{"id":26005,"date":"2020-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goulddev.usc.edu\/?page_id=24330"},"modified":"2023-02-28T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:47:00","slug":"race-equity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/goulddev.usc.edu\/about\/race-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Law, Race and Equity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"26005\" class=\"elementor elementor-26005\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fc9f866 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fc9f866\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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school, the legal profession and our justice system are more representative of, and accessible to, individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). Below are some of the ways we are taking action in and outside of our community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af09e09 plain-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-content_block elh-el content_block\" data-id=\"af09e09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;,&quot;slidein_title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"content_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"block-content-wrapper background-grey pt-15 pl-15 pr-15 pb-15\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-wrap mb-25\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description-wrapper  mt-20 mb-30\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cardinal-text-color\">Research &amp; Contributions<\/h3><p>Several of our faculty have devoted their careers to studying the intersection of law and systemic racism - and its many branching pathways, including racial politics, voter disenfranchisement, policy brutality, bias in criminal justice, and the history of how we got to where we are today. In addition, they use their voices and expertise to give informed context to current events - making daily headlines.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordionMe\" id=\"research-contributions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Books <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/larbbooks.org\/product\/ngga-theory-ebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2020, LARB Books) - Professor Jody David Armour calls for bold action: electing progressive prosecutors, defunding or dismantling the police, and abolition of the prison industrial complex.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/becoming-free-becoming-black\/F3A182A5E41BEEC8EF35072247980A42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Becoming Free, Becoming Black<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2020, Cambridge University Press) - Professor Ariela Gross and Harvard University Professor Alejandro de la Fuente explore the efforts of free people of color to employ the law in asserting their freedom and rights to citizenship.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/nyupress.org\/9780814777121\/reproducing-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reproducing Racism: How Everyday Choices Lock In White Advantage<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2014, NYU Press) - Professor Daria Roithmayr argues that racial inequality lives on because white advantage functions as a powerful self-reinforcing monopoly, reproducing itself automatically from generation to generation even in the absence of intentional discrimination.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Articles & Op-Eds <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acslaw.org\/expertforum\/democracy-as-a-slogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democracy As A Slogan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2010, American Constitution Society) - Professor Franita Tolson discusses the sometimes fleeting commitment to democracy demonstrated by the U.S. throughout its history.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/insight-congress-has-constitutional-power-to-set-national-police-conduct-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress Has Constitutional Power to Set National Police Conduct Standards<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2020,\u00a0<em>Bloomberg Law<\/em>) - Professor Rebecca Brown and Lecturer Omar Noureldin call for Congress to pass legislation creating federal oversight over local police.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/law-and-social-inquiry\/article\/grassroots-history-of-colorblind-conservative-constitutionalism\/7CFA1D59D84817979A6CCAF79F59A2BB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Grassroots History of Colorblind Conservative Constitutionalism<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2019, Law &amp; Social Inquiry) - Professor Ariela Gross argues that colorblind conservative constitutionalism has its roots not only in Supreme Court jurisprudence and the machinations of national political actors, but also in the deliberate campaigns of opponents of integration at the grassroots.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/docs\/directory\/1000276.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where Bias Lives in the Criminal Law and its Processes: How Judges and Jurors Socially Construct Black Criminals<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2018, American Journal of Criminal Law) - Professor Jody David Armour focuses on how flawed judgments about character contribute to fundamental problems in the American criminal justice system.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"http:\/\/legal-forum.uchicago.edu\/publication\/dynamics-excessive-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Dynamics of Excessive Force<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2016, University of Chicago Legal Forum) - Professor Daria Roithmayr argues that patterns of excessive force dynamically emerge from local interactions among individuals that aggregate to form more global patterns of escalation, contagion, and decay.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/docs\/directory\/1000151.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigga Theory: Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity in the Substantive Criminal Law<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2014,\u00a0<em>Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law<\/em>) - Professor Jody David Armour probes the intersection of morality, race, and class in matters of blame and punishment and politics.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/docs\/directory\/1000103.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angela Harris and the Racial Politics of Masculinity<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2014, California Law Review) - Professor Camille Gear Rich gives a new take on how race and gender intersect in policing cases, and how threats to masculinity drive police violence separate from racism and the ways racial identity issues intersect with race.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/docs\/directory\/1000042.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inferred Classifications<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2013, Virginia Law Review ) - Professor Stephen M. Rich discusses a fundamental problem in constitutional law: that equal protection doctrine commands strict scrutiny of all racial classifications but does not specify what constitutes a racial classification.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/docs\/Race_Ipsa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Race Ipsa Loquitur: Of Reasonable Racists, Intelligent Bayesians, and Involuntary Negrophobes<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(1994, Stanford\u00a0<em>Law Review<\/em>) - Professor Jody David Armour explores some of the legal implications of the disturbing notion that, given the perception that blacks are more prone to commit violent acts than nonblacks, it is rational for criminal defendants claiming self-defense to consider race in assessing the risk of violence posed by a supposed assailant.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Videos & Podcasts <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/freeandfair\/is-voting-enough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is voting enough?<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2020, Free and Fair with Franita and Foley) - In response to the Black Lives Matter protests, some are calling for people of color to \"just vote.\" But in a country with a history of voter suppression and disenfranchisement, is voting enough? Professor Franita Tolson responds to the hypocrisy of this suggestion and discusses racial equality as an ongoing commitment.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USCGouldLaw\/posts\/1592221297624855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Truth of Being Black in America<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2020, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences) - Professor Jody David Armour joins experts and activists to discuss the ways the health and lives of some Americans are in jeopardy simply because they're black.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usc\/videos\/2549682255307524\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black History Month: Discussions on Race, Media and the Law<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2020, USC Facebook Live) - Professor Jody David Armour and USC Annenberg Assistant Professor Allissa V. Richardson discuss the intersections of journalism and justice regarding race in America.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usc\/videos\/457596268528504\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reflecting on the Legacy of MLK Jr., Equity &amp; Inclusion in Today's America<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2020, USC Facebook Live) - Professor Camille Gear Rich and USC Race and Equity Center's Dr. Shaun R. Harper discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the challenges we still face today.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AqaLi5Zeja4&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaking Out Loud: Enough is Enough<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2020, Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs) - Black USC students, staff, faculty and allies to decompress and discuss anti-blackness and systemic issues that plague the pan-African community in America.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/join-nbcla-for-a-virtual-town-hall-the-time-is-now-rooting-out-racism\/2374923\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Time is Now: Rooting Out Racism<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2020, NBCLA Virtual Town Hall) - NBCLA's Beverly White brings together some of the leading voices, including USC Gould Professor Jody David Armour, fighting for real reform and solutions in the battle against racism.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kyle.surf\/podcast\/219-understanding-black-lives-matter-jody-armour-repost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Understanding Black Lives Matter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(reposted 2020, The Kyle Thiermann Show) - Professor Jody David Armour discusses Black Lives Matter with Kyle Thiermann.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLn77hRT1KxFbqPaYGrJsiaJEIOE_Hbdaj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beating Mental Illness: A Dialogue on Race, Gender, and Disability in Use of Force Cases<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2016, USC Gould Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics) - Video playlist from 2016 conference featuring Black Lives Matter organizers, cross-disciplinary academic experts, activists, and representatives of ACLU, Los Angeles Police Department.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<script language=\"javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\twindow.accordionList.push('research-contributions');\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-988fb1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"988fb1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.1 - 17-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdce15e plain-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-content_block elh-el content_block\" data-id=\"fdce15e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;,&quot;slidein_title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"content_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"block-content-wrapper background-grey pt-15 pl-15 pr-15 pb-15\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-wrap mb-25\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description-wrapper  mt-20 mb-30\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cardinal-text-color\">Recommended Resources<\/h3><p>The Asa V. Call Law Library at USC Gould is compiling a comprehensive list of anti-racism readings and other information that will soon be available on its website. Below is a selection of these and other resources recommended by the Gould anti-racism working group.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordionMe\" id=\"recommended-resources\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">Recommendations <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/assets\/images\/shared\/toggle-down.gif\" class=\"accordion-arrow\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body-text\"><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibramxkendi.com\/how-to-be-an-antiracist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How To Be Antiracist<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2019, One World) - Historian Ibram X. Kendi's memoir and social commentary delve into active antiracism as a response to racial injustice.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/sociology.yale.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/pages_from_sre-11_rev5_printer_files.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The White Space<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2015,\u00a0<em>Sociology of Race and Ethnicity<\/em>) - Yale University Professor Elijah Anderson writes in response to whites and others who call the police to report Black people for seemingly minor social problems.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/ir.lawnet.fordham.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=5108&amp;context=flr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police Racial Violence: Lessons from Social Psychology<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2015,\u00a0<em>Fordham Law Review<\/em>) - L. Song Richardson, dean and Chancellor's Professor of Law at UC Irvine Law, gives two perspectives: one on how systems might be reformed and one that calls for \"The End of Policing.\"<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/books\/2817-the-end-of-policing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The End of Policing<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2018, Verso) - Brooklyn College Professor Alex Vitale's book discusses the origins of modern policing as a tool of social control.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/rebelliouslawyeringinstitute.org\/what-is-rebellious-lawyering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rebellious Lawyering: One Chicano's Vision of Progressive Law Practice<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(1992, Westview Press) - Gerald P. Lopez's book introduced a philosophy that changed civil-rights and poverty law.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hup.harvard.edu\/catalog.php?isbn=9780674251687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Racism in America: A Reader<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2020, Harvard University Press) - The excerpts in this volume-culled from works of history, law, sociology, medicine, economics, critical theory, philosophy, art, and literature-are an invitation to understand anti-Black racism through the eyes of our most incisive commentators.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/nyupress.org\/9781479893355\/reimagining-equality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reimagining Equality: A New Deal for Children of Color<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2018, NYU Press) - A thorough account of rights reforms that would make the world safer for black boys and all children of color, by Nancy E. Dowd, University of Florida law professor.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v4amCfVbA_c&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery &amp; Amy Cooper<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2020, The Daily Social Distancing Show) - Trevor Noah responds to people confused about how the white dog walker Amy Cooper altercation with black bird watcher Chris Cooper is related to the George Floyd murder.<\/p><div class=\"divider\">\u00a0<\/div><p><strong><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/3230\/systemic-racism-protests-books-to-read\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read these books to understand race and privilege in America<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2020, USC Dornsife) - USC Dornsife faculty offer their suggestions of books to read to understand the historical and cultural context of what is taking place.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<script language=\"javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\twindow.accordionList.push('recommended-resources');\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b05d3ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b05d3ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40a54e9 plain-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-content_block elh-el content_block\" data-id=\"40a54e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;,&quot;slidein_title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"content_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"block-content-wrapper background-grey pt-15 pl-15 pr-15 pb-15\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-wrap mb-25\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description-wrapper  mt-20 mb-30\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cardinal-text-color\">On-the-Ground Lawyering<\/h3><p>Both classroom education and experiential learning at USC Gould teach students to be advocates for justice. In clinics like the\u00a0<a class=\"external_link\" href=\"http:\/\/pcjp.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post-Conviction Justice Project<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"\/academics\/experiential\/clinics\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Immigration Clinic<\/a>, students represent clients and help draft legislation to offset the the disproportional impact punitive laws have on communities of color.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/experiential\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"btn btn-primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f75ea4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f75ea4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-867c4a4 plain-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-content_block elh-el content_block\" data-id=\"867c4a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;,&quot;slidein_title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"content_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"block-content-wrapper background-grey pt-15 pl-15 pr-15 pb-15\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-wrap mb-25\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description-wrapper  mt-20 mb-30\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cardinal-text-color\">Diversity at USC Gould<\/h3><p>USC Gould recognizes how important a diverse academic community is for students, the legal profession and our broader society. Inclusiveness has been a critical part of our culture since the school's founding. We continue to strive toward making USC Gould an even more diverse and equitable learning environment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/students\/diversity\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"btn btn-primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09f4514 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"09f4514\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb6a1e plain-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-content_block elh-el content_block\" data-id=\"4bb6a1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;,&quot;slidein_title_tag&quot;:&quot;H2&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"content_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"block-content-wrapper background-grey pt-15 pl-15 pr-15 pb-15\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content-wrap mb-25\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description-wrapper  mt-20 mb-30\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cardinal-text-color\">University Initiatives &amp; Resources<\/h3>\nThe university offers many centers, organizations and institutes to further research and community engagement in racial justice and equity.\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<h4><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/socialjustice.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Education, Identity and Social Justice<\/a><\/h4>\nThe Center for Education, Identity and Social Justice at the USC Rossier School of Education uses rigorous research and legal analysis to empower educators to utilize laws and policies in order to identify and extricate bias and unequal distributions of power within educational institutions.\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<h4><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/socialjustice.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Public Safety Community Advisory Board<\/a><\/h4>\nThe community advisory board for the USC Department of Public Safety plays a vital role in helping strengthen trust between the university, DPS and the broader community. It also represents a key component of USC's renewed efforts to remedy broader social inequalities. USC Gould professors Jody Armour, Rebecca Lonergan and Robert Saltzman serve on the board.\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<h4><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/prysm.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRYSM: Initiative for the Study of Race, Gender, Sexuality and the Law<\/a><\/h4>\nPRYSM is a multidisciplinary institute organized to facilitate and support USC scholars' research on race, gender, sexuality and the law. It is founded and directed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gould.usc.edu\/faculty\/?id=68018\">Camille Gear Rich<\/a>, associate provost for faculty and student initiatives in the social sciences, and professor of law and sociology at USC Gould.\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<h4><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/race.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC Race and Equity Center<\/a><\/h4>\nThe USC Race and Equity Center helps partners strategically develop and achieve equity goals, better understand and correct climate problems, avoid and recover from racial crises, and cultivate sustainable cultures of inclusion and respect.\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"cardinal-text-color\">USC Student Equity and Inclusion Programs<\/h4>\nUSC Student Equity and Inclusion Programs include services and programs that focus on intersectionality, sense of belonging and well-being.\n<ul>\n \t<li><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/apass.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asian Pacific American Student Services<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/cbcsa.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/seip.usc.edu\/centers\/firstgenplus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Generation Plus Success Center<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/seip.usc.edu\/centers\/lacasa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latinx\/Chicanx Center for Advocacy and Student Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/lgbtrc.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT Resource Center<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/seip.usc.edu\/tfp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trojan Food Pantry<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/vrc.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veterans 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