by Ophelie Jacobson
The Roger Williams University School of Law recently announced it will be requiring a course on race and law in the upcoming fall semester as part of its second-year curriculum.
“Race & the Foundations of American Law” had been taught as an elective in the spring, but will now be a requirement starting next semester after its initial pilot phase.
The course will examine “the roles white supremacy and racial hierarchy play in current systems.” It will also “take a critical look at current anti-racist approaches and tactics and explore ways in which unjust/or discriminatory systems can be dismantled.”
The press release also states that it is a “novel course team-taught by three faculty members for the purpose of integrating these important topics into the larger law school curriculum.” Professors Diana Hassel, Nadiyah Humber, and Nicole Dyszlewski taught the elective in the spring.
RWU Law Dean Gregory W. Bowman said in the press release that requiring the course is “what is best for our students.” He went on to describe how “offering this course aligns perfectly with our institution’s larger social justice mission. It is something we needed to do, something transformative, something that will better equip our graduates to work within the legal system to create a world that is more equitable for all.
Professor Jared Goldstein the school’s Dean of Academic Affairs, added, “Since its inception, Roger Williams has been committed to preparing our students to confront the many challenges they’ll face as lawyers. A crucial ingredient in that training is for students to understand the role of the law in creating and sustaining existing power structures, including the inequitable distribution of power by race. Students who understand the connections between race and law will be better lawyers and better prepared to work for justice.”
Roger Williams University School of Law is the only law school in Rhode Island.
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Ophelie Jacobson is a Campus Reform reporter and a junior at the University of Florida, majoring in Journalism and Political Science and minoring in Spanish. She is also the Secretary of the Florida Federation of College Republicans and President of the Network of Enlightened Women at UF.
Photo “Dean Gregory Bowman” by Gregory Bowman and “Roger Williams University School of Law” is by RWU.
The Communist have taken over most of our Government, including our Military, Medical, Judicial, Corporations and School Systems. There are Communist operatives put in place to destroy America and until the American people wake up and demand those people are charged with Insurrection and in some cases Treason, our Republic is lost.
A recent defector of the CCP has stated that 80% of all Chinese Students in our university’s are CCP Agents. This is how it all began, with bribery (using American’s Wal-Mart money) by these agents.
18 U.S. Code § 2383 – Rebellion or insurrection
Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
I wonder how long it’s been since law schools taught law based on the Constitution and not on how to make laws and interpret law on how it makes them feel . No one cares how you feel.
And the “smart” people of academia wonder why enrollment is dropping.
I’ll bet they require COVID shots too – bunch of idiots. Why would anybody waste money going to a school that makes paying students listen to that load of BS?
You say Potato, Others say Pota’to. The beauty of America is I can have my opinion and you can have your’s. We are a Great Society of many diverse Souls. Everyone should be treated fairly and justly by the law. Poor people should be treated as well as the richest. These differing views on race and the discussion of them are a plus for this Nation. It is long past due…..about 300 years or so. What about it threatens you or your existence?
This will certainly prepare the students for the Bar exam and the practice of law.
Guess we’ll start having to grad Bar exams on a curve to accommodate this crap.
I most certainly would not send my children there! I would not hire any attorney that attends and graduates fro this school! I do not want any of our tax dollars going to this Communist/racist Social Justice Subversive school! Trump Won!