Camesha F. Little
Camesha F. Little
Assistant Professor of Law
Degrees
- J.D. Texas A&M University School of Law
- B.S.W. Baylor University
Biography
Professor Camesha Little is a passionate advocate for student success and an innovator in legal education. She joined the faculty at Detroit Mercy Law in 2023, bringing a wealth of experience from her previous roles as Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Academic Support & Bar Programming at Gonzaga University School of Law and National Director-West at Helix Bar Review. Professor Little is deeply committed to supporting students throughout their law school journey and beyond. She is also devoted to serving her community and has been involved with organizations such as Disability Rights Washington and the Spokane County Bar Association Diversity Section.
Professor Little's scholarly work reconceptualizes legal education as holistic professional formation. At the heart of her research is the argument that reflective practice — woven intentionally throughout the curriculum, from orientation through licensure — serves as the connective tissue that transforms fragmented doctrinal instruction into integrated professional development. Her pedagogical framework draws on modern learning science to cultivate the emotional intelligence, professional identity, and humanistic competencies that equip lawyers to navigate an era of AI disruption and escalating societal complexity. Her current work extends this framework to address the profession's crises of well-being and inclusion, with a particular focus on grief literacy as an essential professional competency — a thread she explored most recently in her presentation, "Many Shades of Blue: A Reflection on the Need for Grief Literacy," at the AALS Women in Legal Education Annual Conference at Boston University School of Law in February 2026. Her scholarship has been featured in publications including the FIU Law Review and the UDC Law Review, and she has shared her research at conferences and workshops across the country, including the Lutie A. Lytle Annual Conference and Writing Workshop.
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Courses Taught
Evidence
Property
Torts
Transactional Drafting
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Selected Publications
Many Shades of Blue: Gender, Grief, and Well-Being in Legal Education, Boston Law Review (forthcoming)
Grief Literacy as Professional Competency: A Curricular Framework for Legal Education (in progress)
Cultivating the Reflective Lawyer: How Capstone Programs Complete the Learning Cycle (in progress)
The Hunger Games: Food as a Right, Not a Privilege, Florida International University Law Review, 9 FIU L. REV. Issue 2 Volume 20 (2025)
Think, Reflect, Refine: Shaping The Modern Lawyer, UDC Law Review 28 U.D.C. L. Rev. (2025)
Emotional Intelligence, Belonging, and Critical Thinking, Raising the Bar Newsletter, Vol. 8 Issue 1, Winter 2025
Keeping Students Motivated for Bar Exam Success, NALP PDQ, January 2022, (Lyssa L. Thaden and Kimberly Wolenberg, co-authors).
Journal Writing Techniques to Aid Student Learning, The Learning Curve, Summer 2017.
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Selected Presentations
Many Shades of Blue: A reflection on the Need for Grief Literacy Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Women in Legal Education (WILE) Annual Conference, Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts (February 2026).
Think, Reflect, Synthesize: Using Capstone Programs to Cultivate Professional Identity and Success in Legal Education” Association of Academic Support Educators (AASE) Annual Conference, Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts (May 2025).
The Paper, The Process, The Journey: A conversation on Scholarship Academic Support, Black Women’s Collective (ASBWC) (October 2024).
Think, Reflect, Refine: Shaping the Modern Lawyer– Lutie A. Lytle Annual Conference and Writing Workshop, Durham, North Carolina (June 2024).
Cultivating Instinct and Integrity: Integrating Reflective Writing into Doctrinal Law Classrooms – Lutie Langston Midwestern Workshop, Chicago, Illinois (November 2023).
Integrity-Based Leadership: Harnessing the Powerful Process of Restoring, Repairing, and Preventing Harm Through Difficult Conversations -Gonzaga University Women LEAD Annual Conference, Spokane, Washington (March 2023) (with Tiffany Harms).
Conflict Resolution & Working Through Difficult Conversations -Gonzaga University Living Leadership: Building Better Communities 2022-2023 Webinar and Podcast Series, Spokane Washington (October 2022) (with Tiffany Harms).
The Art of Anticipating Difficult Conversations: Using Journaling to Prepare for Crucial Conversations -Gonzaga University Women LEAD Annual Conference, Spokane, Washington (March 2022).
Can Law Schools Have It All?: ASP as a Checkbox or Mechanism for Change 2.0 -Association of Academic Support Educators 2nd Annual Diversity Conference, Chicago, Illinois (October 2019) (with Yolanda Sewell).
Can Law Schools Have It All?: ASP as a Checkbox or Mechanism for Change -Association of Academic Support Educators National Conference, Seattle, Washington (May 2019) (with DeShun Harris and Yolanda Sewell).
Emotional Support for Student Academic Success -Association of Academic Support Educators National Conference, St. Louis, Missouri (May 2018).
The Art of Anticipating Difficult Conversations: Using Journaling to Prepare Yourself to Handle Crucial Conversations about Race -Association of Academic Support Educators Inaugural Diversity Conference, Baltimore Maryland (October 2017).
A Portfolio Approach to Program Assessment and to Student Success -Association of Academic Support Educators National Conference, Fort Worth, Texas (May 2017) (with James McGrath).
Utilizing Early Assessment to Help At-Risk Students First Semester -Southwest Consortium of Academic Support Professionals Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas (March 2017) (with DeShun Harris).
A Portfolio Approach to Program Assessment and to Student Success -New England Consortium of Academic Support Professionals Annual Meeting, Springfield, Massachusetts (December 2016) (with James McGrath).
All Hands on Deck -New England Consortium of Academic Support Professionals Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts (December 2015).