Drexel Kline Community & DEI

Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law

The Student Organization for Legal Issues Concerning Drug-Use (SOLID) stands in solidarity with other Drexel Kline student organizations, including the Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA) and the Immigration Law Society (ILS), against the ongoing attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion. We ask that the school continue to reaffirm its values surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion during these uncertain times and act as an example for other institutions in confronting the challenges ahead. Please read LALSA and ILS's attached letter to the Drexel Kline community.

Letter to the Drexel Kline School of Law Community (ILS & LALSA) (1).pdf

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One of SOLID's primary goals is to create a safe place where students can support each other. This mission is becoming increasingly important in this political climate. We will also be taking this opportunity to restate our values: SOLID is for everyone, regardless of your background or what you are going through. If any students are feeling that you have no one to talk to, please know that SOLID is here for you. Our bi-weekly meetings are first and foremost support groups, designed to help each other during law school.

Additionally, if you are Drexel student and you are wondering what you can do to prepare and educate yourself on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, SOLID members highly recommends taking Drexel's course in Critical Race Theory. We will be the next generation of lawyers fighting against these recent executive orders and other attacks on civil rights and taking CRT is informative in preparing for that challenge. It will be important for all future lawyers to enter the professional world with this basis of knowledge, and in order to ensure that CRT doesn't get cut in the future we must continue to show interest in enrollment.

The following are testimonials of students who took CRT in 2024:

“Professor Anderson’s guidance through the overlapping areas of scholarship in the Critical Legal Studies movement made it easier to understand the current state of the law, the various policies, assumptions, and biases that got us here, and what we can do to finally achieve "liberty and justice for all." For a Black student navigating a country and legal system founded in human slavery for capitalist profit, CRT teaches skills for professional survival. For non-Black students educated in the context of the normalization of chattel slavery and racial concentration camps, CRT lays bare the American legacy of injustice in the name of the Rule of Law.”

“With the topic of CRT being a focal point in political discourse over recent years, I felt that law school would be the best place to get a first-hand account of what CRT is and has to offer to the study of law. Coming from the south incentivised me to learn about CRT because some of the people I know from when I lived there have negative viewpoints on the subject. I wanted to make up my own mind, rather than take their word for it. After taking this course, I felt challenged in ways that I was not expecting. CRT has since provided me with a new foundation on which I can think about the law, history, civil rights, and how it all comes together. Whether you think you are someone who would benefit from this course, or not, you should take it to at least have a strong basis of understanding on the topic before you engage in any discourse of your own. So many people have an opinion on the topic, yet many of them could not tell you the basics of CRT if they tried.”

“I think CRT was one of the best classes offered at Drexel and really appreciated and enjoyed my time in the class. We had many incredible and significant discussions and I highly recommend the class!”