Renowned expert on history of segregation visits Brandeis Law

Richard Rothstein, who wrote the nationally acclaimed book The Color of Law, spoke at the Brandeis School of Law on Feb. 12, 2018.

Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute and a fellow at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and of the Haas Institute at the University of California (Berkeley).

The Color of Law uses legal and social history to show how government laws and policies have created and perpetuated racial housing segregation in the United States.

The Color of Law was designated as one of 10 finalists on the National Book Awards’ long list for the best nonfiction book of 2017.

Rothstein's presentation was part of the Barbara Lewis Memorial Luncheon, funded by a gift to the Brandeis School of Law and the Center for Land Use and Environmental Responsibility to honor Dean Lewis' memory. The co-sponsors of the luncheon were the Brandeis School of Law, the Center for Land Use and Environmental Responsibility, the Housing Justice Workgroup, the Cooperative Consortium for Transdisciplinary Social Justice Research  and the Department of Urban and Public Affairs.