Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Session 4, 2:30-3:15pm
Race and the Law School Classroom
William Y. Chin
Program Code: W4E
“Know your audience” by understanding that what and how you teach your legal writing class might at times have a greater impact on students of color in your classroom. Issues to be aware of include the race of the characters in the legal writing problems you create, the inclusion of racial slurs in your legal writing problems, the factors you use in your grading system, and the criteria you use in judging “effective” first-year moot court advocates.