graduates of Spelman College) (70 minutes TOTAL)
- Part I: Multigenerational Trauma & Education (15 minutes)
- Part II: The Tension Between DEI and Academic Freedom (15 minutes)
- Part III: Assessing the Institutional Climate for DEI (15 minutes)
- Part IV: Nuts and Bolts – Integrating DEI at the Institutional & Granular Levels (25 minutes)
- Law Schools and Other Institutions – Approaches & Challenges
- Campus-wide Curricular Initiatives (required courses, modules, co-curricular programming)
- Integrating DEI at the Classroom Level
- Minoritized Faculty, Trauma & Teaching
- White Identity Formation in Teaching & Learning
- The Consequences and Backlashes of Integrating DEI into the Curriculum
- (During Part I, Professor Folami will integrate questions from the audience into the discussion as indicated)
- Q&A – Facilitated by Professor Akilah Folami with the Audience (15 minutes)
- Closing Remarks – Jarienn James, Chair of Equity and Culture Subcommittee of LSARC and Chair of ELC, NYCB (5 minutes)
- Law Schools and Other Institutions – Approaches & Challenges
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New York: 1.5 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
New Jersey: 1.5 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias 1.5 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
California: 1.5 Elimination of Bias & 0.5 Professional Responsibility
Pennsylvania: 1.0 Professional Responsibility -
Sponsoring Association Committee:
Education & the Law, Jarienn A. James, ChairCo-Sponsored by:
Law School Anti-Racism Consortium
City Bar’s Education & the Law Committee, Jarienn A. James, Chair
City Bar’s Office for Diversity & Inclusion, James A. Lewis, V, Executive Director
Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
Angie Avila, Manager, Membership Outreach and Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | aavila@nycbar.org