Goodwin law firm launches diversity fellowship program for second-year law students
GOODWIN LAW –Goodwin’s 2L Diversity Fellowship Program for the 2023 Summer Associate class is open for applications. The Diversity Fellowships provide second-year law students from historically excluded groups with the opportunity to earn a position in Goodwin’s 2023 Summer Associate program, in addition to receiving an award of $30,000. Finalists for the 2L Fellowship will be…
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DEKALB NEIGHBOR — Emory Law’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law program has received a gift from the Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP law firm to establish a new diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative to promote broader diversity in the practice of environmental law. “The new initiative at Emory will provide annual scholarships and summer stipends…
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UCINCINNATI NEWS — The symposium confronts how the discourse around race and business law can move beyond diversity. It will bring scholars, practitioners, and business leaders together to discuss impediments and pathways to racial equity in business law. This event marks the first collaboration between the Corporate Law Center and the newly endowed Nathaniel R. Jones…
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UMASS AMHERST — Anthony Paik, sociology, and Steve Boutcher, executive officer of the Law and Society Association and senior research fellow at the Institute for Social Science Research, are part of a team recently awarded a $511,000 grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund research examining diversity and networking in law school. Paik and…
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted its annual BLSA Week in February. The week of events was dedicated to conversations about the experience of being Black in higher education, and highlighted the need for public service to Black communities. The week’s theme,…
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JD SUPRA — In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 podcast, Guy Is joined by Lloyd Johnson. Lloyd is the visionary and CEO of Chief Legal Executive LLC. He also founded the Black In-House Counsel. Lloyd continued his work into women’s advocacy with the creation of the groundbreaking Women, Influence & Power and the Law…
Read More about Podcast: A look at diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the legal professionNortheastern Law appoints Kiana Pierre-Louis first assistant dean of diversity, equity and inclusion
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Northeastern University School of Law has appointed Kiana Pierre-Louis as the school’s first assistant dean for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Currently a senior law lecturer, pre-law advisor and a course coordinator at Bentley University in its Law and Taxation Department, Pierre-Louis also chairs the town of Sharon’s Diversity, Equity…
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC — The Sacramento Legal Employers Diversity Collective, in coordination with the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, hopes to gain a deeper understanding of significant obstacles to diversity in the legal profession. Through an anonymous survey of local attorneys who have between one and 10 years of practice, the Collective…
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC — The Sacramento Region Diversity Career Fair was held on Feb. 26 and connected employers with diverse legal candidates for future and current job openings, announced the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California, the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, the UC Davis School of Law,…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — A recent study by consulting firm Russell Reynolds Associates found that more than half of Fortune 500 companies employ a chief diversity officer—a position that LinkedIn has described as the “job of the moment.” After the murder of George Floyd in 2020 by a police officer, the pace only accelerated, with the hiring of…
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