Chicago-Kent Law honored by ABA Student Law Division for diversity initiatives
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW — Chicago-Kent College of Law has won the 2019 Henry J. Ramsey, Jr. Diversity Award from the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association. The award—named in honor of Henry J. Ramsey Jr., who served as dean of the Howard University School of Law from 1990 to 1996—recognizes Chicago-Kent’s efforts…
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ABA JOURNAL — The U.S. Department of Education approved Thursday the release of federal student aid to Florida Coastal School of Law, a for-profit InfiLaw school, after the school submitted a letter of credit to the agency. Florida Coastal students were expecting the student loan money by or before Sept. 9. The letter of credit…
Read More about Florida Coastal Law dean steps down as school faces difficulties with ABA approval of conversion to non-profit statusABA sends law school standards revisions to its House of Delegates
ABA JOURNAL — The council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, which met at the Park Hyatt Chicago in an open session Friday, approved various proposed revisions to accreditation rules and standards, but tabled, for further discussion, a suggested change to Standard 206, which addresses diversity and inclusion.
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ABA JOURNAL — U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled in February that the Department of Education made arbitrary and unclear interpretations when excluding ABA employees from the loan forgiveness program. The Department of Education did not contest this ruling and as of last week, several current and former ABA employees began receiving notices that the…
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THE CRIMSON WHITE — The University of Alabama Law hosted the Susan B. Livingston Boot Camp for Success, which is an initiative to provide incoming law students from diverse backgrounds the preparation they need for law school.
Read More about University of Alabama Law hosts boot camp to prepare incoming students for successCUNY Law dean Mary Lu Bilek elected to ABA legal education council
CUNY LAW SCHOOL — In August 2019, Dean Mary Lu Bilek was elected to a three-year term on the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. The Council is the national accrediting agency for all programs leading to a J.D. and responsible for the development of the standards for accreditation.
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND — Professor Robert Percival (University of Maryland Law) has been named the winner of the 2019 Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy Award by the ABA’s Section on Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER) Law.
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ABA – The 2019 ABA Annual Meeting kicked off with a program titled, “And Then They Came for Us: The Perils of Silence,” which explored the fragility of the rule of law and why lawyers have an obligation to speak out when governments enact laws that violate human and civil rights.
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THE LAW SOCIETY GAZETTE — A major new survey of the American legal sector has found the profession is moving painstakingly slowly towards a more diverse environment. The 98-page report, compiled by the American Bar Association, shows the US lags behind the solicitors profession in England and Wales for gender and racial diversity.
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ABA JOURNAL — The ABA House of Delegates passed two resolutions that support fair compensation at the annual meeting in San Francisco.
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