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Institutional Antiracism And Critical Pedagogy: A Quantum Leap Forward For Legal Education And The Legal Academy, Danielle M. Conway Jan 2024

Institutional Antiracism And Critical Pedagogy: A Quantum Leap Forward For Legal Education And The Legal Academy, Danielle M. Conway

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A fundamental launchpad for redeeming American society is to look to the historical and contextual goals of the Second Founding—the Reconstruction Amendments—and grasp the lessons about justice and equality for all by focusing on the principles of institutional antiracism. While our nation should deploy teaching and learning strategies at all levels of the American system of education, legal education must be out front leading the way to incorporate institutional antiracism through critical pedagogy.

This article provides the historical context in which legal education developed in the antebellum and postbellum periods and up to what might be deemed the “Third Founding” …


Black Women's Suffrage, The Nineteenth Amendment, And The Duality Of A Movement, Danielle M. Conway Jan 2021

Black Women's Suffrage, The Nineteenth Amendment, And The Duality Of A Movement, Danielle M. Conway

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America is at an unprecedented time with self-determination for Black women, and this phase of the movement is reverberating throughout this nation and around the world. There is no confusion for those who identify as Black women that this movement is perpetual, dating back to the enslavement of Black people in America by act and by law. One need only look to the intersecting crises of 2020 to discern the reality of Black women’s—and by extension the Black community and by further extension individuals and groups marginalized, subordinated, and oppressed by white patriarchy—perpetual struggle for civil and human rights.

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How Can Pennsylvania Protect Itself From Its Own Measles Outbreak?, Megan M. Riesmeyer, Kristen Feemster Apr 2020

How Can Pennsylvania Protect Itself From Its Own Measles Outbreak?, Megan M. Riesmeyer, Kristen Feemster

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When a response to inaccurate information strives to be an informative exercise of its own, it is difficult to balance the desire to respond point by point to mischaracterized, misleading, or untrue information, with the need to simply offer a complete picture of facts. This article is a response to Abigail Wenger’s article regarding

vaccinations. To reply to each mischaracterization or inaccuracy in turn means this response loses its own informative intent and becomes simply a rebuttal. However, to ignore mischaracterizations and inaccuracies is to risk the reader’s acceptance of those points as true. Through illustrative examples in the United …


Commencements Over The Years, Pamela G. Smith May 2019

Commencements Over The Years, Pamela G. Smith

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Issa Tanimura, Pamela G. Smith May 2019

Issa Tanimura, Pamela G. Smith

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Another Look At Students Studying Over The Years, Pamela G. Smith Apr 2019

Another Look At Students Studying Over The Years, Pamela G. Smith

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Lewis Katz Hall Dedication, Pamela G. Smith Apr 2019

Lewis Katz Hall Dedication, Pamela G. Smith

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Kegs In The Curtilage, Pamela G. Smith Apr 2019

Kegs In The Curtilage, Pamela G. Smith

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Alfred Nevin, The Law School's First Student, Pamela G. Smith Apr 2019

Alfred Nevin, The Law School's First Student, Pamela G. Smith

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April 1, 1834, Pamela G. Smith Apr 2019

April 1, 1834, Pamela G. Smith

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The Curtilage, Pamela G. Smith Mar 2019

The Curtilage, Pamela G. Smith

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Woolsack Honor Society, Pamela G. Smith Mar 2019

Woolsack Honor Society, Pamela G. Smith

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The Honorable Sylvia H. Rambo, Pamela G. Smith Mar 2019

The Honorable Sylvia H. Rambo, Pamela G. Smith

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Dickinson Law's First Female Students, Pamela G. Smith Mar 2019

Dickinson Law's First Female Students, Pamela G. Smith

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Black Law Students Association (Blsa), Pamela G. Smith Feb 2019

Black Law Students Association (Blsa), Pamela G. Smith

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Dickinson Law: Articles Of Incorporation, Pamela G. Smith Feb 2019

Dickinson Law: Articles Of Incorporation, Pamela G. Smith

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Dale And Mary Ann Shugart, Pamela G. Smith Feb 2019

Dale And Mary Ann Shugart, Pamela G. Smith

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Clarence Muse, Pamela G. Smith Feb 2019

Clarence Muse, Pamela G. Smith

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Dickinson Law Review, Pamela G. Smith Jan 2019

Dickinson Law Review, Pamela G. Smith

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Dickinson Law: Winter, Pamela G. Smith Jan 2019

Dickinson Law: Winter, Pamela G. Smith

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John Reed's Advertisement, Pamela G. Smith Jan 2019

John Reed's Advertisement, Pamela G. Smith

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John Reed: Dickinson Law's Founder, Pamela G. Smith Jan 2019

John Reed: Dickinson Law's Founder, Pamela G. Smith

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Burton R. Laub: Dickinson Law's Fourth Dean, Pamela G. Smith Jan 2019

Burton R. Laub: Dickinson Law's Fourth Dean, Pamela G. Smith

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Dickinson Law Approved By American Bar Association, Pamela G. Smith Dec 2018

Dickinson Law Approved By American Bar Association, Pamela G. Smith

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I Dissent: The Federal Circuit's "Great Dissenter," Her Influence On The Patent Dialogue, And Why It Matters, Daryl Lim Jan 2017

I Dissent: The Federal Circuit's "Great Dissenter," Her Influence On The Patent Dialogue, And Why It Matters, Daryl Lim

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On The Whittington United Nations Archive, Gail Partin, William Butler Jan 2016

On The Whittington United Nations Archive, Gail Partin, William Butler

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On 14 October 1986 Mrs. Louise L. Whittington, the widow of William Vallie Whittington (1904–1986), wrote to inform the Dickinson School of Law that her husband recently had passed away and that she wished to give to the Library of the Law School a leather bound facsimile copy of the United Nations Charter and certain documents related to the surrender of Germany in the Second World War and the creation of the United Nations. Arrangements were completed in Spring 1987 for the transfer of the materials. These remain a significant treasure and important legacy for the development of international law …