Southwestern Law vice dean Anahid Gharakhanian and associate dean Natalie Rodriguez present research on inclusive law school admissions practices
SOUTWESTERN LAW — Southwestern’s Vice Dean Anahid Gharakhanian and Associate Dean for Academic Innovation and Administration Natalie Rodriguez ’12 have a vision for a more equitable and inclusive law school admissions process. On January 13, 2023, they presented that vision to members of the legal academy at USC Gould School of Law and RISE Alliance’s…
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UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO LAW — The law school proudly celebrates Black History Month and encourages participation at the following programs and events select dates Feb. 13th to Feb. 28th.
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UC LAW SAN FRANCISCO — From diversifying its pool of faculty candidates, to providing inclusivity training, and creating structural spaces on campus for diverse programs, UC Law San Francisco’s leaders shared some of the law school’s successes in promoting a diverse and inclusive campus and also some of its goals for the future. Chancellor and…
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO LAW — Brown Simmons, who in 1974 became the first Black woman to graduate from the University of New Mexico’s School of Law, was honored in a celebration hosted by the university’s Department of Africana Studies to kick off Black History Month. Family, friends and faculty members got together at the…
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — The incoming class of 2022 is the most diverse entering class in law school history, according to data from the American Bar Association, and as reported by the Law School Admission Council, also known as LSAC.
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STANFORD LAW — Stanford Law School (SLS) recently named five students as the second class of Sallyanne Payton Fellows. Payton, was the first African-American student to graduate from SLS and the first to serve on the Stanford Law Review. The fellowship is one of two school-sponsored programs that honor historic firsts at the law school…
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UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW — University of Toledo Law students held a weekend clinic assisting LGBTQ clients with the legal process to change their name.
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NOTRE DAME LAW — Beginning in the 2022 fall semester, Notre Dame Law School debuted a new series of events called “Including YOU!” aimed at creating networking opportunities for law students from communities underrepresented in the legal profession.
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REUTERS — This year’s crop of new law students is the most diverse on record by a significant margin, new data from the American Bar Association show. Nearly 37% of U.S. first-year law students are racial or ethnic minorities, up from 28% a decade ago, according to an analysis of the ABA data by the Law School…
Read More about ABA report: Law schools see increase in diversity of studentsResearchers examine impact of law school admissions reform on diversity
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY — As part of an effort to address racial inequities in the legal field, law schools in the United States are increasingly accepting the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) in place of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) as part of their admissions requirements. According to College of Education researchers, however, GRE-accepting admissions…
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