Center for Racial and Economic Justice

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About the Center for Racial and Economic Justice

The Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ) works to advance equity through legal education, scholarship and collaboration. CREJ enriches UC Law SF by providing our intellectual community with access to nationally renowned thinkers on issues of racial and economic inequality and the space to critically examine how the law reinforces subordination.

CREJ’s three primary avenues for achieving its mission are:

1. Reframing conventional doctrinal course instruction by situating cases and jurisprudence within a historical and structural context of racism and inequality;

2. Convening scholars and practitioners to disseminate information and facilitate dialogue on issues of racial and economic injustice; and

3. Coordinating course offerings and other educational opportunities that center critical perspectives of race, identity, and inequity through which UC Law SF students develop a deeper understanding of the complexities of racism and subordination.

Meet the CREJ Faculty and Staff:

Alina Ball

Professor of Law, Director of the Center on Racial and Economic Justice
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Shauna Marshall

The Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Center on Racial and Economic Justice
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Prithika Balakrishnan

C. Keith Wingate Visiting Assistant Professor
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Scott Cummings

Visiting Professor of Law and Wiley Manuel Visiting Scholar, Center for Racial and Economic Justice
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Ming Chen

Professor and Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair, Director of the Center on Race, Immigration, Citizenship and Equality
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Karen Musalo

Professor and Chair in International Law, Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
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Christine Natoli

Kazan McClain Partners’ Foundation Clinical Teaching Fellow
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Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Distinguished Professor of Law
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Reuel Schiller

The Honorable Roger J. Traynor Chair and Professor of Law
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Brandon L. Greene

Affiliated Scholar, Center for Racial and Economic Justice
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Juan Carlos Ibarra

Academic Skills Lecturer and Senior Affiliated Scholar, Center for Racial and Economic Justice
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Program Information

Upcoming Events

Jan 18

Addressing Racial Trauma in Legal Education

Please join us for this critical conversation unpacking the racial harms experienced in legal education.  The panelists will explore how law schools can learn from…

333-501 and SkyDeck
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jan 24

Wiley Manuel Lecture featuring Professor Scott Cummings

Join us for a conversation with Professor Scott Cummings exploring the role of law in reimagining what economic justice should look like in American cities…

333-501 & Zoom
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm