Law 691- Race and Racism in American Law
Professor Vernellia Randall
The University of Dayton School of Law

Reflection Papers

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 Reflection papers count as 35% of the grade.
  • Reflection papers serve several purposes.
    • The process of putting thoughts on paper proved to be a meaningful learning experience.
    • Reflection papers demonstrate not only that you are reading the material, viewing the videos and preparing for class, but also that you are pondering the issues.
    • Reflection papers allow you to articulate ideas and arguments while you are reading and thus be better prepared to participate in discussion during the next class.
    • Reflection papers provide a mechanism to explore ideas that are not necessarily covered in class or that you may be hesitant to assert verbally. They allow you to apply what you are learning to your personal life experiences.
    • Reflection papers develop complex insights and theories, and allow you to speculate about the future. Most significantly, reflection papers allow you to engaged in the process of experiencing the harmony or dissonance between the perspectives described in the readings and your own. Reflection paper privileges experience and the forceful articulation of that experience. 

     

  • Reflection papers, like the discussion questions, should explore the underlying value implications of the reading and videos and relate it to your own personal experience and observations.

 

  • You may want explore the point at which a value important to you is violated; to challenge the desirability of consequences of a position taken in the reading; to make analogies to other things that you have learned; or to explore the priorities being set by some aspect of the reading or videos. 

 

  • While reflection papers are personal in nature, they must be significantly connected to the law and the role of the law in maintaining or alleviating racism.

 

  • Reflection papers are due Monday and should be placed in the TWEN Assignment Drop-Box. (See Schedule for due dates).   You should bring a hard copy to class.

 

  • Reflection papers should be between 1250 to 1500 words in length, single spaced, 1 inch margins, times roman type on the front page place only the title of the reflection paper. Fold the paper in half, place your name on the botton right hand corner of the folded paper.

 

  • Reflection papers will be shared (anonymously with the class) however, to facilitate personal disclosure, if you do not want a particular paper shared because of the highly personal nature of your disclosure, please mark your email "DO NOT SHARE".  This should be the rare exception if at all.

 

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Unit 1: Race and Racism
Unit 2: Racial Groups
Unit 3: Legal Topics

 

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Thanks to Derrick Bell and his pioneer work: 
Race, Racism and American Law
(1993).