Shattering Traditions in Academia with Kimberly Mutcherson - a podcast by Cheryl-Lyn Bentley

How do we change deeply-rooted traditions that were never intended to serve the interests of marginalized groups? Kimberly Mutcherson, the Co-Dean of Rutgers Law School in Camden, NJ, represents a trifecta of firsts for Rutgers Law: the first African-American, woman, and LGBTQ individual in this role. She is an award-winning professor whose scholarship focuses on bioethics, reproductive justice, and family and health law. We discuss her leadership in a predominantly white male institution, diversity in legal academia and the workplace, and how she works to advance justice and fairness while challenging legal traditions.

 

Find links and show notes at https://breakconcrete.com/bc024

 

Topics Covered: 

• Dean Mutcherson's journey to become Dean of Rutgers Law School
• The value of representation in her childhood and in breaking concrete
• Reflections on being appointed the first Black person, woman, and LGBTQ dean 
• What Dean Mutcherson attributes to her success
• Underrepresentation of faculty of color in legal academia
• Dean Mutcherson's leadership as a Black woman dean
• Fostering diversity within legal academia and in the workplace
• Dean Mutcherson's role as an academic activist 
• Lawyers’ responsibility to advance and uphold justice 
• How Dean Mutcherson talks to her children about fairness, justice, and race
• Successes and failures of the LGBTQ rights movement
• Improving the professional trajectory of Black women in the workplace

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