Stephanie L. Phillips
Professor Emerita
Research Focus: Conflict of Laws, Critical Race Theory, Just War Theory, Law and Religion, Securities Regulation
Links: Curriculum Vitae
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It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our friend and colleague Stephanie Phillips. A beloved faculty member at our law school from 1989 to 2022, Prof. Phillips pursued intellectual interests that included African-American legal history, Critical Race Theory and—a personal passion that she grew into a wildly popular course on self-care in legal practice—mindfulness and meditation.
Stephanie L. Phillips received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1981 and is pursuing a master’s degree in theology at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School.
A founding member of the Workshop on Critical Race Theory, Phillips has collaborated with her colleague, Professor Athena Mutua, to create and teach Critical Race Theory seminars focusing on the social construction of race and on intersections between race, gender and sexuality. She and Mutua are engaged in a multi-year teaching project in African-American legal history.
Phillips’ other principal research and teaching interests are in the area of law and religion, broadly defined to include theology, spirituality, contemplative practice and cognitive science. She also teaches Conflict of Laws.