Overview
June is Pride Month
Justice Lab Consortium
Fall 2023 Internship Opportunity
The Hon. Constance Baker Motley Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Young Member Essay Writing Competition
The Federal Bar Association’s Honorable Constance Baker Motley Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Young Member Essay Competition (“Competition”) is created to celebrate the life of the Honorable Constance Baker Motley (September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005) and promote her legacy by encouraging law students and younger federal practitioners to promote, achieve, and sustain diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession.
The Competition is named after Judge Baker Motley, the first African American woman appointed to the United States federal judiciary and the first woman judge in the Southern District of New York. She was a key leader of the African American civil rights movement, a lawyer, judge, state senator, and Borough President of Manhattan, New York City. Please click here for more details.
Please take a minute to complete our programming survey.
https://www.sulc.edu/form/programming-survey
2021 Annual Review
Our Vision |
Our Mission |
|
| The Louis A. Berry Civil Rights and Justice Institute seeks to ensure the law center’s place as a center of excellence in social and restorative justice and civil and human rights research, advocacy, education, and instruction. It further seeks to pursue policy initiatives and judicial outcomes that promote equal rights and justice. | The Louis A. Berry Institute for Civil Rights and Justice is committed to the advancement of civil and human rights and social and restorative justice, especially in Louisiana and the South. | |
Civil Rights News
Birmingham’s Use of Police Dogs on Civil Rights Protesters Shocked Liberal Onlookers. But the Backstory Was All-American.
