Inequity and distrust: imagining the anti-racist law school

• DOI: 10.1080/03069400.2024.2352314
• Publication Date: 2024-06-10T13:38:24Z
• Authors: Nick Cartwright
• Keywords: Distrust

Research on the experience of Black law students is hampered by a lack trust in legal academy people colour. Staff and colour have put emotional energy into responding to universities' requests for feedback only their views be misrepresented or ignored; leading an intergenerational distrust therefore disengagement. This makes it difficult teachers gain insight how decolonise experiences students, clumsy attempts that fail recognise vulnerability we demand students. We give our assessments require them open themselves up being judged, often including reflective exercises reward who expose authentic (White) selves. expect assessment practices, despite there still considerable awarding gap. are least likely group submit work - response schools encourage submit, without addressing underlying trust. deficit approach inappropriate. It responsibility as educators build maintain it. paper concludes imagining anti-racist school, deserves its