Associate Dean for Antiracism and Critical Pedagogy Shaakirrah Sanders gave a thought-provoking CLE at Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle, with University Park faculty colleagues and alumni joining over Zoom.

Her presentation, “What is Critical Pedagogy? Integrating the Tribal Commerce Clause into Constitutional Law I & II,” invited us to reconsider how constitutional law is taught and, more fundamentally, how legal education shapes students’ engagement with history, structure, and justice.

Dean Sanders brought both intellectual depth and practical insight to the discussion, drawing on her work across constitutional law, criminal procedure, the First Amendment, and equal protection.