Law Library Guides: Thinking About Equity and Justice: UVA Resources

About This LibGuide

This guide highlights sources that provide good starting points for reading and thinking about the law’s relationship with equity and justice. It also includes research suggestions for those who would like to dig deeper into selected topics. Our intention is to help readers learn more about issues that arise in contemporary discourse, recognizing that conversations about equity and justice are constantly evolving. If you would like to suggest an addition to this LibGuide, please use this form.

Resources at the Law Library

Slavery & the University of Virginia School of Law: People, Place, Pedagogy
Examine the Law School's historical relationship to slavery by reading about the lives of people who were enslaved by faculty members and on the property the School now occupies. View law student notebooks and information about the antebellum and wartime curriculum. Read about UVA's history with slavery in the 2018 report from the President's Commission on Slavery and the University.
Charlottesville Statues
Access historical and recent information about the establishment and litigation over removal of the Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson statues in Charlottesville.

Resources at the Law School

Diversity, Equity & Belonging
Connect with student affinity groups, find information about diversity of the Law School's student body and faculty, and engage in upcoming events and ongoing initiatives.
Center for the Study of Race and Law
Find classes, meet faculty, and read recent scholarship about race and law.
Center for Criminal Justice
Find classes, meet faculty, and read recent scholarship on topics like bail reform, risk assessment, and police brutality.
PLACE: Program in Law, Communities and the Environment
Find classes like the Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic, meet faculty, and read recent scholarship on topics such as climate change and environmental ethics.
50 Years of BLSA: Black Law Students Association at the University of Virginia
Read BLSA member interviews about their law school and career experiences. Explore the organization's start in 1970 and its activism since then in pictures, essays, videos, and conversations.

Resources at UVA

The Equity Center
Explore University-Charlottesville community collaborations to redress the area's racial and economic inequity. Link to information from initiatives to map Charlottesville police temporary detentions and gather a 50-year corpus of student and other groups' advocacy for equity and inclusion at UVA.
Diversity Dashboard
Find demographic data on UVA students, faculty, and staff, overall and by school.
Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Link to UVA policies and contacts for issues including preventing and addressing discrimination and harassment, and University-wide news on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Main Grounds Library Strategic Plan for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity, 2018-2021
Read about UVA Main Grounds libraries' commitment to inclusion and diversity in its spaces, collections, staff, and research support.