Sharing insight, building community
Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire brings together a wide range of scholars engaged in the praxis of embedding the teaching of race, colonialism and empire into their work.
Initial Guiding Questions
A slave market in Portuguese Brazil by Jean-Baptiste Debret
What is being taught within the general ambit of race and empire within legal education? This may include legal histories, theories, examinations of legislation on anti-discrimination and equality, etc.
How are race and empire taught in legal education? What teaching materials are used? Is teaching in these arenas connected to research? How is learning assessed? What is the impact of institutional, sector, or professional arrangements on what can be done in the classroom? Where does the teaching take place? How are class conversations run?
When does this teaching happen within the law school program—at the start of the degree or the end? Is it included in the “mainstream” curriculum or in stand-alone units? Who gets to participate due to the timing of the teaching?
So what? What happens next? What are the observations and reflections that come out of the work that has already been done? What do we think would be useful to do that has not been tried yet? What support do we need? What impact does it have, or can it have?