Diversity Programming
Diversity and Inclusion Programs 2022-2023
| Dates | Programming |
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| September 7 - September 13, 2022 | Pre-Orientation Program: Five-day initiative designed to strengthen the academic, professional, and interpersonal skills of incoming 1L students. Program curricula and competencies are delivered in modules and are completed through professional development and social activities. |
| September 16, 2022 |
Hearing One Another Workshop: Provides an opportunity for students to better appreciate the richness of one another’s identities and start developing conversation habits that can promote more meaningful interactions and a stronger sense of belonging. |
| September 16, 2022 | Inclusive Leadership Workshop: Students participated in a session facilitated by Michelle Silverthorn, Founder and CEO of Inclusion Nation on the topics of lawyers as leaders, why diversity matters, and diversity & implicit bias in the academic and legal profession. |
| October 10, 2022 |
Interdisciplinary Series on Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality - Perspectives Across the City with Stanford Carpenter: This talk uses various forms of ethnographic research, memoir, and storytelling to discuss Identity and the artifactual nature of comic books. This event series draws on the rich intellectual life of the broader city of Chicago to bring law students a sense of how questions of race, ethnicity, and inequality are understood and evaluated using other disciplinary tools. |
| October 12, 2022 |
Bridges: The First-Person Writing Project Info Session: Bridges is a creative writing project in which participants develop first-person essays through guided workshops, peer review, and optional one-on-one coaching. Through Bridges, now in its fourth year, we create a culture of belonging, process our own stories, and gain perspective on experiences different from our own. Supported by the Office of the Dean of Students and the Communications Office, students will take part in an intimate roundtable series with like-minded peers where they will share their stories, develop a creative writing skillset, and produce narratives that they can choose to publish. |
| October 17, 2022 | Pre-Orientation Study Break: This gave the incoming 1L Pre-Orientation cohort the opportunity to take a break from their studies while enjoying the company of their peers over food and conversation. |
| October 18, 2022 |
Martha C. Nussbaum Student Roundtable with Professors Ginsburg and Henderson: During this Nussbaum Roundtable, Professors Ginsburg and Henderson had an open dialogue as to whether Trump should be prosecuted. The Martha C. Nussbaum Student Roundtables support the University of Chicago’s longstanding commitment to free expression and open discourse. |
| October 19, 2022 | Diversity Leadership Network (DLN) Meeting: DLN is a cross-organizational advocacy group composed of executive board leaders from affinity student organizations at the Law School. This group convenes with the Sr. Associate Director of Student Affairs & Diversity + Inclusion to discuss a wide range of topics including student climate, faculty engagement, community engagement and workshops/events. |
| October 20, 2022 |
Diversity Scholar Speaker Series with Valerie B. Jarrett: Valerie spoke about democracy, her work with President Obama and the Obama Foundation, and answered our students' questions. Valerie is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. She serves on the boards of Ariel Capital Management Holdings, 2U, and Lyft, and she is also a senior advisor to the Obama Foundation and Attn. Thank you to the American Constitution Society & Black Law Students Association for co-sponsoring this event alongside the Dean of Students Office. |
| November 1, 2022 | Martha C. Nussbaum Student Roundtable with Professors Levmore and Underwood: During this Nussbaum Roundtable, Professors Levmore and Underwood had an open dialogue about homelessness and how to address it. The Martha C. Nussbaum Student Roundtables support the University of Chicago’s longstanding commitment to free expression and open discourse. |
| November 3, 2022 | Diversity Scholar Speaker Series with Arthur Traldi: Arthur spoke about his work on anti-Semitism and answered our students' questions. Arthur's primary areas of work include legal services, domestic and international criminal law, litigation, trial practice and advocacy, transitional justice, rule of law, and human rights. Among his professional commitments, Arthur serves as a co-chair of the American Bar Association's International Criminal Law committee. Thank you to the Jewish Law Student Association for co-sponsoring this event alongside the Dean of Students Office. |
| November 10, 2022 | FaculTea Conversation with Professors Chilton and Starr: An informal gathering of faculty and students to discuss current events and their impact on the Law School Community. Topics discussed included the midterm election, student loan forgiveness, and Elon Musk owning Twitter. |
| November 14, 2022 |
Interdisciplinary Series on Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality – Perspectives from Across the City with Dr. Hardeep Dhillon: This talk touched on the making of modern US citizenship and alienage: Asian immigration, racial capital, and US law. This event series draws on the rich intellectual life of the broader city of Chicago to bring law students a sense of how questions of race, ethnicity, and inequality are understood and evaluated using other disciplinary tools. |
| November 16, 2022 | Diversity Leadership Network (DLN) Meeting: DLN is a cross-organizational advocacy group composed of executive board leaders from affinity student organizations at the Law School. This group convenes with the Sr. Associate Director of Student Affairs & Diversity + Inclusion to discuss a wide range of topics including student climate, faculty engagement, community engagement and workshops/events. |
| January 12, 2023 | FaculTea Conversation with Professors Baude and Fairley: An informal gathering of faculty and students to discuss current events and their impact on the Law School Community. Topics discussed included current supreme court cases and ChatGPT. |
| January 23, 2023 | Interdisciplinary Series on Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality – Perspectives from Across the City with Dr. Laura B. Nielsen: Professor Nielsen discussed law’s capacity for social change. Her primary field is the sociology of law, with particular interests in legal consciousness (how ordinary people understand the law) and the relationship between law and inequalities of race, gender, and class. |
| January 26, 2023 | Diversity Leadership Network (DLN) Meeting: DLN is a cross-organizational advocacy group composed of executive board leaders from affinity student organizations at the Law School. This group convenes with the Sr. Associate Director of Student Affairs & Diversity + Inclusion to discuss a wide range of topics including student climate, faculty engagement, community engagement and workshops/events. |
| January 26, 2023 | Pre-Orientation Mixer: This event brought together and celebrated faculty, staff and students that have taken part in the Pre-Orientation program within the last four years. |
| February 7, 2023 | Martha C. Nussbaum Student Roundtable with Professors Lakier and Robertson: During this Nussbaum Roundtable, Professors Lakier and Robertson had an open dialogue about gender-based affirmative action and institutionalized efforts to promote women in settings in which they have been traditionally underrepresented. The Martha C. Nussbaum Student Roundtables support the University of Chicago’s longstanding commitment to free expression and open discourse. |
| February 15, 2023 | Diversity Scholar Speaker Series with Mary Smith: This fireside chat featured Mary smith, who spoke about being the first Native American woman to be president-elect of the American Bar Association. In August 2023, she will become president of the world’s largest voluntary association of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals. |
| February 16, 2023 | FaculTea Conversation with Professors Green and Konsky: An informal gathering of faculty and students to discuss current events and their impact on the Law School Community. Topics discussed included current Supreme Court Cases, does the manner in which Supreme Justices are appointed need to change, and how the history of the US shapes lawyers. |
| February 20, 2023 |
Interdisciplinary Series on Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality – Perspectives from Across the City with Dr. Selwyn Rogers: Dr. Rogers discussed structural racism and its relation to firearm-related injuries. Dr. Rogers' clinical and research interests focus on understanding the healthcare needs of underserved populations. He works with faculty across the University of Chicago as well as members of the community to develop a multidisciplinary approach to trauma care and health disparities. |
| February 27, 2023 | Diversity Leadership Network (DLN) Meeting: DLN is a cross-organizational advocacy group composed of executive board leaders from affinity student organizations at the Law School. This group convenes with the Sr. Associate Director of Student Affairs & Diversity + Inclusion to discuss a wide range of topics including student climate, faculty engagement, community engagement and workshops/events. |
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March 28, 2023 |
Martha C. Nussbaum Student Roundtable with Professors Chilton and Davidson: During this Nussbaum Roundtable, Professors Chilton and Davidson had an open dialogue about the unique role of the UCPD, the University’s plan to create a new Public Safety Advisory Council, and ideas about how best to improve the UCPD. The Martha C. Nussbaum Student Roundtables support the University of Chicago’s longstanding commitment to free expression and open discourse. |
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March 30, 2023 |
FaculTea Conversation with Professors Parker and Rappaport: An informal gathering of faculty and students to discuss current events and their impact on the Law School Community. Topics discussed included upcoming IL mayoral election, policing and race, privacy and surveillance, and crime vs criminalization. |
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April 17, 2023 |
Inclusive Leadership Workshop: Students participated in a session facilitated by Michelle Silverthorn, Founder and CEO of Inclusion Nation on the topics of communicating across differences effectively and what it means to being a leader of change. |
| April 26, 2023 | Diversity Leadership Network (DLN) Meeting: DLN is a cross-organizational advocacy group composed of executive board leaders from affinity student organizations at the Law School. This group convenes with the Sr. Associate Director of Student Affairs & Diversity + Inclusion to discuss a wide range of topics including student climate, faculty engagement, community engagement and workshops/events. |
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May 1, 2023 |
Interdisciplinary Series on Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality – Perspectives from Across the City with Dr. René D. Flores: Dr. Flores discussed his research on the social construction of race. Using a conjoint survey experiment, his research team disentangled the underlying classification logics of U.S. observers and uncover three key norms: (1) ancestry strongly shapes classification, but there is little evidence of strict hypodescent; (2) skin color is a powerful signal that overrides ancestry when these signals conflict; and (3) sociocultural cues are especially important for “racial middle” categories such as Hispanic, Native American, MENA, and Asian. |
| May 9, 2023 | Martha C. Nussbaum Student Roundtable with Professors Ginsburg and McAdams: During this Nussbaum Roundtable, Professors Ginsburg and McAdams had an open dialogue about the pros and cons of prosecuting Donald Trump. The Martha C. Nussbaum Student Roundtables support the University of Chicago’s longstanding commitment to free expression and open discourse. |
| May 11, 2023 | FaculTea Conversation with Professors Davidson and Kim: An informal gathering of faculty and students to discuss current events and their impact on the Law School Community. Topics discussed included Cop City, trust in the legal system, the legal system's response to mental health crisis, and societal violence. |
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May 12, 2023 |
Diversity Leadership Network (DLN) New Board Meeting: DLN is a cross-organizational advocacy group composed of executive board leaders from affinity student organizations at the Law School. This group convenes with the Sr. Associate Director of Student Affairs & Diversity + Inclusion to discuss a wide range of topics including student climate, faculty engagement, community engagement and workshops/events. |