Thanks to a pointer from Taja-Nia Y. Henderson, I see that the Columbia Journal of Race and Law has a new issue out devoted to Derrick Bell. The papers were delivered at a symposium last fall organized by Penelope Andrews and Kendall Thomas. The journal is inviting responses to each of these pieces. I wrote some about Derrick Bell as a legal historian back at the beginning of the year and some about the Columbia Journal of Race and Law and Ralph Ellison a couple years ago. And as long as I'm talking about Derrick Bell I suppose I should mention the paper that Stacey Gahagan and I have up on ssrn that draws some distinctions between Bell and Professor Obama, though it also shows some similarities between Obama's race and law course at the University of Chicago and critical race theory.
The Elusive Quest for Equality and the Permanence of Racism
“The Post Racial Era: Race, Silence, the Denial of Race/Racism and Optimism,” –Leonard Baynes, St. John’s University School of Law
“Notes Toward a Critical Contemplation of the Law,” –Sonia Katyal, Fordham University School of Law
“Derrick Bell’s ‘Afrolantica’ and Gentrification in Harlem,” –Twila Perry, Rutgers University School of Law
Derrick Bell as Teacher
“How Derrick Bell Helped Me Decide to Become an Educator, Not Just a Faculty Member,” –Vanessa Merton, Pace University School of Law
“Derrick Bell’s Community-Based Classroom,” –Joy Radice, University of Tennessee College of Law
“ ‘A Living Working Faith’: Remembering Our Colleague Derrick A. Bell, Jr. as Teacher,” –Andrea McArdle, CUNY School of Law
“A Legacy of Teaching,” –Robin Lenhardt, Fordham University School of Law
“Derrick Bell’s Children,” –I. Bennett Capers, Brooklyn Law School
Interest Convergence
“From Interest Convergence to Solidarity,” –Julie Suk, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
“A Multiplicity of Interests,” –Rachel Godsil, Seton Hall University School of Law
“Racial Fortuity, Rights Sacrifice, and the Promise of Convergence in Prison and Policing Policy,” –Taja-Nia Henderson, Rutgers School of Law – Newark