The purpose of the Cross--Cultural Competence Collection is to help reinforce the skill of cultural competency and to reinforce students’ obligation as future lawyers to work to eliminate all forms of bias in the legal profession.
The American Bar Association sets the requirements for law school accreditation. One such requirement is the teaching of “bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism,” as described in American Bar Association Standard 303(c) and Interpretations:
A law school shall provide education to law students on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism:
(1) at the start of the program of legal education, and
(2) at least once again before graduation.
Interpretation 303-7
Standard 303(c)’s requirement that law schools provide education on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism may be satisfied by, among other things, the following:
(1) Orientation sessions for incoming students;
(2) Lectures on these topics;
(3) Courses incorporating these topics; or
(4) Other educational experiences incorporating these topics.
While law schools need not add a required upper-division course to satisfy this requirement, law schools must demonstrate that all law students are required to participate in a substantial activity designed to reinforce the skill of cultural competency and their obligation as future lawyers to work to eliminate racism in the legal profession.
Interpretation 303-8
Standard 303 does not prescribe the form or content of the education on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism required by Standard 303(c)
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