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.