Southern California law school coalition honored with Diversity Champion Award from state group

April 14, 2022

USC GOULD — The Southern California Law School Coalition – a collaboration between Brenda Cortez-Martin, associate director of admissions at the USC Gould School of Law, and two peers from UC Irvine School of Law and Loyola Law School – was awarded the California Leadership-Access-Workforce (LAW) Diversity Champion Award for 2022.

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University of Arkansas Black Law Student Association to host symposium on diversity in the legal profession

April 14, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — The Black Law Students Association invites students to attend the Brummer’s Symposium at 1 p.m. Friday, April 8, at the U of A School of Law Courtroom, room 240. The symposium serves as an opportunity to educate students both at the law school and across the larger campus community. In addition, the

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University of Mississippi Law requests nominations for inaugural Law Diversity Awards

April 13, 2022

THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW — Nominations are open now through April 19, 2022 for the University of Mississippi School of Law’s inaugural Diversity Awards. The Diversity Committee will grant the awards to a student, faculty, and staff member who has demonstrated a distinctive and ongoing commitment to the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and

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Northwestern Law students Michael Choi and Rohun Reddy win best brief in First Amendment and media law diversity moot court competition

April 13, 2022

NORTHWESTERN PRIZTKER SCHOOL OF LAW — In January, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law students participated in the American Bar Association’s 14th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition. Michael Choi (JD-MBA ’23) and Rohun Reddy (JD-MBA ’23) won Best Brief overall in the competition, one of the top three prizes of the

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Law firm Sheppard Mullin launches diversity fellowship

April 12, 2022

SHEPPARD MULIN — Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce the establishment of the Guy N. Halgren Diversity Fellowship for law school students. The fellowship is named in honor of Guy N. Halgren, chairman emeritus, who served as Sheppard Mullin’s chairman for 20 years, from 2001 to 2021, for his longstanding commitment

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University of Utah Law professor Leslie Francis honored by university for service to women

April 5, 2022

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH — The University of Utah recognized the most recent awardees of the Linda K. Amos Award and Elizabeth Fuhriman Gardner Prize in a joint celebration during Women’s Week. The Linda K. Amos Award for Distinguished Service to Women recognizes individuals who have selflessly given time and energy to improve the educational and/or working environment

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Goodwin law firm launches diversity fellowship program for second-year law students

April 4, 2022

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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Emory Law program aims to increase diversity among environmental lawyers

March 30, 2022

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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University of Cincinnati Law to host symposium on diversity, race, and business

March 23, 2022

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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National Science Foundation grant to UMass Law to fund research on diversity and networking in law schools

March 22, 2022

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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