Cultural Competence & Cultural Humility
Overview
This page contains books and articles on cultural competence and cultural humility. Sources have been linked when feasible and links are to freely-available sources unless otherwise noted.
Articles
These articles have been divided into two categories: The Case for Cultural Competence in the Profession, which discusses the importance of training students in this area; and Developing Cultural Competence, which details strategies for teaching cultural competence and humility within the curriculum.
The Case for Cultural Competence in the Profession
- Samuel Vincent Jones, Law Schools, Cultural Competency, and Discrimination, 21 Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy 84 (2021).
- L. Danielle Tully, The Cultural (Re)Turn: The Case for Teaching Culturally Responsive Lawyering, 16 Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties 201 (2020).
- Jan L. Jacobowitz, Lawyers Beware: You Are What You Post – The Case for Integrating Cultural Competence, Legal Ethics, and Social Media, 17 Southern Methodist University Science & Technology Law Review 541 (2014).
- Jeffrey Blumberg, Sitting by the Well: The Case for Intercultural Competency Training in International Experiential Learning, 43 University of Baltimore Law Review 395 (2014).
- Rachel F. Moran, When Intercultural Competency Comes to Class: Navigating Difference in the Modern American Law School, 26 Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal 109 (2013). [article behind paywall]
- Shiv Narayan Persaud, Is Color Blind Justice Also Culturally Blind: The Cultural Blindness in Justice, 14 Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy 25 (2012). [article behind paywall]
- Anthony V. Alfieri, Educating Lawyers for Community Essay, 2012 Wisconsin Law Review 115 (2012).
- Kristen A. Carperter & Eli Wald, Lawyering for Groups: The Case of American Indian Tribal Attorneys, 81 Fordham Law Review 3085 (2012).
- Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Beyond Best Practices for Legal Education: Reflections on Cultural Awareness – Exploring the Issues in Creating a Law School and Classroom Culture Contemporary Issues in Outcomes-Based Legal Education, 38 William Mitchell Law Review 1176 (2011). [article behind paywall]
- Alexis Anderson, Lynn Barenberg & Carwina Weng, Challenges of Sameness: Pitfalls and Benefits to Assumed Connections in Lawyering, 18 Clinical Law Review 339 (2011).
- Annette Demers, Cultural Competence and the Legal Profession: An Annotated Bibliography of Materials Published between 2000 and 2011, 39 International Journal of Legal Information 22 (2011).
- Mary Helen McNeal, Slow Down, People Breathing: Lawyering, Culture and Place, 18 Clinical Law Review 183 (2011). [article behind paywall]
- Beverly I. Moran, Disappearing Act: The Lack of Values Training in Legal Education-A Case for Cultural Competency, 38 Southern University Law Review 1 (2010). [article behind paywall]
- Michael L. Perlin & Valerie McClain, “Where Souls are Forgotten”: Cultural Competencies, Forensic Evaluations, and International Human Rights, 15 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 257 (2009).
- Peg McCartt Hess & Andrew Billingsley, Cultural Competence: At the Heart of Capacity Building, in Collaborating with Community-based Organizations Through Consultation and Technical Assistance 54 (2007). [book chapter behind paywall]
- William Y. Chin, Multiple Cultures, One Criminal Justice System: The Need for a Cultural Ombudsman in the Courtroom, 53 Drake Law Review 651 (2004).
- Marjorie A. Silver, Emotional Competence, Multicultural Lawyering and Race, 3 Florida Coastal Law Journal 219 (2001). [article behind paywall]
Developing Cultural Competence
- James A. Sonne, Cross-Cultural Lawyering and Religion: A Clinical Perspective, 25 Clinical Law Review 223 (2018).
- Anastasia M. Boles, The Culturally Proficient Law Professor: Beginning the Journey, 48 New Mexico Law Review 145 (2018).
- Debra Chopp, Addressing Cultural Bias in the Legal Profession, 41 New York University Review of Law & Social Change 364 (2017).
- Bonny L. Tavares, Changing the Construct: Promoting Cross-Cultural Conversations in the Law School Classroom, 67 Journal of Legal Education 211 (2017).
- Anastasia M. Boles, Seeking Inclusion from the Inside Out: Towards a Paradigm of Culturally Proficient Legal Education, 11 Charleston Law Review 209 (2017).
- Neil Hamilton & Jeff Maleska, Helping Students Develop Affirmative Evidence of Cross-Cultural Competency, 19 St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice 187 (2016).
- Steven I. Friedland, Adaptive Strategies for the Future of Legal Education, 61 Loyola Law Review 211 (2015).
- Luz E. Herrera, Incubating Community Law Practices: Post-Graduate Models for Lawyer Training & Access to Law, 1 Journal of Experiential Learning 215 (2015).
- Christina A. Zawisza, Teaching Cross-Cultural Competence to Law Students: Understanding the Self as Other, 17 Florida Coastal Law Review 185 (2015). [article behind paywall]
- Andrea A. Curcio, Addressing Barriers to Cultural Sensibility Learning: Lessons from Social Cognition Theory, 15 Nevada Law Journal 537 (2014).
- Andrea A. Curcio, Teresa E. Ward & Nisha Dogra, A Survey Instrument to Develop, Tailor, and Help Measure Law Student Cultural Diversity Education Learning Outcomes, 38 Nova Law Review 177 (2013).
- Scott L. Rogers, The Mindful Law School: An Integrative Approach to Transforming Legal Education, 28 Touro Law Review 1189 (2012).
- Kathleen Kelly Janus & Dee Smythe, Navigating Culture in the Field: Cultural Competency Training Lessons from the International Human Rights Clinic, 56 New York Law School Law Review 445 (2011).
- Nelson P. Miller et al., Equality as Talisman: Getting Beyond Bias to Cultural Competence as a Professional Skill, 25 Thomas M. Cooley Law Review 99 (2008). [article behind paywall]
- Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Making and Breaking Habits: Teaching (and Learning) Cultural Context, Self-Awareness, and Intercultural Communication through Case Supervision in a Client-Service Legal Clinic New Directions in Clinical Legal Education, 28 Washington University Journal of Law & Policy 37 (2008).
- Ascanio Piomelli, Cross-Cultural Lawyering by the Book: The Latest Clinical Texts and a Sketch of a Future Agenda, 4 Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal 131 (2006).
- Carwina Weng, Multicultural Lawyering: Teaching Psychology to Develop Cultural Self-Awareness, 11 Clinical Law Review 369 (2005).
- Susan Bryant, The Five Habits: Building Cross-Cultural Competence in Lawyers, 8 Clinical Law Review 77 (2001).
Books
- Edwin S. Fruehwald, A Guide to Help Lawyers, Law Students, and Business Professionals Develop Cross-Cultural Competence (2021).
- Diversity in Practice: Race, Gender, and Class in Legal and Professional Careers (Spencer Headworth, Robert L. Nelson & Ronit Dinovitzer eds., 2016).
- The Oxford Handbook of Diversity and Work (Quinetta M. Roberson ed., 2013).
- Vernā Myers, What if I Say the Wrong Thing? 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People (2013).
- Doman Lum, Culturally Competent Practice: A Framework for Understanding Diverse Groups & Justice Issues (4th ed. 2011).
- Vernā Myers, Moving Diversity Forward: How To Go from Well-Meaning to Well-Doing (2011).
- Race, Culture, Psychology, & Law (Kimberly Holt Barrett & William H. George eds., 2005).