A concentration and the curriculum behind it can make an impact by giving students the opportunity to focus on one area of the law. This focus often provides an advanced level of training and usually includes considerable experiential learning as well.
Do Kim, one of UCLA School of Law’s earliest Critical Race Studies alums, is a highly-regarded civil rights attorney in Los Angeles. He started his own practice in Korea Town where he is currently working on several high-profile cases and is also a fast-action attorney for Black Lives Matter.
During the past three years, law schools have announced a flurry of new centers, journals and clinics devoted to racial justice and civil rights issues.
Kramer Levin in New York launched its Racial Justice Initiative Scholars program this year, a creative effort aimed at furthering its commitment to diversity and inclusion. Its first class of scholars targeted New York area law schools and included seven students in their first year of law school at Fordham University School of Law, New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School.
Ana Vnukova, of Kyiv, escaped Ukraine on day 10 of the war. She is now one of eight fully funded Ukrainian lawyers, sponsored by CILE, who arrived in August at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law as part of the newly launched Ukrainian Legal Assistance Project.