SALT's mission is to:

  • make the legal profession more inclusive and reflective of the great diversity of this nation
  • enhance the quality of legal education by advancing social justice within the curriculum and promoting innovative teaching methodologies
  • extend the power of law to underserved individuals and communities

Calendar of Events from Across the Country

06-13-2013

Emerging Scholars Immigration Teaching Conference

Starts:
     June 13th, 2013 9:00 AM

Ends:
     June 14th, 2013 5:00 PM

Where:
     UC Irvine Law
     Irvine, CA

2013 Emerging Immigration Law Scholars and Teacher Conference UC Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA, Thursday, June 13 - June 14. The registration fee includes parking, breakfast, and lunch for both June 13 and 14, and dinner for June 13.

09-28-2013

Clinical Writer's Workshop

Starts:
     September 28th, 2013 8:00 AM

Ends:
     September 28th, 2013 5:00 PM

Where:
     NYU Law School
     New York, New York

The Workshop will provide an opportunity for clinical teachers who are writing about any subject (clinical pedagogy, substantive law, interdisciplinary analysis, empirical work, etc.) to meet with other clinicians writing on related topics to discuss their works-in-progress and brainstorm ideas for further development of their articles. Attendees will meet in small groups organized, to the extent possible, by the subject matter in which they are writing. Each group will “workshop” the draft of each member of the group.

10-03-2013

LatCrit / SALT Junior Faculty Development Workshop

Starts:
     October 3rd, 2013 8:15 AM

Ends:
     October 3rd, 2013 5:00 PM

Where:
     Hilton O'Hare
     Chicago, IL

 The joint teaching workshop for Junior Faculty Development will coincide with the LatCrit Conference in Chicago, IL this year. The LatCrit Conference will follow the Workshop.

10-04-2013

LatCrit 2013 Biennial Conference

Starts:
     October 4th, 2013 8:15 AM

Ends:
     October 6th, 2013 5:00 PM

Where:
     Hilton O'Hare
     Chicago, IL

LatCrit 2013 Call for Papers

Deadline for Submissions Monday June 10, 2013

Resistance Rising: Theorizing and Building Cross-Sector Movements

 

10-11-2013

Fourth Biennial Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership Workshop

Starts:
     October 11th, 2013 8:30 AM

Ends:
     October 12th, 2013 5:00 PM

Where:
     University of Washington School of Law
     Seattle, WA

 Are you interested in learning more about how to become a dean, what's entailed, and whether there is life after being appointed dean?

Save the date! More information to come.

10-11-2013

B.A. to J.D. Pipeline

Starts:
     October 11th, 2013 8:30 AM

Ends:
     October 11th, 2013 7:00 PM

Where:
     University of Houston
     Law Center

A program sponsored by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity for pre-law students of color.  All are welcome.  Programming for admissions counselors, pre-law advisors, practitioners, diversity officers, and faculty.  Concurrent programming for students and faculty, staff, and attoneys, concluding in a law school fair. 

12-05-2013

2013 Northeast People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference

Starts:
     December 5th, 2013 8:15 AM

Ends:
     December 8th, 2013 5:00 PM

Where:
     University of Puerto Rico School of Law
     San Juan, Puerto Rico

Bienvenidos! Welcome! The NEPOC Planning Committee is very excited to announce that the 2013 conference will be hosted by the University of Puerto Rico School of Law from December 5 to 8, 2013. The theme of this year's conference will be Governing Human Vice and will include special panels focused on issues in Puerto Rico. This year is a particularly special time as the University of Puerto Rico School of Law celebrates its 100th year anniversary. 

02-27-2014

SE / SW People of Color Conference

Starts:
     February 27th, 2014 8:15 AM

Ends:
     March 2nd, 2014 5:00 PM

Where:
     Texas Southern University School of Law
     Houston, TX

Mark your calendars! Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law will host the 2014 SE/SW People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference on February 27 to March 2, 2014, in Houston, Texas.