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With a passion for hip-hop and legal studies, Dean Todd Clark, Esq. of Widener University Delaware Law School, established himself as a leading authority in this field. His extensive research and expertise in hip-hop’s social impact and legal battles make him the subject matter expert of this groundbreaking cultural movement, as 50 years of hip-hop are still being discussed.
Through his course, Clark examines the struggles of marginalized communities. He sheds light on the legal challenges faced by hip-hop artists and the industry as a whole while helping his students understand the legal landscape surrounding hip-hop today.
How are you able to intersect hip-hop and law in your classes?
I grew up as a member of the hip-hop generation, so that’s the music that still permeates in my headphones when I’m rocking in the gym, or when I’m driving in and out of school. One of the things that I can say about just being a member of that community, there are certain messages that resonate with me. There’s a certain type of experience that you have as a member of the hip-hop generation and a member of hip-hop culture, so it influences the way that I teach my materials, the things that are important to me, the messages that I’ll often send to my students in the context of the classroom. There are issues that appear for members of our community, and I do a good job bringing those issues into the context of the classroom discussion. From that perspective, just influencing who I am as a person, and who I am as a man, and the way that I think about things, the way that I process information, it’s influenced that aspect.
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How Dean Todd Clark is implementing hip-hop into his law class
