Equity, Diversity And Community

Dr. Murray's writings were described by Justice Thurgood Marshall as essential reading for civil rights lawyers. Often overlooked, Dr. Murray was an extraordinarily influential figure in the history of civil rights in America. This documentary screening in Flynn Auditorium is co-sponsored by the George Barrett Social Justice Program and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Community, in partnership with the Black Law Students Association, the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council, the Law Students for Social Justice, OUTLaw and the Women Law Students Association. Read More

This historic moment represents a ceiling shattered for Black women in the legal profession and a long-overdue recognition of immense talent, hard work and achievement. Read More

Baskaran directs the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic at American University Washington College of Law. Her lecture, scheduled in Flynn Auditorium from 12:30 to 1:30 April 11, will address water insecurity and its links to redlining. Read More

Song is an assistant professor of law at University of Calfornia Irvine. Her scholarship examines the deployment of policing authority and its effects on racial minority and other marginalized groups. Her lecture, scheduled from 12:30 to 1:30, Friday, April 1, is free and open to the public and available via Zoom. Read More

UC Davis scholar Karima Bennoune's talk is the 2022 Victor S. Johnson Lecture. Bennoune holds the Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair in International Law at UC Davis Law School. Her talk begins at 12:30 p.m. Thurs., March 31, and is free and open to the public. Read More

Welch is an associate professor of history and of law. The two-year, $306,000 fellowship will support research leave and tuition to undertake a self-directed course of study at Vanderbilt Law School and the Owen Graduate School of Management to learn the tools and techniques essential to support her study of the role of Black moneylenders in the 19th-century credit economy. Read More

Williams is a public intellectual whose work examines the history of slavery, the Civil War and the fight for Civil Rights. Read More

Karabel is an employment litigator with Waller who has served on the Southeast Region Board of Directors for the Anti-Defamation League's National Civil Rights Committee since 2016. Berman is a professor at Yeshiva University who teaches on the adjunct law faculty at Columbia. Churchwell is vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion at Vanderbilt. The panel kicked off a series of events co-sponsored by BLSA for Black History Month. Read More

BLSA is sponsoring events throughout 2022 Black History Month. Here's a complete schedule of events and speakers. Read More

BLSA is sponsoring events throughout Black History Month, including these talks: "Black and Jewish Solidarity from the Civil Rights Era til Now," "Disability Rights and the Law: Towards Equitable Access to Justice," "The Two Percent: Exceptional Black Women in the Legal Profession" and "Making It Big: Black Lawyers in Sports & Entertainment." Read More