Minority Law Professors and the Myth of Sisyphus: Consciousness and Praxis within the Special Teaching Challenge in American Law Schools

This Article examines the teaching environment of minority law professors within American law schools.It outlines an existential teaching philosophy for minority law professors, examines their interactions with students, and other faculty members and with administrators, outlines a miscellany of reflections and effective teaching strategies for conducting a law school class, and outlines a miscellany of recommendations for creating a healthy teaching environment for minority law professors.Nonetheless, this Article does not adopt a purely practical approach to the subject.It largely relies on other materials' for practical guidance on how to conduct a law school class.Instead, this Article primarily focuses on the philosophical dimensions of being a minority law professor within an American law school class, enlightened by the prismatic interpretation of the ancient Greek Myth of Sisyphus.In other words, this Article maps out the possible trajectories of thought that minority law professors may follow to establish and maintain an equilibrium and healthy direction within their respective classrooms and their careers.Also this Article maps out the possible trajectories of thought that administrators and faculties can follow if they wish to create healthy teaching environments for minority law professors.Moreover, this Article helps develop a literature on the needs, demands, problems, and solutions for this special teaching challenge within American law schools.