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Celebrate with us! The SALT Annual Celebration blasts off January 6, 2023 at 6:30. Join us at California Western School of Law, just a short distance from the AALS conference, as we announce and honor this year’s winners of the Great Teacher Award, the M. Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award,…

The Society of American Law Teachers recently submitted comments to the American Bar Association on proposed amendments to Accreditation Standard 503, which currently mandates that law schools “require[] each applicant for admission as a first-year J.D. degree student to take a valid and reliable admission test.” As it has for…

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is one of several recent cases that highlight the Constitutional crisis that grips our nation. Last week, nearly 50 years of precedent regarding the Constitutionally protected right to reproductive autonomy was erased by an increasingly politicized Court. The decision…

We join the chorus of legal educators, activists, and scholars in mourning the loss of an icon in legal education. We are heartbroken to mark the passing of University of Houston Law Center Professor Emeritus Michael A. Olivas, a long-time champion for diversity. Professor Olivas died on April 22, 2022…

Celebrate with us! The SALT Annual Celebration blasts off January 7, 2022 at 7:15. Join us virtually as we announce and honor this year’s winners of the Great Teacher Award, the M. Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award, and the Junior Faculty Teaching Award. We are also awarding for the first…

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. The April 16 webinar explored three views of feminism…

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…

Remember to check out SALT’s podcast, Teaching Social Justice! Visit this page to learn more

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…

Meet the Lawyer for Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. A Conversation with Pioneering Civil Rights Hero Fred Gray With OLLI instructor and speaker Doug Mishkin Tuesday, January 12, 6pm EST FREE and open to all Online via Zoom: click here to register…

At its upcoming Virtual Annual Awards Celebration to be held on January 8, 2021, SALT is excited to honor three champions of justice, diversity and teaching excellence: To join the celebration on January 8 at 7:15 pm eastern time, register here: 2021 SALT Annual Celebration – Registration. We will email you with information about joining the…

Celebrate with us! The SALT Annual Celebration blasts off January 8 at 7:15. Join us virtually as we announce and honor this year’s winners of the Great Teacher Award, the M. Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award, and the Junior Faculty Teaching Award. First, download a program here!…

New episodes of SALT’s podcast, Teaching Social Justice, are available! Podcasts are available on Soundcloud here Also available on iTunes and Spotify!…

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.

The second in SALT’s Social Justice Series, “Promoting Equity and Inclusion in Online Teaching,” occurred on Friday, August 21st. The video is available here.