Pritzker Legal Research Center: Law School Survival: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

DEI Resources at Northwestern

Northwestern Law School's website on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has links to many of the DEI initiatives at the law school relevant to students, faculty, and staff. It includes links to school policies and initiatives.

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion seeks to foster a diverse and inclusive Law School community that supports the diversity of its student body, staff, and faculty, while also maintaining an intellectually rigorous environment in which diverse viewpoints are explored, shared, and debated. In addition, the Office of DEI provides support and guidance for students, staff and faculty with identities that are historically underrepresented in law schools and in the legal profession.

Northwestern also has many student organizations, including affinity groups for historically underrepresented students.

Organizations

You can find a longer list of organizations focused on DEI in the legal profession on the library's Researching Legal Employers guide.

ABA's Diversity and Inclusion section
Includes specific subtopic groups, recommended books, articles, and CLE webinars.
Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Professions
IILP takes a real-world, common-sense approach that aims to acknowledge, understand, and address the reality of diversity in today’s legal profession. IILP seeks to push for change by focusing on the “pipeline” or supply side” in conjunction with (and support of) the more traditional emphasis on the “demand side”, i.e., corporate clients using their economic power in selecting firms to encourage diversity.
Women of Color Research Initiative
This research and accompanying toolkits explore the unique experiences of women of color in the law, who face bias and other obstacles due to the intersectionality of their gender and race.

Books From the Library's Catalog

Beyond One L by Nancy Levit (Editor); Allen Rostron (Editor)
ISBN: 9781531008352
Publication Date: 2019-01-01
Beyond One L explores first, second, and third year experiences in the decades since One L was published. It then moves beyond law school to tell the stories of taking the bar, searching for judicial clerkships, practicing law, and leaving law practice to become a teacher or judge.
The Guide to Belonging in Law School by Russell A. McClain
ISBN: 9781683283799
Publication Date: 2020-07-09
The Guide to Belonging in Law School requires readers to engage in an authentic, rigorous, mini-law school semester involving reading, studying, exam preparation, and exam writing. The book provides a foundation for students from marginalized groups to recognize and manage both subtle and explicit barriers that can impede their progress.