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This article was originally published on the UCLA Newsroom website on February 26, 2020. We share it here with UCLA Newsroom's permission.

How a UCLA Law fellowship helped one student live her dreams

by Joshua Rich

UCLA Law faculty member Achiume Wins UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award

UCLA School of Law Professor E. Tendayi Achiume has earned UCLA’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the university’s highest honor for excellence in the classroom. Achiume was also named the recipient of the Eby Award for the Art of Teaching for 2019-20.

About the CRS Symposium

Launched in 2007 through a collaboration of Critical Race Studies students and faculty, the CRS Symposium has become the signature event of UCLA School of Law’s Critical Race Studies Program. Each symposium brings together scholars, advocates, and community members to highlight the most innovative ideas and strategies for advancing racial justice, to foster collaboration across disciplines, and to bridge racial justice theory with practice.

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The Critical Race Studies J.D. Specialization deepens our understanding of race and provide tools and strategies to further civil rights and human rights across the globe. In particular, the specialization trains students to both analyze how the law and legal institutions erect racial hierarchies and how to dismantle those same hierarchies. The CRS specialization is appropriate for law students who seek further understanding on issues of inequality and race and the law.

Areas of Focus

Critical Race Studies

As the first program of its kind in the nation, we prepare students for impactful careers in racial justice advocacy.

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Centers of Excellence

Critical Race Studies

Led by renowned scholars, this program is the premier setting for studying the intersection of race and the law.

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Enrolling in the CRS Specialization

  • Prospective J.D. Students

    Prospective students can apply to the program through the general UCLA Law School admissions process. Under “programmatic contribution,” you may list Critical Race Studies. We recommend that you detail your relevant background in the area as well as how you imagine a Critical Race Studies specialization will impact your law school and professional career. Your statement can include relevant coursework, research, extracurricular activities, personal and professional experiences. As the application form has limited space, you may append additional pages as necessary. Please note that the CRS statement is not the same as a diversity statement.

  • Current J.D. Students

    If you did not apply to the program through the general admissions process, you may enroll at the end of your first year of law school. In the spring semester, the Critical Race Studies program will hold an information program, where we will discuss the specialization requirements as well as the application form.

    You may also contact crs@law.ucla.edu for more information and to be placed on our student mailing list at any time during the school year.

  • Transfer Students

    To enroll in the CRS Specialization, please email crs@law.ucla.edu as soon as possible. Transfer students are also entitled to priority enrollment in the core courses. However, since transfer admissions decisions are made after UCLA Law first-year students have elected into the specialization, you may not be able to exercise priority enrollment options in the fall semester of your second year. To increase your options, please be as diligent as possible.

  • LL.M. Students

    Candidates for the Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree at UCLA Law may apply for Specialization in Critical Race Studies. Please contact the CRS program director for more information.

Curriculum

The CRS curriculum provides a unique combination of depth and breadth. In-depth instruction in civil rights and critical race theory are taught by CRS core faculty, including several professors who built the intellectual foundations of the field. In addition, courses addressing specific racial groups and other forms of social hierarchies are part of an overall approach that helps us understand that we live in a multiracial world with intersecting and overlapping forms of inequality and subordination. Please contact the CRS Program Director should you have any questions about these requirements or the ways that you can fulfill them.

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