{"id":160,"date":"2021-01-25T20:08:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T20:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sectonproprod.wpengine.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2021-01-26T20:05:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T20:05:26","slug":"successful-conference-session-gives-food-for-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sectiononprobono.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/25\/successful-conference-session-gives-food-for-thought\/admin\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Conference Session Gives Food for Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color:#1f80b8\" class=\"has-text-color text-paragraph\"><em><strong>By Angela Schultz<\/strong><\/em>\n\n\n\n<\/p><p class=\"text-paragraph\">Over 200 people joined our January 6<sup>th<\/sup> conference panel, <em>Calling Out and Leaning-in to Racial and Class Inequities in Experiential Learning Opportunities. <\/em>The 90-minute session, moderated by Angela Schultz of Marquette Law School, featured discussion among three panelists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alexi Freeman, associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Denver Law;<\/li><li>Amada Rivas, director of externships at St. Mary\u2019s School of Law; and<\/li><li>Michele Storms, executive director of the ACLU of Washington and former assistant dean for public service at the University of Washington School of Law.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/sectonproprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Session1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sectiononprobono.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Session1.png 992w, https:\/\/sectiononprobono.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Session1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sectiononprobono.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Session1-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/sectiononprobono.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Session1-790x446.png 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">Panelists discussed matters ranging from the personal to the professional, including sharing bits of their own life stories, personal identities, and on-the-job learning experiences when teaching about racism, intersectionality, and cultural humility.\u00a0 Attendees used the chat to weigh in with questions, comments, and to share relevant resources. Comments included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This panel is certainly helping engage my brain on how I can better raise diversity and inclusion issues with my students.<\/li><li>Georgia State University has a resource list intended to bring discussions of race and racism into core law school courses. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.gsu.edu\/racialjustice\">www.law.gsu.edu\/racialjustice<\/a><\/li><li>Another great resource if the deans\u2019 anti-racist clearinghouse page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aals.org\/antiracist-clearinghouse\/\">www.aals.org\/antiracist-clearinghouse\/<\/a><\/li><li>I love the idea of including discussion about imposter syndrome in class. A great resource on this topic is Neha Sampat: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.genlead.co\/\">http:\/\/www.genlead.co\/<\/a><\/li><li>This is the most powerful and useful discussion on this topic I have ever heard.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">Questions raised by the group pose some potential for future programming. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How can we \u201creach across the aisle\u201d and work with students who might think of diversity, equity, and inclusion as code for \u201cliberal-leaning perspectives only\u201d?<\/li><li>Can we find a place to share content of training and materials we use to raise these issues with our law students? Where do you make room for these sessions during the semester?<\/li><li>How do we keep conversations about racism from turning into \u201cpity\u201d for others? I sometimes worry my students perceive others\u2019 trauma (the trauma of racism) more as their own various trauma. How are you talking about vicarious trauma with your students?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/sectonproprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Session2-1024x595.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sectiononprobono.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Session2-1024x595.png 1024w, https:\/\/sectiononprobono.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Session2-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/sectiononprobono.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Session2-768x446.png 768w, https:\/\/sectiononprobono.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Session2-790x459.png 790w, https:\/\/sectiononprobono.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Session2.png 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">Members of the section board met for a business meeting after the session when the Chair of our section, Sande Buhai of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, commented that in her 18 years on the section, this was our best conference session to-date. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\"><strong><em>Kudos to all involved.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size text-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/event-app.eventpower.com\/event_app\/user\/login\/21AALS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIEW THE RECORDED SESSIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 20%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/faculty-and-staff-directory\/detail\/5676039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/sectonproprod.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AngelaShultz.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sectiononprobono.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AngelaShultz.jpeg 233w, https:\/\/sectiononprobono.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AngelaShultz-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-normal-font-size\" style=\"color:#184b61\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/faculty-and-staff-directory\/detail\/5676039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angela Schultz<\/a> (angela.schultz@marquette.edu) is Assistant Dean for Public Service at Marquette University Law School<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Angela Schultz Over 200 people joined our January 6th conference panel, Calling Out and Leaning-in to Racial and Class Inequities in Experiential Learning Opportunities. 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