Antiracist Development Institute
Penn State Dickinson Law created the Antiracist Development Institute (ADI) to dismantle structures that support systemic racial inequality and intersectional injustice using a three-pillar system based on systems design, institutional antiracism, and critical pedagogy.
Institutional Antiracism
Acknowledging the complicity of law in the design of systems of oppression, acquiring knowledge about the American system of laws, and acting on this knowledge are the three elements of institutional antiracism. Those elements are implemented through systems design and critical pedagogy.
Systems Design & Design Thinking
The systems design approach is a user focused way to relentlessly innovate, empathize, and humanize with others to solve problems or resolve issues. Systems design is fundamentally user-centered, experimental, responsive, intentional, and tolerant of failure.
Critical Pedagogy
The two main goals of critical pedagogy are to help students see the world as capable of change, and to help students discern how they will use their talents, lived experiences and education to effect positive societal change in whatever field they ultimately work in.
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Antiracist Development Institute hosts reentry simulation sponsored by Restorative Justice Initiative
The Antiracist Development Institute (ADI) at Penn State Dickinson Law recently hosted a reentry simulation in partnership with Penn State College of Education’s Restorative Justice Initiative (RJI) as part of Justice Education Month.
Our work is made possible by the generous support of the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC), the AccessLex Institute, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and Emily and G. Griffith “Griff” Lindsay.