“The very serious function of racism is distraction.” We can’t let this lawsuit derail us from what we do best: produce trailblazing scholarship, make the law accessible to our students, and challenge racism & sexism in the legal academia with our very existence .

One of the Black women recently hired at NULaw Jamelia Morgan writes cutting edge, field defining work at the intersection of disability and policing. She threatens white heteronormative thought. Her work makes you want to be a better scholar. No wonder she’s a target.

While Black women professors have literally died from the academy, been discredited, and pushed out of their positions, a group of angry yt men have decided to target nonwhite, LGBTQ & female law professors. Here are my thoughts/advice for professors concerned w/ the complaint.

Professor Jamelia Morgan’s work has been field-defining. Her scholarship has been crucial to my ( and so many others’) understanding of disability law and policing. She’s also a wonderful person. The academy is so lucky to have her. A true gem! I am so angry.

.Myriam Gilles who is targeted by the pathetic racist Northwestern screed is far and away the overall most talented law professor I have ever come across. She is among the most well respected civil procedure scholars in the country. Moreover, almost every year 1/4

That anyone would name Myriam Gilles as anything other than an exemplar of academic and institutional excellence… shows what a disqualifying desperate reach the “lawsuit” is. The laughing emoji doesn’t quite capture. As others have written, if it were not so bigoted…

Toni said the “very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being." She warned against trying to prove worth to those who won't see it, as there "will always be one more thing.”

The lawsuit against Northwestern Law contains racist & vicious allegations against scholars I have learned from in many ways.Because I have been lucky to be Myriam Gilles's colleague for 17 years,let me join Kate Levine in speaking specifically to the claims about Myriam. 1/4

To my colleagues and friends: thank you for the love and support over this past week. It is an honor to do this work and I do not take my responsibility as a scholar and teacher lightly. My team @NLawCRDJ is incredible and we wanted to take some time to set the record straight...

.@NLawCRDJ claps back at FASORP's lawsuit targeting Black women law professors with CVS-length receipts and I'm here for it. Please consider supporting this research center and its important work.

Black women (and other women, people of color, marginalized people) often hear that they need to work twice as hard to get half the credit. So, when they become successful, it is usually due to their efforts DESPITE being Black and woman, not because of it.

Equity is not a preference, but a fundamental requirement for a just society. We must stand firm against efforts to undermine DEI and work tirelessly to ensure that every individual, regardless of their background, has the opportunity to succeed.

Proud of ⁦Steve Koh⁩’s amazing interview of uncle ⁦Yale Law School⁩ ⁦Harold Hongju Koh⁩, now the 3rd Koh to “teach” Int’l Law ⁦Boston University School of Law⁩. Father/grandfather Kwang Lim Koh became the first Korean American law professor (BU) in the 1950s.

I had such an incredible time at Boston University School of Law / BU Computing & Data Sciences (CDS) discussing my research on the dangers attendant to the rise of the School-to-Surveillance Pipeline, where schools are turning to AI surveillance tech in response to mass school shootings. So many thoughtful questions & comments!

Thank you to my wonderful hosts Ngozi Okidegbe & Allison McDonald and the amazing interdisciplinary turnout by students, staff, faculty, and administrators across campus. This is such an important and powerful lecture series. Glad I could lead it off.

staking my claim: Aziza Ahmed Ngozi Okidegbe & Prof. Zohra Ahmed bout to convene the most robust, productive, generative, timely law school symposium on expertise . . . ever. 😅Boston University School of Law BU Law Review bu.edu/law/engagement…

Check out BU Law Review's excellent symposium on law and expertise from 11/15-16 🔥 bu.edu/law/engagement…

Hear, hear! Great conference.To organizers Ngozi Okidegbe Aziza Ahmed, Zohra Ahmed and BU Law Review, thank you!!! Now to bluer skies!