Sessions Information

  • January 5, 2018
    8:30 am - 10:15 am
    Session Type: AALS Arc of Career Programs
    Session Capacity: N/A
    Hotel: N/A
    Room: Pacific Ballroom Salon 18
    Floor: North Tower/Ground Level

    Diversity among skills-focused law faculty and administration is critical, particularly given recent emphasis on practical skills and cultural competency as a professional skill. Skills faculty have a great impact on students as future practitioners, and thus, they should better reflect the students they serve. Law school administrators, as leaders of the institution, ought to reflect the diversity they seek in their institutions. But teaching in skills-focused areas typically brings additional challenges with respect to status, job security, and pay equity that discourage faculty of color from entering those fields. Faculty of color also face unique challenges breaking into positions of law school leadership, and are underrepresented among those positions. In this discussion of their career paths and experiences as skills-focused professors and administrators, or both, the panelists will help deepen the attendees’ understanding of some of the issues that are unique to people of color in the academy. Specifically, the panelists will address the challenges and opportunities they have encountered, if any, on their career path; discuss their perceptions of the importance of a diverse faculty and administration; and share their ideas for increasing the representation of people of color in these positions.

Session Speakers
University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law
Speaker

University of Oregon School of Law
Moderator

Suffolk University Law School
Speaker

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Speaker

American University, Washington College of Law
Speaker

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Speaker

Session Fees
  • [5100] AALS Arc of Career Program - Opportunities and Challenges for Faculty of Color in Skills-Focused Law Teaching and Law Administration: $0.00