Center on Race, Law and Justice
About the Center
The Center works to generate innovative responses to racial inequality and discrimination. The Center maximizes real-world impact through cross-disciplinary collaborations, comparative analyses, and systemic interventions that push the boundaries of traditional approaches to race and inequality.
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The Center’s approach to race and law incorporates fields such as history, sociology, and political science and features analytical tools drawn from:
- Critical Race Theory
- Comparative Law
- Empirical Methods
- Structuralism and Institutional Reform
- Legal History
- Feminist Legal Theory
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- Affirmative Action
- Antidiscrimination
- Civil Rights Advocacy
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Community and Economic Development
- Education
- Employment
- Environmental Justice
- Family and Family Advocacy
- Health and Biomedical Ethics
- Housing
- Human Rights
- Immigration
- International Development and Sustainability
- Internet and Information Technologies
- Legal Ethics
- Legal History
- Legislation
- National Security
- Poverty
- Urban Studies
- Voting Rights
- Workers Rights and Solidarity
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The Center functions as an incubator and a platform for advancing cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship on racial identity, cumulative disadvantage, and racial justice tools that are grounded in critical analyses, empirical methods, and comparative inquiry.
It helps generate original research and analysis of core civil rights and social justice issues.
It promotes innovations in legal pedagogy, practice, and professionalism in relation to issues of race, civil rights, and diversity.
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The Center on Race, Law & Justice is grateful to the members of its advisory board for providing invaluable guidance and support throughout the year.
Vivian M. Arias, Esq. ’07
Partner
Holland & Knight, LLPThe Honorable Denny Chin ’78
Judge
United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitAngelo R. Guisado, Esq. ’12
Staff Attorney
Center for Constitutional RightsNoah S. Heller, Esq. ’00
Chief Executive Officer
Katten Muchin & Rosenman, LLPMichelle Y. Johnson-Lewis, Esq. ’93
Retired Pharmaceutical/Biotech Legal ExecutiveMichael Kim, Esq. ’97
Partner
Blank Rome LLPRachel M. Kleinman, Esq. ’05
Senior Counsel & Director of Professional Development
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.William Malpica, Esq. ’00
Partner
Martin LLPWillajeanne F. McLean, Esq. ’86
Faculty, Law Instruction and Research
University of ConnecticutErika K. Thomas, Esq.
Partner
Baker Hostetler
