Supporting First Gen Intersectional Identities by Creating Space for the LGBTQIA+ Community
Role
Contribution to Fostering First Gen Success and Inclusion: A Guide for Law Schools
Files
Description
Fostering First Gen Success and Inclusion: A Guide for Law Schools provides law schools with practical and substantive tools to support first-generation law students. A "first-generation law student" refers to law students whose parents did not attend college. While they experience unique challenges, they also bring tremendous skills and values to the institution.
This book illustrates the challenges and characteristics of all first-generation law students by looking at a diverse range of first-generation law student populations. It is designed to assist law schools with creating an inclusive environment for first-generation law students and to foster success in all aspects of their law school journey, from admission to post graduation.
More than 45 contributors (including many former first gen students themselves) offer their experiences and their insights as to how first gen students can be supported and can flourish. Whether it be for situations such as orientation programming, academic success help, doctrinal or legal writing classrooms, experiential education, or career development and bar exam support, this book offers guidance and support. And of course, the voices of next gen students themselves resonate throughout.
ISBN
978-1-5310-2393-5
Publication Date
2026
Publisher
Carolina Academic Press
City
Durham, North Carolina
Disciplines
Law | Legal Education
Recommended Citation
Dodge, Jeffrey, "Supporting First Gen Intersectional Identities by Creating Space for the LGBTQIA+ Community" (2026). Contributions to Books. 17.
https://insight.dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/book_contributions/17