L. Song Richardson

Leah Song Richardson (born 1967/1968) is an American lawyer, legal scholar, and higher education administrator who is currently president of Colorado College. She was previously dean and a chancellor's professor of law of the University of California, Irvine School of Law.[1]

Song Richardson
President of Colorado College
Assumed office
July 1, 2021
Preceded byMike Edmonds (acting)
Robert Moore (acting)
Personal details
Born1966 or 1967 (age 56–57)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Yale University (JD)
AwardsDerrick Bell Award from the Association of American Law Schools (2012)

In 2022, it was suggested by The Washington Post that Richardson was a possible Joe Biden Supreme Court candidate to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.[2]

Education

Richardson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.[1]

Career

Prior to academia, Richardson worked as a public defender and was a partner at a criminal law firm. She was also an assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.[1]

Richardson assumed the role of UC Irvine School of Law's interim dean on July 1, 2017, replacing the school's founding dean, Erwin Chemerinsky. In January 2018, she was appointed the school's second dean.[3] At the time of her appointment, she was the only woman of color to lead a top-30 law school.[4] On December 9, 2020, Colorado College announced that Richardson had accepted the post of president of the college; she began her position on July 1, 2021.[5] She is the first woman of color to serve as the school's president.[1]

Writing and scholarship

Richardson's research focuses on implicit bias, criminal procedure, criminal law, and law and social science. She has examined implicit bias and prejudice in artificial intelligence technology.[6] She co-edited the book "The Constitution and the Future of Criminal Justice in America," with John T. Parry of Lewis and Clark College, Portland. The book was published in 2014 by Cambridge University Press.[7]

She is working on a forthcoming book examining the history of race in the United States, and implications for law and policy.[1]

Awards

Richardson received the Derrick Bell Award from the Association of American Law Schools in 2012.[8] The award recognizes exceptional contributions to legal education through mentoring, teaching and scholarship.

In 2018, she was named among "OC People of 2018" by OC Weekly.[9]

Affiliations

Richardson is a member of the American Law Institute[10] and serves on the executive committee of the Association of American Law Schools.[11]

Personal life

Richardson is African American and Asian American.[2]

References
  1. Robinson, Helen (2020-12-10). "Richardson is first woman of color appointed president of Colorado College". Colorado Springs Business Journal. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  2. "The 11 likeliest people to get Biden's Supreme Court nomination". The Washington post. January 31, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  3. Takahama, Valerie (2017-12-21). "UCI School of Law Names L. Song Richardson As Dean Effective In 2018". Orange Coast Magazine. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  4. Vega, Priscella (27 December 2017). "New UC Irvine dean will be only woman of color to lead a top law school, university says". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  5. "Presidential Announcement • Presidential Announcement Colorado College". www.coloradocollege.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  6. Sahota, Neil. "Will A.I. Put Lawyers Out Of Business?". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  7. Parry, John T; Richardson, L. Song, eds. (August 2013). The Constitution and the Future of Criminal Justice in America edited by John T. Parry. Cambridge Core. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139108034. ISBN 9781107020931. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  8. "Section Award Recipients". Association of American Law Schools. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  9. Coker, Matt (2018-05-23). "L. Song Richardson Continues to Defy Expectations [OC People 2018]". OC Weekly. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  10. Institute, The American Law. "Members". American Law Institute. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  11. "AALS Announces 2019 Leadership". Association of American Law Schools. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
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