OPINION
Monday, March 23, 2015 15
Use Your Words
Not sensitivity, but accountability
esther mendelsohn › staff writer
A
s the composition of the law school stu dent body has evolved, so too, have the
rules of the game. Some have welcomed
these changes, while others demand
more; others still lament what they consider to be
hyper-sensitivity and the stifling of free speech.
These changes probably seem radical to those who
have never been exposed to critical perspectives on
topics such as gender and race. A thorough discussion of these ideas is beyond the scope of this piece,
so instead I offer some thoughts on the new language and topography of the ideological terrain in
law school.
Academic institutions, and perhaps law schools in
particu