University of New Mexico celebrates legacy of first Black woman graduate for Black History Month
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…
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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…
Read More about Researchers examine impact of law school admissions reform on diversityOpinion: How the LSAT affects diversity in the legal profession
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…
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