Born in 1949, Thomas G. Sampson grew up in Durham, North Carolina, as the struggle to dismantle Jim Crow gained steam. His father, Daniel G. Sampson, law dean at North Carolina Central University, ...

If you squint a bit—and ignore some of the contradictory data—you'll find some optimistic news about minority lawyers. Two recent reports—Vault/Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) on law ...

Subject: Deirdre L. Webster has been the chief legal officer in the New Jersey Department of Labor for two years. Since April 1995, she has presided over the Association of Black Women Lawyers of New ...

Introduction : the problem of race and representation -- The idea of the representative Negro -- Racial identity and the marketplace for lawyers -- The role of the courtroom in an era of segregation - ...