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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice (DEIJ) Resources

This guide gathers materials and resources on the topic of DEIJ in law schools.

Books on General DEIJ Pedagogy

Books on Legal Education and the Academy

Books on Critical Theory

Articles on DEIJ Pedagogy and Theory

Phil Lord, Black Lives Matter: On Challenging the Soul of Legal Education, 54 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 89 (2021).

Catherine J.K. Sandoval et al., Legal Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Put Health, Safety and Equity First, 61 Santa Clara L. Rev. 367 (2021).

Dara E. Purvis, Legal Education as Hegemonic Masculinity, 65 Vill. L. Rev. 1145 (2020).

Jamie R. Abrams, Experiential Learning and Assessment in the Era of Donald Trump, 55 Duq. L. Rev. 75 (2017).

Anastasia M. Boles, Seeking Inclusion from the Inside Out: Towards a Paradigm of Culturally Proficient Legal Education, 11 Charleston L. Rev. 209 (2017).

Neil Hamilton & Jeff Maleska, Helping Students Develop Affirmative Evidence of Cross-Cultural Competence, 19 Scholar 187 (2017).

Gerald P. Lopez, Transform—Don’t Just Tinker with—Legal Education, 23 Clinical L. Rev. 471 (2017).

Bonny L. Tavares, Changing the Construct: Promoting Cross-Cultural Conversations in the Law School Classroom, 67 J. Legal Ed. 211 (2017).

Mary Beth Beazley, Finishing the Job of Education Reform, 51 Wake Forest L. Rev. 275 (2016).

Christina A. Zawisza, Teaching Cross-Cultural Competence to Law Students: Understanding the Self as Other, 17 Fla. Coastal L. Rev. 185 (2016).

Sean Darling-Hammond & Kristen Holmquist, Creating Wise Classrooms to Empower Diverse Law Students: Lessons in Pedagogy from Transformative Law Professors, 25 Berkeley La Raza L.J. [i] (2015).

Faisal Bhabha, Towards A Pedagogy of Diversity in Legal Education, 52 Osgoode Hall L.J. 59 (2014).

Arin N. Reeves, Written in Black & White: Exploring Confirmation Bias in Racialized Perceptions of Writing Skills (2014).

Laura Rothstein, Forty Years of Disability Policy in Legal Education and the Legal Profession: What Has Changed and What Are the New Issues?, 22 Am U. J. Gender & Soc. Pol’y 519 (2014).

Lauren A. Graber, Are We There Yet: Progress Toward Gender-Neutral Legal Education, 33 B.C. J. L. & Soc. Just. 45 (2013).

Rachel Moran, When Intercultural Competency Comes to Class: Navigating Difference in the Modern American Law School, 26 Pac. McGeorge Global Bus. & Dev. L.J. 109 (2013).

Julie Spanbauer, Using a Cultural Lens in the Law School Classroom to Stimulate Self-Assessment, 48 Gonz. L. Rev. 365 (2013).

Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Beyond Best Practices for Legal Education: Reflections on Cultural Awareness—Exploring the Issues in Creating a Law School and Classroom Culture, 38 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 1176 (2012).

Ann Shalleck, The Feminist Academic's Challenge to Legal Education: Creating Sites for Change, 20 J.L. & Pol'y 361 (2012).

Annette Demers, Cultural Competence and the Legal Profession: An Annotated Bibliography of Materials Published Between 2000 and 2011, 39 Int’l J. Legal Info. 22 (2011).

Robert J. Rhee, On Legal Education and Reform: One View Formed from Diverse Perspectives, 70 Md. L. Rev. 310 (2011).

Leslie M. Rose, Teaching Gender as a Core Value in the Legal-Writing Classroom, 36 Okla. City U. L. Rev. 531 (2011).

Johanna K. P. Dennis, Ensuring a Multicultural Educational Experience in Legal Education: Start with the Legal Writing Classroom, 16 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 613 (2010).

Meera E. Deo et al., Paint by Number? How the Race and Gender of Law School Faculty Affect the First-Year Curriculum, 29 Chicano/a-Latino/a L. Rev. 1 (2010).

Patricia A. Wilson, Recreating the Law School to Increase Minority Participation: The Conceptual Law School, 16 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 577 (2010).

Margalynne Armstrong & Stephanie Wildman, Teaching Race/Teaching Whiteness: Transforming Colorblindness to Color Insight, 86 N.C. L. Rev. 635 (2008).