Vanderbilt Law hosts LGBTQ+ rights activist Jim Obergefell for discussion
VANDERBILT LAW — Vanderbilt Law School hosted Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in the 2015 landmark Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage — Obergefell v. Hodges, on April 13. OutLaw, the Law Students for Social Justice, the Hyatt Fund, the George Barrett Social Justice Program, the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab and the Office of Diversity,…
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VERMONT LAW — The Native American Law Students Association at Vermont Law and Graduate School hosted its annual symposium Monday evening at the Chase Center with an engaged audience in person and online. This year’s program put special focus on the Indian Child Welfare Act, Brackeen v. Haaland—a current Supreme Court case that threatens to…
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ABA JOURNAL — It’s been almost a month since ABA notice was posted that the University of Oregon School of Law was out of compliance for a diversity accreditation standard, and Marcilynn Burke, the dean, still hasn’t figured out why. She’s in the process of finding out, and in the meantime, is getting a report ready to…
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MIAMI HERALD — In July 2020, the president of Texas A&M University appointed a 45-member commission to examine the progress of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the nearly 70,000-student flagship campus in College Station. The panel’s report, released in January 2021, found both strengths and weaknesses in the school’s approach. But overall, said the…
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(TaxProf Blog) by Paul Caron — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Chronicle of Higher Education article that looks at the efforts of a law student LGBTQ organization to be recognized by Samford University.
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UNIVERSITY OF AKRON LAW — Megan Parker had already made her mark at The University of Akron during her undergraduate days as Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper, the Buchtelite. She has continued to add to her CV since she began law school in August 2020, despite being physically disabled from birth and dependent on a…
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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT LAW — Addys Castillo and Akia Callum, both social justice activists who have long dreamed of going to law school, just started their first year at UConn School of Law thanks to a new scholarship. Castillo and Callum received a scholarship from the Constance Belton Green Diversity Fund, which supports diversity, racial,…
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HARVARD LAW — The ‘Future Leaders in Law’ program aims to encourage and prepare students from first-gen and lower-income backgrounds to apply to law schools around the nation
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NORTHWESTERN LAW — Jamelia Morgan, a professor at Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law, recently launched the Center for Racial and Disability Justice, which will promote justice for people of color, people with disabilities and people at the intersection of those identities.
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SOUTHWESTERN LAW — Southwestern Law School continues its legacy of promoting access and equity within the legal profession by partnering with California Leadership Access Workforce (Cal LAW) Pathways, a program developed by the State Bar of California’s Council on Access and Fairness with support from the Law School Admission Council. The partnership was announced during…
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