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Library guides to help facilitate your research

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University of Minnesota’s “Teaching Tools for Law School Faculty” Library Guide

Summary by the University of Minnesota Law Library: “This guide provides selected resources to assist those teaching law school courses.The information is general and applicable to most law school courses.”

While this guide features resources on teaching law generally including on assessment, affordability, journals, skills courses, and adjuncts and clinicians, among others, professors may find two pages on this guide particularly helpful for DEIB resources:

  • “Incorporating Racial & Social Justice Issues” provides resources for integrating social justice issues into the law school pedagogy. Importantly, it also features resources for an array of specific law courses, from Antitrust to Torts.
  • “Inclusive Teaching”, albeit less organized, provides an extensive bibliography of publications for creating an inclusive law school classroom.

This guide was last updated on May 23, 2022.

University of Colorado’s “Legal Instruction Resources” Library Guide

This guide contains resources for law professors on teaching law courses generally, and includes pages on: Anti-Racism Resources for Teaching and Learning; Free and Low-Cost Course Materials for Legal Instruction; Funding for Law Research; Online and Remote Law Teaching, and COVID-19; and Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment.

Notably, the “Anti-Racism Resources for Teaching and Learning” points users to a wide range of readings and resources, including:

This guide was last updated on May 16, 2022.

University of Washington’s “Diversity Readings Related to First Year Courses” Library Guide

Summary by Gallagher Law Library: “Diversity issues are not restricted to specialized courses like Civil Rights, Feminist Jurisprudence, or Disability Law & Policy. They are present throughout the curriculum, including in foundational courses like Contracts and Civil Procedure. To assist students and faculty who want to explore these areas, the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Diversity (now the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee)  requested a list of readings to highlight how issues of race, class, sex, and sexuality can arise in traditional first-year courses. Separate pages in this guide address different courses, such as Civil Procedure and Torts. See the navigation bar on the left.”

This guide features additional pages and sub-pages, rich with resources for specific courses, including:

This guide was last updated on May 6, 2022.

Cornell University’s “Critical Legal Information Literacy Resources” Library Guide

Summary From Cornell University Library: “This guide is an ongoing work in progress that serves as a home for critical legal information literacy resources. It also serves as a resource for librarians, faculty, students, and the broader community looking for critical perspectives on the law. Each page on the guide has the following:
– Definitions to consider when researching in the particular area;
– Databases that may be useful when researching;
– Multimedia (documentaries, recorded scholarly panel discussions, etc.) addressing the topic;
– Books and scholarly articles available through the Cornell catalog; and
– Scholarly journals to consult when researching.

This guide features additional pages focusing on different critical perspectives, including Critical Race Theory, AAPI Critical Race Theory, LatCrit, Feminist Legal Studies, Tribal Crit, and Queer Theory.

This guide was last updated on May 18, 2022.

Northwestern University’s “Diversity and Inclusion Resources for Law Faculty” Library Guide

Summary from the Pritzker Legal Research Center: “This guide provides links to a variety of resources on the topics of diversity and inclusion in the law and legal education.  Special thanks to Professors Sarah Lawsky and Paul Gowder for suggesting many of the included materials.”

This guide’s last update is unknown.

University of Tennessee’s “Inclusive Teaching in the Law School Classroom” Library Guide

Summary by the Joel A. Katz Law Library: “As teachers, we at the University of Tennessee strive to create inclusive classroom environments. In this way, we support the College of Law’s strategic initiative to “strengthen our commitment to creating a broadly diverse, inclusive, supportive, and intellectually engaged community.” To help achieve this goal, below is a compilation of resources to support inclusive and equitable teaching and learning in the law school classroom.  These resources are designed to be useful for faculty, staff, students and the community alike.”

This library guide features pages on: ABA Standards and Legal Organization Publications; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practices in the Law School Classroom; Diversity and Inclusion Statements; Inclusive Teaching Strategies; Classroom Management; and Books for Professors.

This guide was last updated on Oct. 26, 2021.