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Antiracist Teaching and Learning equips legal educators to confront structural racism through intentional, practice-ready pedagogy. Developed in collaboration with the Antiracist Development Institute at Penn State Dickinson Law, this timely guide challenges faculty to recognize how legal education can either reinforce or disrupt systemic inequities.
Organized into four parts, the book first establishes core platform methodologies for change, including the systems-design approach to teaching, critical pedagogy, and reimagined classroom hierarchies. It then offers concrete tools for solo-educator and clinical courses as well as multi-instructor ones, from reflective practice and racial-identity development models to critical research instruction and foundational curriculum reform. The final section addresses outcomes, feedback, and how to sustain antiracist commitments in the face of resistance.
Accessible and action-oriented, this resource empowers educators to redesign learning outcomes, reshape classroom culture, and recognize the unique opportunity and important responsibility to prepare future lawyers to dismantle injustice within the legal system.
Contents
Introduction
Nicole P. Dyszlewski
Part I. Platforms Supporting Antiracist Teaching and Learning
1. The Systems Design Approach to Antiracist Teaching
Tomar Pierson-Brown
2. Critical Pedagogy and Antiracist Legal Education
Dermot Groome
3. Reimagining the Law School Classroom: A General Illustration
Jill C. Engle
Part II. Tools and Methods Supporting Antiracist Teaching and Learning in Solo-Educator and Clinical Courses
4. Reflective Practice for Antiracist Teaching and Learning
Lucy Johnston-Walsh and Medha D. Makhlouf
5. Reflective Tools and Practices to Be Emotionally Present for Difficult Classroom Conversations
Anita Ortiz Maddali
6. Graphic Narratives and the Construction of Antiracist Legal Pedagogy
Almas Khan
7. Developing Antiracist Professional Identity Through Use of Racial Identity Development Models
Andrew King-Ries and Monte Mills
8. Critical Approaches to Legal Research Instruction
Julia M. Tedjeske Crane
9. Antiracist Clinical Legal Education
Lucy Johnston-Walsh
Part III. Tools and Methods Supporting Antiracist Teaching and Learning in Required and Elective Multi-Educator Courses
10. Race and the Foundations of American Law
Nicole P. Dyszlewski, Diana Hassel, and Nadiyah Humber
11. Lessons Learned from Boston College Law School’s Required 1L Critical Perspectives Course
Cheryl Bratt and Reena Parikh
Part IV. Outcomes from Antiracist Teaching and Learning
12. Words Matter
Keeshea Turner Roberts
13. Standing Your Ground on Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Classroom
Melinda Sommers Molina
14. Feedback or Expressions of Bias?
Mireille Rebeiz
Conclusion
Dermot Groome
Suggested Readings
Contributors
Index