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...according to some would-be disciples, however, taking CLS off law campuses presents a paradox...
...CLS is so critical of the system there's no way to work within the system," says second-year student DePace. "CLS people may criticize public interest law because public interest law is trying to work within the system instead of changing the system. Maybe the only place to [practice CLS] is in a faculty at a law school...
...Since CLS focuses on the law's alleged bias, adherents hope to reach out ot those whom they see as suffering from that prejudice. Entitled "Race, Class and Gender," this year's three-day conference attempts to interest minorities and women by including many workshops about feminism and discrimination...
...look at this conference, there are enormous numbers of persons who are not white males," Boyle says. "We've done very well. We invited [Harvard Professor of Law Derrick Bell, who is Black], and while he may not be a CLS adherent, he's nevertheless someone who appreciates CLS insight...
...last couple of years the CLS movement has gone through a positive transformation, largely through the addition of minority voices that weren't a part of the movement before," Drury says...