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SALT is proud to continue our webinar series, Social Justice in Action, featuring law school teachers sharing their expertise on how to educate the next generation of lawyers, support students of color, and dismantle structural inequality and racism in the United States. This April 16 webinar will explore three views of…

Video available here! On April 9th, SALT’s webinar explored the long, contested relationship of the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander communities in America from both an historical and contemporary lens. The moderated discussion included Dean Sean Scott, Professor Vinay Harpalani and Professor Rose Cuison-Villazor.  Professor Harpalani’s scholarship focuses…

Friday, 9 April 2021 Noon Pacific (3:00 Eastern) This week’s SALT webinar will explore the long, contested relationship of the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander communities in America from both an historical and contemporary lens. Please join a moderated discussion with Dean Sean Scott, Professor Vinay Harpalani and Professor Rose Cuison-Villazor…

Can You See Me? SALT’s most recent Social Justice in Action Webinar occurred on March 26, 2021, addressing the myriad stressors contributing to disparate bar pass outcomes that deprive the legal profession of much needed diversity. Some of those stressors are the costs, content, and cut scores of the bar…

SALT Calls for Renewed Commitment to Build Anti-Racist Law Schools As It Speaks in Support of Black Law Students and Faculty The Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) supports Black law students and faculty at law schools around the country.  The recent events at Georgetown University Law Center have again…

SALT Social Justice in Action Webinar Series Friday, March 26, 2021 from 3:00 to 4:00 PM ET From law school classes to artificial intelligence proctoring, students of color are asking, “Can You See Me?” Myriad stressors contribute to disparate bar pass outcomes that deprive the legal profession of much needed…

If you missed SALT’s recent Webinar, Trauma-Informed Teaching & Lawyering, you may find the recording here! SALT is proud to resume our webinar series, Social Justice in Action, featuring law school teachers sharing their expertise on how to educate the next generation of lawyers, support students of color, and dismantle structural inequality and racism in the…

We are thrilled that Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law has joined our Keynote Panel for our online conference Teaching Multicultural Lawyering: Development, Integration and Conversation at WMU-Cooley Law School.  There is no charge to attend.  …

The SALT Annual Celebration was held on January 8. We honored this year’s winners of SALT’s awards: The winner of the M. Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award, Erika George, the Samuel D. Thurman Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law; the winner of the…

The fourth in SALT’s webinar series, Social Justice in Action, dealt with the topic “Anti-Racist Hiring Practices.” The panelists were Tamara F. Lawson, Dean, St. Thomas University School of Law Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Dean, Boston University School of Law Sean M. Scott, President and Dean, California Western University School of Law…

The latest in SALT’s webinar series, Social Justice in Action, dealt with the topic “Engaging in Anti-Racism Work for the Long Haul: Avoiding Fatigue and Burnout.” The panelists were The video is available here.

SALT’s new podcast, Teaching Social Justice, is now live! The first episode features Lisa Brodoff, the Director of the Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic and an associate professor at Seattle University School of Law. The second features Matthew Fletcher, Professor of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center at…

The SALT 2020 Celebration Program is here! Read about SALT 2020 Great Teacher Award Winner Jean C. Love, SALT 2020 Junior Great Teacher Award Winner Joseph Mead, and M. Shanarah Gilbert Human Rights Award Winners Azadeh N. Shahshahani of Project South and the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at the…

SALT salary survey 2018 This issue of the SALT Equalizer contains the 2017–18 SALT salary survey results.

First Generation Students and Competing In Law School by Steven Friedland Universities make many assumptions about students when they enter law school, but one rather large one is that all students essentially start at the same place and have the same opportunities to succeed as others. This assumption is justified…

September 16, 2018 Categories: Judiciary, Nominations, Press Releases For more information, go here. For Immediate Release Contact: Shin Inouye, 202.869.0398, inouye@civilrights.org WASHINGTON – Following Christine Blasey Ford’s decision to speak publicly about her assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, The Leadership Conference on…

SALT is delighted to announce its 2018 Junior Faculty Award recipient: Prof. Troy Andrade. The award will be given at the October Teaching Conference! We look forward to celebrating Professor Andrade. Prof. Andrade is an Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Ulu Lehua Scholars Program at the University…

We can defeat this nomination! Cynicism is our biggest enemy in the fight for the courts. Our basic rights are at risk with the Kavanaugh nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, so we need everyone to bring their all to this fight. That’s where you come in. As legal luminaries…

Reflections on the the 150th Anniversary of the 14th Amendment By Tanya Hernandez July 9th, marks the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment’s equality principle of the U.S. Constitution. Does the pursuit of racial equality look different 150 years after the ratification of the 14th Amendment’s equality principle…

From Ezra Rosser’s Blog (Economic Justice Program American University Washington College of Law): Poverty Law for Professors and Legal Academics A. Overview of the Policy, B. Coverage of Conditions and ICE Practice, C. Responses to Conservative Disinformation, D. Volunteer/Giving/Donation Opportunities, and E. Protest Information