Supporting Law School DEI Initiatives through Library Guides: Building a Better Experience for Implementing an Anti-Racist 1L Curriculum

Abstract

This research investigated the anti-racist research guides of several law schools to determine whether they included pedagogical, faculty training and mental health resources for their law school populations. These issues are important to law schools that are altering their curriculum due to recent ABA-mandated changes. The findings suggest that many schools are providing material for pedagogical resources but not including mental health resources that may be helpful to law faculty, administrators, staff, and students who may need support through these changes. There is also an opportunity to improve the selection of training resources provided.