Programs, Training, and Workshops

  • Belonging in Practice: The Future of Diversity / February 17, 2024
    • This panel discussion focused on legal issues and real-world impacts of President Trump's recent executive orders barring diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs on federal sector jobs and workplaces, federal grants and contracting, private sector employment, and higher education.
  • Belonging in Practice: Authenticity & Identity at Work / Sep 19, 2024 
    • Can I be my “whole” self and be a lawyer? What kind of workplace environment do I want to work in? What type of law practice will allow me to be my most authentic self? How can my unique identities and experiences help me serve my clients? Assistant Dean of DEIB Sara Tandy, Professor Kevin Woodson, and fellow student panelists explored these questions further, sharing from their experiences working in the legal profession.
  • Culturally Competent Teaching & Advising / April 20, 2022
  • Chokehold: Policing Black Men in the Post-Trump Era Lecture with Professor Paul Butler / April 6, 2022 Emroch Lecture
  • Law, Race, & Power Series: Applying Critical Race Theory with Marcelius Braxton / March 21, 2022
  • Law, Race, & Power Series: An Introduction to Critical Race Theory with Marcelius Braxton / March 17, 2022
  • Law, Race, and Power Series: A Conversation with Chinyere Ezie / March 1, 2022
  • Law, Race, & Power Series: A Conversation with Desmond Meade on Voting Rights and Criminal Justice Reform / September 24, 2021
  • Law, Race & Power Series: A Conversation about Immigration / September 13, 2021
  • Law, Race, and Power Series: A Conversation with Judge Carlton Reeves / September 25, 2020
  • The Color of Money Lecture with Professor Mehrsa Baradaran / September 15, 2021 Emroch Lecture
  • The Fight for Decarceration with MiAngel Cody / February 18, 2021
  • Law, Race, and Power Series: Effectuating Change through Policy Reform, Litigation & Abolition Movements / October 30, 2020
  • We the (White) People Lecture with Prof. Guy-Uriel Charles / September 2020 Emroch Lecture
  • Just Mercy Book Discussion Series / Fall 2020
  • Identities in the Workplace / October 2019
  • Confronting Mass Incarceration with Prof. James Forman / September 2019 Coif Distinguished Visitor Open Lecture
  • Culturally Competent Lawyering: An Introduction / August 2019 Orientation Session
  • Inclusive Pedagogy Workshop / May 2019
  • Theories of Community in Popular Legitimacy with Prof. Tracey Meares / February 2019 Emroch Lecture
  • Implicit Bias and Debiasing with Prof. Sarah Redfield / October 2017
  • Long Road to Hard Truth with the Hon. Robert L. Wilkins / March 2017 Emroch Lecture
  • Diversity and Inclusion Presentation and Discussion / March 2017
  • Implicit Bias Training & Discussion with Prof. Kristjen Lundberg / November 2016
  • Faculty Retreat on Diversity / May 2016
  • Queer and African: Constitutional Protection for LGBTI Persons in South Africa's Constitution with Justice Edwin Cameron / April 2016 Emroch Lecture
  • Just Mercy for Law Students with Bryan Stevenson / February 2016 Open Lecture