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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.  …

SALT extraordinary sponsor AccessLex is calling for content for their 2021 issue of Raising the Bar: 2020’s myriad health, political, racial, and economic crises —along with recently published results from several key studies underway before the pandemic— brought to the forefront the question of how best to license future lawyers.

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 Notorious RBG: Looking Back with Her Clerks On Saturday, January 9, 2021, SALT and the American Constitution Society sponsored the annual Cover Workshop, this year dedicated to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Video coming soon. By Hazel Weiser The panel discussion was moderated…

SALT extraordinary sponsor AccessLex is calling for content for their 2021 issue of Raising the Bar: 2020’s myriad health, political, racial, and economic crises —along with recently published results from several key studies underway before the pandemic— brought to the forefront the question of how best to license future lawyers.

The Notorious RBG: Looking Back with Her Clerks Saturday, January 9, 2021 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Eastern Co-sponsored by Society of American Law Teachers—SALT—and American Constitution Society—ACS   Register here By Hazel Weiser Just weeks before the Biden administration begins, as part of…

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!…

Tasha Souza discusses microaggressions in the classroom.

Ruben Garcia discusses labor law and workers’ rights.

Ishaq Kundawala discusses using data to teach social justice.

Hugh Mundy discusses teaching social justice in evidence courses.

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…

Professor Dorothy Brown of Emory University School of Law discusses incorporating race in core classes.

Professor Tiffany Atkins of Elon University School of Law talks about the joy of witnessing student awakening.

Professor Alexi Freeman and Professor Lindsey Webb of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law discuss innovative social justice course design.

Professor Steve Friedland of Elon University School of Law talks about wellness in the online classroom.

Professor Joan Howarth of UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law discusses reforming the bar exam.