UofL Libraries: Race & the Law: Professional Resources

University of Louisville

Anti-Racism Resources & Information
Collected by the UofL Office of Diversity and Equity.
Black Faculty/Staff Association
Organization for black faculty & staff at the University of Louisville.
Commission on Diversity and Racial Equality (CODRE)
Advisory group to the UofL President on issues of diversity & inclusion. Works to improve the learning & working environments at the University of Louisville.
Hispanic Latino Faculty & Staff Association
Organization for Hispanic/Latino faculty & staff at the University of Louisville.
UofL Office of Diversity and Equity
Provides information about a wide range of programs and organizations at UofL dedicated to supporting diversity and equity.

Black Law Students Association
UofL Brandeis School of Law's student organization.

Incidental Racialization: performative assimilation in law school by Yung-Yi Diana Pan
Call Number: KF287 . P36 2017
ISBN: 9781439913840
Publication Date: 2017
Despite the growing number of Asian American & Latino/a law students, many panethnic students still feel as if they do not belong in this elite microcosm, which reflects the racial inequalities in mainstream American society.

Diversity in Practice: race, gender, and class in legal and professional careers by Spencer Headworth (Editor); Robert L. Nelson (Editor); Ronit Dinovitzer (Editor); David B. Wilkins (Editor)
Call Number: K120 .D58 2016
ISBN: 9781107123656
Publication Date: 2016
Members of historically underrepresented groups remain seriously disadvantaged in professional training & legal work environments that white, upper-class men continue to dominate.
Exclusion: strategies for improving diversity in recruitment, retention, and promotion by Natalie Holder-Winfield
Call Number: KF3464 .H63 2014
ISBN: 9781614388654
Publication Date: 2015
The subtle actions that make an employee feel like an outsider in the workplace, and impact today's professional work environments are termed micro-inequities, and this extensively-researched book offers workable strategies for changing the behaviors that create them.

ABA Coalition on Racial & Ethnic Justice
Examines issues stemming from the intersection of race & ethnicity within the legal system.
ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities
Focuses on developing & supporting initiatives to educate lawyers on how best to serve, promote civic responsibility within, and address the key legal challenges facing the Latino community in the U.S.
ABA Commission on Racial & Ethnic Diversity
Serves as a catalyst promoting diversity & inclusion within the legal profession & the American Bar Association.
Hispanic National Bar Association
A national membership organization that represents the interests of Hispanic legal professionals in the U.S. & its territories.
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Represents the interests of nearly 90 national, state, and local Asian Pacific American bar associations.
National Bar Association
National network of predominantly African-American attorneys & judges in the U.S.
National Native American Bar Association
Represents the interests of all populations indigenous to the lands which are now collectively the U.S.: American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.