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Doug Spencer, an election law scholar whose research addresses the role of prejudice and racial attitudes in Voting Rights Act litigation, will join the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School faculty as an associate professor this fall.

As part of the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School’s Anti-Racism and Representation Initiative, the law school recently announced the launch of a certificate program focused on civil rights and racial justice. Associate Professor Scott Skinner-Thompson will serve as the program's initial faculty advisor.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School Professor Kristen A. Carpenter reflects on her two terms as the North American member of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Chase Velasquez, a tribal attorney with experience at the Navajo Nation Department of Justice and the San Carlos Apache Tribe’s Department of Justice, has joined the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School as a visiting clinical professor and interim director of the American Indian Law Clinic.

"Justice is timeless — or at least it should be when government commits the most egregious atrocities against its own citizens," wrote Professor Suzette Malveaux, who represented survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, in an opinion piece in the Washington Post.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School Provost Professor of Civil Rights Law Suzette Malveaux spoke about her pro bono work representing the survivors of what is widely known as one of the worst race massacres in U.S. history.

University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School student Essence Duncan (’23) has been selected by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as a 2021 Law Fellow.

On Thursday, May 13, United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland––the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary––joined Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law Dean S. James Anaya and Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Congressman Joe Neguse ('09) for a discussion titled Land, Water, & People: The Natural Resource Priorities of the Biden Administration.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has named University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School Professor Sarah Krakoff deputy solicitor for parks and wildlife, a key role on the U.S. Department of the Interior leadership team.

After navigating their final year of law school amid a pandemic and a social justice movement, University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law School graduates celebrated their landmark accomplishments in a virtual ceremony on May 8. Keynote speaker Stacey Abrams charged the graduates with three calls to action: have ambition, embrace fear, and prepare for failure as they prepare for life after graduation.