Beyond "Sellouts" and "Race Cards": Black Attorneys and the Straitjacket of Legal Practice

Authors

Margaret M. Russell, Santa Clara University School of LawFollow

Abstract

For attorneys of color, the concept of "representing race" within the context of everyday legal practice is neither new nor voluntarily learned; at a basic level, it is what we do whenever we enter a courtroom or conference room in the predominantly white legal system of this country.

Recommended Citation

Margaret M. Russell, Beyond "Sellouts" and "Race Cards": Black Attorneys and the Straitjacket of Legal Practice, 95 Mich. L. Rev. 766 (1997).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol95/iss4/4