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An intellectual hub with community roots
The Center provides a space for students, faculty, and community members to collaborate on civil rights and racial justice projects.
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American Apartheid City
An event series addressing racial inequities and injustices on the local level. Read more.
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Race, Rights and the Law Blog
Visit the Race, Rights and the Law Blog where various law professors and freelance law writers discuss current issues.
A commitment to legal issues related to civil and human rights
Established in early 2022, The Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law aims to address systemic disparities through a legal contextual lens.

Our Mission
The mission of the Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice is to facilitate community-engaged teaching, research, and service and will serve as a hub and visible manifestation of the Law School’s commitment to legal issues regarding these issues.
Our Projects

The Center will advance the educational, research, and service missions via an experiential community service component.

Law schools have a duty to train legal professionals who will work to advance the Constitution’s still-imperfect promise of equal justice under law.

Engage an interdisciplinary team of experts with a racial justice and anti-subordination perspective to generate a data base of resources for community leaders.