CWSL President and Dean Sean M. Scott Moderates AALS Panel on Democracy and Diversity

On January 4, 2024, California Western School of Law’s President and Dean Sean M. Scott moderated a panel discussion on democracy and diversity at The Association of American Law School’s Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.  The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting was “Defending Democracy.” 

Dean Scott moderated a discussion centered around the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling on affirmative action, its effects on democracy at large, and “the responsibility of law schools to continue to pursue diversity.” Panelists included Michèle Alexandre from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Lolita K. Buckner Inniss of the University of Colorado Law School, Jacob Eisler from Florida State University College of Law, Sudha N. Setty of City University of New York Law School, and Ryan Williams from Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

Dean Scott has been a panelist or moderator at AALS conferences every year since 2020. She also previously served as an Associate Director for the AALS, leading a workshop for strategies to increase diversity in law school faculty and students and a pre-tenured Faculty of Color Workshop to guide participants towards attaining tenure.