Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research

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This panel explores multiple channels to ignite interpersonal respect, cross-cultural empathy, and global inclusion through the powerful medium of legal education. In today’s global climate, we must embrace the multifaceted spectrum of backgrounds and life experiences that students, professors, clients, and advocates bring to classrooms and law office environments. This panel offers five perspectives on the different personalities, socio-economic backgrounds, and cultural identities present in our classrooms (and eventually present in our students’ law offices). Five speakers will offer curricular strategies for fostering empathy, personal accountability, and inclusion toward others, focusing on individuals who: are transgender or gender nonconforming; have learning and other disabilities; face immigration challenges; qualify for public benefits or struggle with low incomes/high debts; or are introverted, shy, or socially anxious.