Legal and Other Resources
Anti-Racism
21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge
Read more about the 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge.
Resources for the Fight Against Racism: https://thewhoweareproject.org/resources
Law Dean’s Antiracist Clearinghouse Project: https://www.aals.org/about/publications/antiracist-clearinghouse/
Antiracist Development Institute: https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/antiracist-development-institute
PSU, Race and the Equal Protection of the Law: https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/race-and-the-equal-protection-of-the-laws
Books
Below is a list of recently acquired DEI-related books available at the Widener Delaware Law School library. Additional DEI-related materials are available.
- Balko, Radley & Tucker Carrington. The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/d8f8ebe3-23a0-53af-8149-a3c87ebe61d6
- Banks, Ralph Richard. Racial Justice and Law: Cases and Materials: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/64b33efe-e0d3-532e-bc50-af399e3d46f8
- Barnett, Brittany K. A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, And Freedom: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/79e798b2-a08e-58d3-9d81-a1617e6ff9da
- Batlan, Felice. Women and Justice for the Poor: A History of Legal Aid, 1863–1945: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/a5331cc1-a50d-5ce1-8cfe-6fd3e49acb8f
- Beck, Teresa M. Her story book 2 : the resilient woman lawyer's guide to conquering obstacles: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/67bc279f-9ece-5ed6-8258-7533d1ac31ed
- Bell, Derrick A. Race, Racism and American Law: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/c2087ac5-d48e-55c2-a2d1-ed5cba390cd7
- Blackmon, Douglas A. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/1cd5b2ef-a26a-558e-9c39-8a564c6b4456
- Brown, Dorothy A. Critical Race Theory: Cases, Materials, and Problems: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/3eaec4e1-9342-51fc-bcd8-045017d38c69
- Brown, Dorothy A. The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/66a263f3-7e8f-5d99-a9bd-fd4504720352
- Brown-Nagin, Tomiko. Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/eb2ecdaa-0423-5716-b3f3-52963fa03ef0
- Burnham, Margaret A. By hands now known : Jim Crow's legal executioners: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/c6629d13-e784-584a-a46a-069da668644d
- Capers, Bennett (ed). Critical race judgments : rewritten U.S. court opinions on race and the law: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/8b7ccc6f-ef77-5a08-bac3-0f5001b56192
- Citron, Danielle Keats. The fight for privacy : protecting dignity, identity, and love in the digital age: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/3de1e9e5-e88f-55b5-b60a-253169e4e84b
- Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams, et al. Seeing Race Again: Countering Colorblindness Across the Disciplines: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/3efc567b-a858-5c67-a7f6-6d474eabfbf4
- Delgado, Richard Critical Race Theory: the Cutting Edge: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/c8d2395a-56d0-5a6c-9f6e-b701010c94af
- Desmond, Matthew Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/ddbaeb60-e5ee-57ea-9eb5-bc0c2e903218
- DiAngelo, Robin J. White Fragility: Why it's So Hard to Talk to White People about Racism: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/f7f0067b-cb5c-5074-bd01-cb5bdded5a26
- Eberhardt, Jennifer Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/0f008bbe-dea0-5fb1-ae8c-40e3b09c7db0
- Eskridge, William N. Marriage equality : from outlaws to in-laws https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/93b34d6b-5b61-50f7-9dcb-d871db845014
- Fields, Shawn E. Neighborhood watch : policing white spaces in America: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/b8f10871-db2b-55f1-a5a1-d88e7c774142
- Finkelman, Paul. Supreme injustice: Slavery in the Nation's Highest Court: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/be6dfa38-5475-5652-b744-8277dbee5804
- Forman, James Jr. Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/f0fb9a1c-d322-5bda-9713-8c2a48f74748
- Hinton, Elizabeth. From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/b3d5e94c-2199-59cb-b661-e3632a975d49
- Jones, Martha S. Birthright Citizens: a History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/2106c273-3509-50d0-9d6b-0257c026f65a
- Kendi, Ibram X. How to be an Antiracist: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/cc656e37-06e3-523b-b717-1e3f74bfe498
- Kendi, Ibram X. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/32039345-3d7e-5127-a8c0-05812693e3f9
- Lobel, Orly. The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/0b0028d6-2735-5841-87ba-61608b002d6e
- Luxenburg, Steve. Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/3bd236e9-f34b-533c-9d32-22bfa84cbb4b
- McClain, Russell A. The Guide to Belonging in Law School: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/8621e88b-eef1-5715-9241-8ccc9e6610b1
- McDaniel, William Caleb. Sweet Taste of Liberty: a True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America.: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/480c12a4-c995-57e0-88e5-90d4d81fc5bf
- McGhee, Heather. The sum of us : what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/ecb08276-f050-56cf-bc83-c6aa3a0c5b39
- Mystal, Elie. Allow me to retort : a black guy's guide to the Constitution https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/45993e0a-e1b7-5fba-9fe3-d6c886994533
- Natapoff, Alexandra. Punishment Without Crime: How our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/97d15b5c-ceba-5b83-8525-16da1e4f0318
- Neely, Teresa Y. Dismantling constructs of whiteness in higher education : narratives of resistance from the academy: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/a02cb8dc-fe78-5464-bc0a-c87096f692b5
- Neiman, Donald G. Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/3d5dbacf-5353-51c3-ae47-05248c367980
- Perea, Juan F. Race and races: Cases and Resources for a Diverse America: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/5c6e91e7-c0dd-547e-944f-31f29a0cab49
- Rosenberg, Rosalind. Jane Crow: the Life of Pauli Murray: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/7683042d-2674-556f-9291-d5029eabb46f
- Schmidt, Christopher W. The Sit-Ins: Protest and Legal Change in the Civil Rights Era: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/da736dbf-4638-5cd4-9ac9-27044a912fcf
- Stevenson, Bryan. A Perilous Path: Talking Race, Inequality and the Law: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/55734539-6138-57bf-8009-b893f08d1573
- Suitts, Steve. Overturning Brown : the segregationist legacy of the modern school choice movement: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/90abdf3f-0d00-5f02-83a3-1a39aff23025
- Tyner, Artika R. The inclusive leader : taking intentional action for justice and equity: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/c6df8743-bc0e-5f37-a213-f35afbaffae7
- Wilentz, Sean. No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation's Founding: https://widener.locate.ebsco.com/instances/778ef2f1-0c2b-5cb2-97e6-d8dc930f1f45
Helpful Links
GENERAL
American Bar Association: www.americanbar.org
ABA Diversity and Inclusion Center: www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/
CLEO: www.cleoscholars.org
Delaware State Bar Association: www.dsba.org/multicultural_lawyers_projects.htm
DiscoverLaw: www.discoverlaw.org
Law School Admission Council: www.lsac.org
LSAC Diversity in Law School: www.lsac.org/discover-law/diversity-law-school
Minority Corporate Counsel Association: www.mcca.com
National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education: https://www.nadohe.org/
* NADOHE link to prior webinars: https://www.nadohe.org/stories/webinars
National Association of Women Judges: www.nawj.org
Philadelphia Diversity Law Group: http://www.pdlg.net
Practicing Attorneys for Law Students Program, Inc.: www.palsprogram.org
Share the Wealth Judicial Law Clerk Program: jtb.org/share-the-wealth/
AFRICAN AMERICAN
The Barrister’s Association of Philadelphia: www.phillybarristers.com
Delaware Barristers Association: www.debarristersassociation.org/
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.: www.naacpldf.org
The National Bar Association: www.nationalbar.org
National Black Law Students Association: www.nblsa.org/
Association of Black Women Attorneys: www.abwanewyork.org
The Sarita & Clair Wright Lucas Foundation: saritaandclairefoundation.org/
Mitchell Center for African American Heritage: dehistory.org/visit/jane-and-littleton-mitchell-center-for-african-american-heritage
AMERICAN INDIAN
American Indian College Fund: www.collegefund.org
American Indian Law Center, Inc.: www.ailc-inc.org
The National Native American Bar Association: www.nativeamericanbar.org
ASIAN/ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER
Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund: www.aaldef.org
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association: www.napaba.org
North American South Asian Bar Association: www.nasaba.com
HISPANIC/LATINO
Hispanic National Bar Association: www.hnba.com
LatinoJustice: www.latinojustice.org
Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund: www.maldef.org
JEWISH/JEWISH AMERICAN
The Jewish Graduate Student Organization: www.gojgo.org
The Jewish Historical Society of Delaware: jhsdelaware.org
Anti-Defamation League (ADL): https://www.adl.org/
Jewish National Fund (JNF): https://www.jnf.org/
Jewish Family Services of Delaware (JFS): https://www.jfsdelaware.org/
LGBT
American Civil Liberties Union: www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights
Human Rights Campaign: www.hrc.org
Lambda Legal: www.lambdalegal.org
LSAC: www.lsac.org
The National LGBT Bar Association: www.lgbtbar.org
Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays: www.community.pflag.org
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