Kim Forde-Mazrui is the Mortimer M. Caplin Professor of Law at the University of Virginia where he teaches Racial Justice and Law; Race and Criminal Justice; Constitutional Law; Disability Law; and Employment Discrimination. Forde-Mazrui earned his B.A. in Philosophy, summa cum laude, from the University of Michigan in 1990, and his Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 1993.
Forde-Mazrui’s scholarship focuses on race and equal protection law. He is co-author of the widely-used textbook, Racial Justice and Law: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 2016). His race-related journal articles include: The Canary-Blind Constitution: Must Government Ignore Racial Inequality?, 79 Law & Contemporary Problems 53 (2016); Does Racial Diversity Promote Cultural Diversity?: The Missing Question in Fisher v. University of Texas, 17 Lewis & Clark Law Review 987 (2013); Learning Law Through the Lens of Race, 21 Journal of Law & Politics 1 (2005); Taking Conservatives Seriously: A Moral Justification for Affirmative Action and Reparations, 92 California Law Review 683 (2004); The Constitutional Implications of Race-Neutral Affirmative Action, 88 Georgetown Law Journal 2331 (2000); Jural Districting: Selecting Impartial Juries Through Community Representation, 52 Vanderbilt Law Review 353 (1999); and Black Identity and Child Placement: The Best Interests of Black and Biracial Children, 92 Michigan Law Review 925 (1994).
Forde-Mazrui served from 2003 to 2010 and from 2016 to 2023 as the Director of UVA’s Center for the Study of Race and Law. UVA’s Black Law Students Association has three times awarded him a Service to BLSA Award; UVA’s Office of Equal Opportunity Programs named him an “EOP Champion” in 2009; and, in 2013, UVA selected him for the John T. Casteen III Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Leadership Award.