Inequality in the Legal Academy – Gaining Insight into the Unequal Profession

Meera E. Deo, Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia (2019).

Carole Silver

In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, many U.S. law schools published messages supporting social justice and anti-racism, including promoting the role of law schools in educating students to become agents for change.1 These statements were generally outward-facing, aimed at addressing the experiences of people of color in communities and organizations outside of the schools. But internally, law schools reflect the racial and gender hierarchies […]