When you've dedicated your academic career to examining the ways in which Black women navigate systemic gendered and racialized barriers in the legal field, you have an idea of what it's like to be a Sistah in Law.  

Tsedale M. Melaku is a Sociologist, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and author of You Don't Look Like a Lawyer: Black Women and Systemic Gendered Racism, which reflects the emphasis of her scholarly interests on race, gender, class, intersectionality, workplace inequities, diversity, and organizations. You Don’t Look Like a Lawyer focuses on how race and gender play a crucial role in the experiences of women of color in traditionally white institutional spaces, and specifically Black women. Dr. Melaku’s work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Bloomberg Law, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, NBC Left Field, the TODAY Show, Fair Observer and other outlets. Dr. Melaku is currently working on her second book, The Handbook on Workplace Diversity and Stratification [tsedalemelaku.com].