Richard Delgado (born October 6, 1939)
is an American legal scholar considered to be one the founders of
critical race theory
Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic field focused on the relationships between Social constructionism, social conceptions of Race and ethnicity in the United States census, race and ethnicity, Law in the United States, social and political ...
, along with
Derrick Bell. Delgado is currently a
Distinguished Professor of Law at
Seattle University School of Law. Previously, he was the John J. Sparkman Chair of Law at the
University of Alabama School of Law. He has written and co-authored numerous articles and books, many with his wife, Jean Stefancic. He is also notable for his scholarship on
hate speech
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and for introducing storytelling into legal scholarship.
Biography
The son of a Mexican-American father who immigrated to the
United States
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by himself at the age of 15, Delgado grew up in a migratory household and attended public schools as a child. He earned an A.B. in philosophy and mathematics at the
University of Washington
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, and then attended the
UC-Berkeley School of Law, where he earned a J.D. and served as an editor of the ''
California Law Review''.
Delgado previously taught at the
University of Alabama School of Law, where he held the John J. Sparkman Chair of Law and taught courses in race and civil rights. Earlier, he also taught at
UCLA Law School for eight years and the
University of Colorado
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for fourteen.
He currently teaches at
Seattle University School of Law, where he is a
distinguished professor of law.
Delgado is an amateur cloud-watcher, retired track athlete, and fiction writer.
Selected bibliography
Books
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Journal articles
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Active Rationality in Judicial Review. Minnesota Law Review'
University of Minnesota Law School vi
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References
External links
University of Alabama School of Law profile
1939 births
Living people
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American lawyers
American academics of Mexican descent
American legal scholars
Critical race theorists
Legal educators
Legal writers
Seattle University faculty
UC Berkeley School of Law alumni
University of Colorado faculty
University of Pittsburgh faculty
University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
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