LRC Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Committee

• Faculty Learning Circles: Discussing How to Incorporate DEIA in the Classroom: Small group roundtable discussions on how to incorporate DEIA in the law school classroom.  Co-sponsored by the Legal Research Center, Center for Educational Excellence and Law Student Affairs.  Held once per month from September to November and February to April.
• Book Talk, Integrating Doctrine and Diversity: Inclusion and Equity in the Law School Classroom, April 29, 2022.  Integrating Doctrine and Diversity is a collection of essays with practical advice, written by faculty for faculty, on specific ways to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into the law school curriculum.

• Panel Discussion, My Name is Pauli Murray, Wednesday, October 26, 2022.  A look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall. Mypostings event page

The DEIA Committee has contributed resource guides to events held by other law school departments and student organizations.

Are you a member of the USD law community hosting a DEIA-focused event? Contact the LRC DEIA Committee to discuss building an online resource guide that can help your attendees find related LRC resources and books.

Throughout the school year, the committee hosts small watch parties on the second floor staff lounge of the LRC. LRC and law school staff are invited to watch a video or collection of videos on a particular topic. Afterwards attendees are encouraged to discuss and reflect.  Snacks are served. 

• Juneteenth [Videos: Juneteenth: Celebrating Freedom and Henry Louis Gates Jr. on this history and significance of Juneteenth] June 2025 
• Dear Colleague letter(s) - [Videos: Higher Education Litigation Roundtable 13:43-33:00 and Harvard Rejected Trump Takeover: Will Other Institutions Join the Fight?] April 2025
• Racial bias in facial recognition software [Video: Coded Bias] February 2025
• Bullying [Video: Let's Get Real: Students on Bias & Bullying] November 2024
• Impacts of race and class on health [Video: UNNATURAL CAUSES ... is inequality making us sick?] August 2024
• Biracial Identity [Video: Growing Up Mixed] April 2024
• Reparations [Video: Reparations] February 2024
• Undocumented students and persons [Video: Waking Dream and I was born in Mexico, but...] December 2023