Restorative Justice
Univ. San Diego's Restorative Justice Network of Catholic Campuses
Fania Davis, Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice
Anti-Racism
ABA's 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge
On Being Podcast: Conversation with Resmaa Menekem and Robin DiAngelo
Environmental Racism
USA Today's Deadly Discrimination: Six-Part Series
Racism Turned their Neighborhood into 'Cancer Alley': Now They're Dying from COVID-19
In New Jersey's Most Segregated County, Racism and Coronavirus Made a 'Vicious Circle’
Fostering Diversity
Mary-Frances Winters, Equity & Inclusion: The Roots of Organizational Well-Being
Michelle Powers, Talking about Race: How to Have Tough Conversations that Unify
Racial Justice Case Stories
Wayne A. Weigand, Separate and Unequal: Carrie C. Robinson's Story of Challenging Racism
John Lewis, Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
Readings on Race and the Legal Profession
Association of American Law Schools: Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse
Scholarly Articles, Essays, and Book Chapters
Derrick A. Bell, Jr., Serving Two Masters: Integration Ideals and Client Interests in School Desegregation Litigation, 85 The Yale Law Journal 470 (1976).
Derrick A. Bell, Racial Realism, 24 U Conn L. Rev. 363 (1992).
Hannah Brenner & Renee Knake, Gender, Power, Law & Leadership, Chapter 3 Intersectionality in Leadership (West Academic 2019).
Victoria L. Brown-Douglas, Is it Time to Redefine the Negro Lawyer?, 25 Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development 55 (2010).
Mitu Gulati & David B. Wilkins, Why Are There So Few Black Lawyers in Corporate Law Firms? An Institutional Analysis, 84 California Law Review 493-625 (1996)
Veronica Root Martinez, Retaining Color, 47 Mich. J. L. Reform 575 (2014).
Veronica Root Martinez, Combating Silence in the Profession, 105 Virginia Law Review 805-863 (2019).
Russell G. Pearce, Eli Wald, & Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, Difference Blindness vs. Bias Awareness: Why Law Firms with the Best of Intentions Have Failed to Create Diverse Partnerships, 83 Fordham L. Rev. 2407 (2015).
Russell G. Pearce, White Lawyering: Rethinking Race, Lawyer Identity, and Rule of Law, 73 Fordham L. Rev. 2081 (2005).
Carla D. Pratt, The Lawyer's Role in a Contemporary Democracy, Promoting Access to Justice and Government Institutions, Way to Represent: The Role of Black Lawyers in Contemporary American Democracy, 77 Fordham L. Rev. 1409 (2009).
Margaret M. Russell, Beyond "Sellouts" and "Race Cards": Black Attorneys and the Straitjacket of Legal Practice, 95 Mich. L. Rev. 766 (1997).
George B. Shepherd, No African American Lawyers Allowed: The Inefficient Racism of the ABA's Accreditation of Law Schools, 53 J. of Legal Education 103 (2003)
Dan Subotnik, Does Testing = Race Discrimination, 8 U. Mass. L. Rev. 332 (2013)
David B. Wilkins, Racing the Tournament: Black Lawyers in Corporate Law Firms.
David B. Wilkins, Identities and Roles: Race, Recognition, and Professional Responsibility, 57 Maryland L. Rev. 1509 (1998).
Books
Jerold S. Auerbach, Unequal Justice: Lawyers and Social Change in Modern America (1976).
Derrick Bell, Faces at the Bottom of the Well (1992).
Blog Postings
Renee Knake, Structural Reforms to Combat the Consequences of Shortlisting, The Faculty Lounge, June 30, 2020
The State Bar of California, Report on the Disparities in the Discipline System November 14, 2019 (groundbreaking study, Discrepancies by Race and Gender in Attorney Discipline by the State Bar of California: An Empirical Analysis, is appended to the blog post)
Bar Associations
David Douglass, The Ethics Argument for Promoting Equality in the Profession
Corporate Practice
Mitu Gulati & David B. Wilkins, Why Are There So Few Black Lawyers in Corporate Law Firms? An Institutional Analysis, 84 California Law Review 493-625 (1996)
Veronica Root Martinez, Retaining Color, 47 Mich. J. L. Reform 575 (2014).
Russell G. Pearce, Eli Wald, & Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, Difference Blindness vs. Bias Awareness: Why Law Firms with the Best of Intentions Have Failed to Create Diverse Partnerships, 83 Fordham L. Rev. 2407 (2015).
David B. Wilkins, Racing the Tournament: Black Lawyers in Corporate Law Firms.
Discipline
The State Bar of California, Report on the Disparities in the Discipline System November 14, 2019 (groundbreaking study, Discrepancies by Race and Gender in Attorney Discipline by the State Bar of California: An Empirical Analysis, is appended to the report)
The State Bar of California, Consideration of Recommendations to Implement Changes to Address Key Findings of Disparities in the Disciplinary System Study, July 16, 2020
Discrimination or Equity and Inclusion
Renee Knake, Structural Reforms to Combat the Consequences of Shortlisting, The Faculty Lounge, June 30, 2020
Veronica Root Martinez, Combating Silence in the Profession, 105 Virginia Law Review 805-863 (2019).
Leadership
Hannah Brenner & Renee Knake, Gender, Power, Law & Leadership, Chapter 3 Intersectionality in Leadership (West Academic 2019).
Legal Education and CLEs
George B. Shepherd, No African American Lawyers Allowed: The Inefficient Racism of the ABA's Accreditation of Law Schools, 53 J. of Legal Education 103 (2003)
Malpractice
Russell G. Pearce, White Lawyering: Rethinking Race, Lawyer Identity, and Rule of Law, 73 Fordham L. Rev. 2081 (2005).
Role of the Lawyer
Jerold S. Auerbach, Unequal Justice: Lawyers and Social Change in Modern America (1976).
Derrick A. Bell, Racial Realism, 24 U Conn L. Rev. 363 (1992)
Victoria L. Brown-Douglas, Is it Time to Redefine the Negro Lawyer?, 25 Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development 55 (2010).
Margaret M. Russell, Beyond "Sellouts" and "Race Cards": Black Attorneys and the Straitjacket of Legal Practice, 95 Mich. L. Rev. 766 (1997).
Russell G. Pearce, White Lawyering: Rethinking Race, Lawyer Identity, and Rule of Law, 73 Fordham L. Rev. 2081 (2005).
David B. Wilkins, Identities and Roles: Race, Recognition, and Professional Responsibility, 57 Maryland L. Rev. 1509 (1998).
Research Guides, Research Portals and Mapping Tools
BC Law Career Service Office's Racial Justice Resources
Stanford Clearinghouse on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research
ABA's Racial Equity in the Justice System
Dickinson Law Library's Race & Diversity in America Libguide
Drake Law Library's Racial Justice in the U.S. Libguide
University of Minnesota Law Library's Law Enforcement and Racial Justice
Howard University Law Library Social Justice Guide
Washington & Lee University's Race, Racism and Anti-Racism Resources
Racial Disparity in Police Arrests: A Policy Mapping Tool
Teaching Resources
Broward College Library's Teaching Black Lives Matter Libguide