Diversity
Picturing a Diverse Community
Diversity, inclusion, and cultural competency are critical to fulfilling our mission as a law school and as part of the legal community.
As a professional school preparing the next generation of our nation’s lawyers, we believe that our promise to support diversity is both an academic and professional duty. (Read the college’s resolution affirming the inherent educational benefits of diversity for the college environment).
Increasing the diversity of the legal profession and developing the cultural competency of our students is part of the Law School’s commitment to promoting equal access to justice and training the best professionals in all fields of legal practice.
This website is a resource for students, staff, faculty, and prospective students to learn about the diversity of experience and background on our campus and to access relevant resources, events and policies.
Resources for Undocumented Persons
News
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TIME Magazine’s TIME 100 Talks, a video series highlighting influential people, has included alumna and disability-rights advocate Haben Girma BA ’10 in its line-up. Girma, a recipient of Lewis & Clark’s 2016 Outstanding Young Alumna Award, is the first deaf-blind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. In her talk, Girma expands upon the article she wrote for TechCrunch, “The Robots Occupying Our Sidewalks.” -
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The Office of Equity and Inclusion is reviving the Intergroup Dialogue Series (started by Student Life in 2014). This series is open to all staff and faculty. -
The Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) at Lewis & Clark Law School recently filed a joint amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in support of an Oregon Law Center lawsuit. The Metropolitan Public Defender’s (MPD) Community Law Division, which partners with CJRC on the Barrier Reduction Project, joined CJRC in submitting the brief.
Events
EVENTS
December 15th, 2020
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Anti-Racism Discussion Group
A weekly discussion group for staff and faculty from any campus focused on a different item every week all contributing to building an anti-racism lens.
December 8th, 2020
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Anti-Racism Discussion Group
A weekly discussion group for staff and faculty from any campus focused on a different item every week all contributing to building an anti-racism lens.
December 1st, 2020
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Anti-Racism Discussion Group
A weekly discussion group for staff and faculty from any campus focused on a different item every week all contributing to building an anti-racism lens.
November 24th, 2020
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Anti-Racism Discussion Group
A weekly discussion group for staff and faculty from any campus focused on a different item every week all contributing to building an anti-racism lens.