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33 Chicana/o-Latina/o L. Rev. 1 (2015)
Creating Wise Classrooms to Empower Diverse Law Students: Lessons in Pedagogy from Transformative Law Professors

handle is hein.journals/chiclat33 and id is 14 raw text is: CREATING WISE CLASSROOMS TO EMPOWER DIVERSE LAW STUDENTS: Lessons in Pedagogy from Transformative Law Professors' SEAN DARLING-HAMMOND* AND KRISTEN HOLMQUIST** Many of today's law students experience a triple-threat. They suffer from the solo status that accompanies being a member of an underrepre- sented group, the stereotype threat that accompanies being a member of a stereotyped group, and the challenges that attend lacking a background in the law before beginning law school. But today's law schools often fail to create safe' environments, teach foundational content and skills, or take basic steps toward providing instruction that ensures students from all backgrounds are empowered to thrive. While much has been written about improving legal education and about the failure of current pedagogies to provide a sound education to students experiencing this triple-threat, little has been written about approaches that ensure that these students succeed. This article is an attempt to identify an initial pathway forward. It builds off of research regarding legal pedagogy, inclusive pedagogy, and the results of eleven in-depth-interviews with transformative professors I This article was primary edited by the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal. The article can be cited as: Sean Darling-Hammond & Kristen Holmquist, Creating Wise Classrooms to Em- power Diverse Law Students: Lessons in Pedagogy from Transformative Law Professors, 25 LA RAZA L.J. 1 (2015). * Sean Darling-Hammond is a clerk for the honorable Judge Charles B. Day in the Dis- trict Court of Maryland, and is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley School of Law. There, he formed and directed the Student Commission for Access to Legal Education (SCALE). He also served as Diversity Editor for the California Law Review and Co-President of the Men of Color Alliance. He earned his B.A. in Sociology at Harvard University (2006), and then served for five years as the Director of the Research Department for Hattaway Communications, a high-profile, mission-driven political consulting firm. ** Kristen Holmquist is a Lecturer in Residence, Director of Academic Support and Asso- ciate Director of Professional Skills at UC Berkeley School of Law. ' We have used the term safe to describe techniques and environments that allay ste- reotype threat and solo status and allow students from underrepresented backgrounds to fo- cus on learning. @ 2015 Sean Darling-Hammond and Kristen Holmquist. All rights reserved. 1

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