ABA report: Law schools see increase in diversity of students
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…
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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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LOS ANGELES TIMES — Law schools are the gateways to a legal profession that lacks diversity by race,ethnicity, gender, disability and more. An important step to creating a more diverse legal profession is to change law schools’ admission policies.
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BUSINESSWIRE — –Cox Castle & Nicholson, a leading full-service law firm specializing in real estate in the United States, announced the Mario Camara 1L Diversity Scholars Program as part of its commitment to continue to promote diversity and inclusivity in the Firm and the legal profession, particularly the real estate bar.
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GOODWIN — Goodwin’s 1L Diversity Fellowship Program for the 2023 Summer Associate class is open for applications. Now in its 17th year, the firm’s Fellowship provides first-year law students from historically excluded groups with the opportunity to be a 1L summer associate in Goodwin’s 10-week summer program in 2023, following their first year of law…
Read More about Law firm launches diversity fellowship program for first year studentsUniversity of Minnesota Law launches Racial Equity and Justice Milestone Program
MINNESOTA LAW — Students enter Minnesota Law with widely divergent knowledge and experience with racial injustice and its history in the United States. This often makes it difficult to explore the many ways race and racism interplay with the American legal system and society at large. Seeking to provide all students with a baseline understanding…
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — On November 16, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law launched the Center for Racial and Disability Justice (CRDJ). Under the leadership of Jamelia Morgan, professor of law, the Center will promote justice for people of color, people with disabilities, and individuals at the intersection of both identities.
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THE MINNESOTA DAILY — New this semester, the University of Minnesota Law School’s Racial Equity and Justice (REJ) Milestone Program offers context on the relationship between racial injustice and the American legal system. Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the school Ra’Shya Ghee said the first three modules of the self-paced, 10-module online…
Read More about New University of Minnesota program explores intersection of race and lawHow federal judges consider diversity when hiring law clerks
THE WASHINGTON POST — As the Supreme Court considered ending the use of race as a factor in college admissions, Justice Elena Kagan suggested the court’s decision could have implications beyond higher education — and closer to home for the federal judiciary.
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ARTIFICIAL LAWYER — There is no shortage of empirical evidence highlighting how a diverse workforce has an outsized, positive impact on a team, company and/or industry. There is likewise a similar body of research drawing a causal nexus between successful technology adoption and a company or industry’s performance
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