Racial Justice
Like so many throughout society, we at Stanford Law School are grappling with issues of racial justice—at our school, in the profession and practice of law, and with what needs to be changed in the legal and policy landscape. Our faculty and students continue to shape law and policy and influence the national debate through scholarship, thought leadership, programming, and events across a broad range of areas. Our mission at Stanford is not just to respond, but to lead, and to use our knowledge and skills to improve our society and the world. This requires continued rigorous research, hard discussions about race, systemic racism, and identity, and involving students in solutions that break new ground in response to evolving challenges, insights and opportunities—a sampling of which you can find below.
Faculty on Point
Stanford Center for Racial Justice
Rethinking Race, Dismantling Racism, Furthering Justice
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Stanford Black Law Students Association Celebrates 50th Anniversary
On February 1, the Stanford Black Law Students Association (BLSA) began Black History Month by celebrating its founding at the group’s 50th Anniversary Brunch and 7th Annual Black History Month Gala. Current Stanford Law School (SLS) BLSA members and BLSA alumni from every decade since its founding in 1970 came…
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New Racial Justice Center
In June, Stanford University announced the establishment of the Stanford Center for Racial Justice (SCRJ), a new initiative anchored at the law school that aims to serve the entire university. • “The starting point for the center is the recognition that racial inequality and division have long been the fault…
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Affirmative Algorithms: The Legal Grounds for Fairness as Awareness
University of Chicago Law Review Online
While there has been a flurry of research in algorithmic fairness, what is less recognized is that modern antidiscrimination law may prohibit the adoption of such techniques. We make three contributions. First, we discuss how such approaches will likely be deemed “algorithmic affirmative action,” posing serious legal risks of violating…
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