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Your gift to the ABA Race Equity and Justice Fund will directly support the ABAs current and future national and local initiatives and research to address bias, racism, and prejudice in the legal profession, justice system, and society-at-large. For decades the ABA has leveraged its unique and vast knowledge and reach to devise and implement strategies and programs, such as those featured below and as part of ABA Giving Day, to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism in our legal system.
A disproportionately large number of young people of color and other marginalized youth are funneled out of public schools and into the criminal justice system. Building on its groundbreaking 2018 School-to-Prison Pipeline Report, the ABA Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice (COREJ) is developing a strategy to engage communities to interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. COREJ is working with the University of Miami to develop a Miami-area pilot. COREJ also submitted a collaboration proposal to the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) to advocate for new model uniform legislation to address and dismantle the systemic inequities in education, lack of appropriate accommodations, and over-discipline that results in over-discipline and disparate school drop-out rates. Based on COREJ's proposal, the ULC formed the Study Committee on the Criminalization of School Discipline. COREJ is identifying contacts with national partners, as well as at state and local bar associations, to create an implementation plan.
The Judicial Clerkship Program (JCP), presented jointly by the Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline and the Judicial Division, introduces law students from diverse backgrounds from around the country to the life-long benefits of a judicial clerkship. The program also encourages judges to consider students of color that they otherwise may not have considered for a judicial clerkship. This three-day program allows students to explore legal issues, perform legal research, prepare legal memoranda or briefs, and defend their positions to their colleagues and the judges. The program has found that law students who otherwise might not consider a judicial clerkship and judges, who may not ordinarily recruit clerks from certain schools, modify their views and expectations.
Syllabus: 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge offers readings, videos, and podcasts to educate lawyers about Black history, identity, culture, and experience with racism in America.
Implicit Bias Training Videos and Toolkits offers implicit bias training for prosecutors, public defenders, and judges.
Visit the Racial Equity in the Justice System homepage, a central clearinghouse of ABA-related information and resources for attorneys, the legal profession, and the public, for more tools to address bias, racism, and prejudice in the justice system and society.
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