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DEI Resources for 1L Faculty Retreat

Video Resources

Duke Law, Race and the 1L Curriculum: Constitutional Law (2021)

Selected Readings

Juan F. Perea, Race and Constitutional Law Casebooks: Recognizing the Proslavery Constitution, 110 Mich. L. Rev. 1123 (2012)
Stephen Loffredo, Poverty, Inequality, and Class in the Structural Constitutional Law Course, 34 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1239 (2007)
Paul Finkelman, The Root of the Problem: How the Proslavery Constitution Shaped American Race Relations, 4 Barry L. Rev. 1 (2003)
Paul Finkelman, Teaching Slavery in American Constitutional Law, 34 Akron L. Rev. 261 (2000)
David Hall, The Constitution and Race: A Critical Perspective 5 N.Y.L. Sch. J. Hum. Rts. 229 (1988)
Deseriee A. Kennedy, Judicial Review and Diversity, 71 Tenn. L. Rev. 287 (2004)
Gregory Ablavsky, The Savage Constitution, 63 Duke L.J. 999 (2014)
Mary Ziegler, Navigating Controversial Fourteenth Amendment Topics, 62 St. Louis U.L.J. 689 (2018)
Rachel F. Moran and Devon W. Carbado, Race Law Stories (West Academic, 2008)

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