Last summer, partly inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, faculty from the 10 New York City-area law schools (Brooklyn, Columbia, CUNY, Fordham, Hofstra, New York, NYU, Pace, St. John’s and Rutgers) came together to create the Law School Anti-Racism Consortium (LSARC).
This coalition of law school faculty, administrators, staff, students and alumni is committed to building an anti-racist culture and climate in law schools. LSARC works on many levels: we provide resources for law schools to: (1) support indigenous, Black and other students of color and alumni/ae through admissions, orientation, academics and classroom inclusivity, (2) identify, confront and explore the impact of racism on law with their students, faculty, administration and the larger community, and (3) center racial justice as a guiding principle and a concrete practice in every area of legal education and the legal profession.
