Instititutional Repository of the University of PittsburghThe John Jay College of Criminal Justice, part of the City University of New York, awarded Professor Richard Delgado an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at its commencement exercises on Thursday, May 31. The College’s press release explains:
The University Distinguished Professor of Law and Derrick Bell Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Professor Richard Delgado is considered the preeminent Latino legal scholar in the country. He is a founder of the Critical Race Theory movement, a school of thought that places race at the very nexus of life in the United States. A prolific writer, Delgado has published more than 146 journal articles and 43 book chapters. In 2005, he was chosen to deliver the keynote address at the first colloquium sponsored by John Jay’s new Center on Race, Crime and Justice.
