Overview

This page contains books and articles on cultural competence and cultural humility.

Permalinks have been provided where possible. Materials with an "*" mean that a Permalink could not be created. Check your institution's resources for these materials.

New materials will be added on an ongoing basis.

Books

Diversity in Practice: Race, Gender, and Class in Legal and Professional Careers, (Spencer Headworth, Robert L. Nelson, & Ronit Dinovitzer eds., 2016).*

Vernā Myers, Moving Diversity Forward : How To Go from Well-Meaning to Well-Doing (2011).*

Vernā Myers, What if I Say the Wrong Thing?  25 Habits for Culturally Effective People (2013).*

The Oxford Handbook of Diversity and Work (Quinetta M. Roberson ed., 2013).*

Articles

Anthony V. Alfieri, Educating Lawyers for Community Essay, 2012 Wisconsin Law Review 115 (2012), https://perma.cc/23D9-L6SS.

Jeffrey Blumberg, Sitting by the Well: The Case for Intercultural Competency Training in International Experiential Learning, 43 University of Baltimore Law Review 395 (2014), https://perma.cc/RJH5-8942.

Anastasia M. Boles, Seeking Inclusion from the inside out: Towards a Paradigm of Culturally Proficient Legal Education, 11 Charleston Law Review 209 (2017), https://perma.cc/2U5X-93XH.

Anastasia M. Boles, The Culturally Proficient Law Professor: Beginning the Journey, 48 New Mexico Law Review 145 (2018), https://perma.cc/2PE5-TAQJ.

Susan Bryant, The Five Habits: Building Cross-Cultural Competence in Lawyers, 8 Clinical Law Review 77 (2001), https://perma.cc/87EH-WGXH.

Debra Chopp, Addressing Cultural Bias in the Legal Profession, 41 New York University Review of Law & Social Change 364 (2017), https://perma.cc/W5JL-4GAZ.

Andrea A. Curcio, Addressing Barriers to Cultural Sensibility Learning: Lessons from Social Cognition Theory, 15 Nevada Law Journal 537 (2014), https://perma.cc/8FZC-QXZ9.

Andrea A. Curcio, Teresa E. Ward & Nisha Dogra, A Survey Instrument to Develop, Tailor, and Help Measure Law Student Cultural Diversity Education Learning Outcomes, 38 Nova Law Review 177 (2013), https://perma.cc/72L9-B3AR.

Annette Demers, Cultural Competence and the Legal Profession: An Annotated Bibliography of Materials Published between 2000 and 2011, 39 International Journal of Legal Information 22 (2011), https://perma.cc/XTX6-APKH.

Steven I. Friedland, Adaptive Strategies for the Future of Legal Education, 61 Loyola Law Review 211 (2015), https://perma.cc/RQ6E-3FGY.

Neil Hamilton & Jeff Maleska, Helping Students Develop Affirmative Evidence of Cross-Cultural Competency, 19 Scholar 187–216 (2016).*

Jan L. Jacobowitz, Lawyers Beware: You Are What You Post - The Case for Integrating Cultural Competence, Legal Ethics, and Social Media, 17 SMU Science & Technology Law Review 541 (2014), https://perma.cc/7FC2-5TV3.

Kathleen Kelly Janus & Dee Smythe, Navigating Culture in the Field: Cultural Competency Training Lessons from the International Human Rights Clinic, 56 New York Law School Law Review 445–486 (2011), https://perma.cc/FE8C-SBS2.

Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Making and Breaking Habits: Teaching (and Learning) Cultural Context, Self-Awareness, and Intercultural Communication through Case Supervision in a Client-Service Legal Clinic New Directions in Clinical Legal Education, 28 Washington University Journal of Law & Policy 37 (2008), https://perma.cc/93N6-8BNS.

Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Beyond Best Practices for Legal Education: Reflections on Cultural Awareness - Exploring the Issues in Creating a Law School and Classroom Culture Contemporary Issues in Outcomes-Based Legal Education, 38 William Mitchell Law Review 1176 (2011).*

Mary Helen McNeal, Slow Down, People Breathing: Lawyering, Culture and Place, 18 Clinical Law Review 183 (2011).*

James A. Sonne, Cross-Cultural Lawyering and Religion: A Clinical Perspective, 25 Clinical Law Review 223 (2018), https://perma.cc/DH5S-8A5Q.

Bonny L. Tavares, Changing the Construct: Promoting Cross-Cultural Conversations in the Law School Classroom, 67 Journal of Legal Education 211 (2017), https://perma.cc/S8BE-LPFS.

L. Danielle Tully, The Cultural (Re)Turn: The Case for Teaching Culturally Responsive Lawyering, 16 Stan. J. C.R. & C.L. 201–258 (2020), https://perma.cc/NA2L-4PYM.

Christina A. Zawisza, Teaching Cross-Cultural Competence to Law Students: Understanding the Self as Other, 17 Fla. Coastal L. Rev. 185–240 (2015).*