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Full-Text Articles in Law and Race
Foreword: Reigniting Community: Strengthening The Asian Pacific American Identity, Denny Chan, Jennifer Chin, James Yoon
Foreword: Reigniting Community: Strengthening The Asian Pacific American Identity, Denny Chan, Jennifer Chin, James Yoon
UC Irvine Law Review
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The Transformative Potential Of Attorney Bilingualism, Jayesh M. Rathod
The Transformative Potential Of Attorney Bilingualism, Jayesh M. Rathod
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
In contemporary U.S. law practice, attorney bilingualism is increasingly valued, primarily because it allows lawyers to work more efficiently and to pursue a broader range of professional opportunities. This purely functionalist conceptualization of attorney bilingualism, however, ignores the surprising ways in which multilingualism can enhance a lawyer's professional work and can strengthen and reshape relationships among actors in the U.S. legal milieu. Drawing upon research from psychology, linguistics, and other disciplines, this Article advances a theory of the transformative potential of attorney bilingualism. Looking first to the development of lawyers themselves, the Article posits that attorneys who operate bilingually may, …
On Derrick Bell As Pioneer And Teacher: Teaching Us How To Have The Nerve, Angela Onwuachi-Willig
On Derrick Bell As Pioneer And Teacher: Teaching Us How To Have The Nerve, Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Faculty Scholarship
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Measuring The Racial Unevenness Of Law School, Jonathan Feingold, Doug Souza
Measuring The Racial Unevenness Of Law School, Jonathan Feingold, Doug Souza
Faculty Scholarship
In "Measuring the Racial Unevenness of Law School," Jonathan Feingold and Doug Souza introduce and analyze the concept of racial unevenness, which refers to the particularized burdens an individual encounters as a result of her race. These burdens, which often arise because an individual falls outside of the racial norm, manifest across a spectrum. At one end lie obvious forms of overt and invidious racial discrimination. At the other end, racial unevenness arises from environmental factors and institutional culture independent from any identifiable perpetrator. As the authors detail, race-dependent burdens can arise in institutions and communities that expressly promote racial …
Considering Class: College Access And Diversity, Matthew N. Gaertner, Melissa Hart
Considering Class: College Access And Diversity, Matthew N. Gaertner, Melissa Hart
Publications
Each time that the continued legality of race-conscious affirmative action is threatened, colleges and universities must confront the possibility of dramatically changing their admissions policies. Fisher v. University of Texas, which the Supreme Court will hear this year, presents just such a moment. In previous years when affirmative action has been outlawed by ballot initiative in specific states or when the Court has seemed poised to reject it entirely, there have been calls for replacing race-conscious admissions with class-based affirmative action. Supporters of race-conscious affirmative action have typically criticized the class-based alternative as ineffective at maintaining racial diversity. This …