And while you’re reading, check out Marcy Karin’s piece, Periods at Work (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…), and be sure to keep an eye out for Phil Lee’s forthcoming work on critical race theory. Such a privilege to learn from my exceptional colleagues!

Happening in half an hour or so! Join us! #LawSchool #ClinicalPedagogy #AntiRacism

Rest in power, professor. MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF PROFESSOR MICHAEL OLIVAS maldef.org/2022/04/maldef…

It's day 1 of #AAPIHeritageMonth. Ten months ago TED-Ed released this short animated video about how the plenary power doctrine, a distortion in US constitutional jurisprudence, enabled discrimination against persons of Asian ancestry. 1/2 ted.com/talks/robert_c…

Today, the #UDCLaw Class of 2022 is one step closer to practicing law, promoting justice and changing lives. Oh, who are we kidding? They've been promoting justice and changing lives all along. Now they'll get to do it with #JD in hand! #attorneys #HBCU #HBCUlawschool

Apparently the Buffalo white supremacist killer professed his “admiration” for East Asians in his manifesto? Yikes. Never forget the origin of the Model Minority Myth is rooted in anti-Black racism and we cannot dismantle it without challenging its inherent anti-Blackness.

.UDC Law dean Renée Hutchins Laurent welcomes attendees to the AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers during yesterday's keynote address. #AALSNLT

Thank you to everyone that attended the 2022 Workshop for New Law School Teachers! We hope you enjoyed the sessions and connecting with colleagues. Best of luck in your new careers! #AALSNLT

And in one 6-3 ruling, the law changed. . .

Honored to accept the Covid-19 Hero Award at the Keep DC SAFE event tonight! It’s been a privilege to work with UDC Law #GPC students to represent survivors virtually, & support their individual visions of safety and justice. Feeling grateful and inspired to keep at it :)

"[T]he six unelected members of today's majority upend the status quo [race-conscious admissions] based on . . . their preferences for a veneer of colorblindness in a society where race has always mattered and continues to matter in fact and in law." J. Sotomayor dissenting

In his Voice episode, Phil Lee presents a historical analysis of the student activism that led to the 1961 Dixon case, the case itself, and its interplay with future civil rights activism: vimeo.com/792017965 StJohnsLaw

Proud of Seton Hall LawReview for bringing together an incredible group of experts to discuss the future of affirmative action: Phil Lee Stacy Hawkins Wendy Greene Matthew Patrick Shaw Rᴏʙᴇʀᴛ L. Tsᴀɪ Olati Johnson Robert Chang Jonathan Feingold Sarah Medina Camiscoli, Excited to welcome you to Seton Hall Law! 1/2

Great start to Seton Hall LawReview Symposium Pathways to Inclusion: Navigating Affirmative Action Post SFA v. Harvard Seton Hall Law. My colleague Michael Coenen gives an overview of the case & a great panel ft. Matthew Patrick Shaw Stacy Hawkins Phil Lee Thomas Healy on policy implications.

Great opening panel. ⁦Seton Hall Law⁩. With Matthew Patrick Shaw ⁦Phil Lee⁩ ⁦Stacy Hawkins⁩ ⁦Thomas Healy⁩

Graced by @profallentweets with a wonderful presentation on “Legal Academia’s White Gaze.”

This is a breathtaking statement…

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