Midsize law firm innovation moves to advance Diversity & Inclusion
THOMSON REUTERS — Recognizing the need to field more diverse legal teams, midsize law firms are aspiring to promote inclusion and increase more diversity among its ranks. As part of that, the Thomson Reuters Institute produced a three-part Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) roundtable series to provide a confidential space to learn how the most successful law…
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IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — Iowa Law’s DEI committee piloted a new program last week called Across the Aisle. The program seeks to bridge divides and bring people with different perspectives into conversation with each other. The first topic was immigration. Prior to the event participants were asked to answer questions to determine where they stood on…
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DETROIT FREE PRESS — The Lawyers Look Like Me campaign was created by Wayne State University Law School students to highlight the importance of diverse voices in law.
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DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — President Joe Biden kept his campaign promise and nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Black woman, to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer. If confirmed by the Senate, Jackson, 51, would become the first Black woman to be a Supreme Court Justice. “I’m thrilled to hear…
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ABA JOURNAL — A law school accreditation standard requires full opportunities for underrepresented groups, and on Friday the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar approved a proposed revision to clarify that the standard does not allow schools to engage in “racial balancing” or limit representation of individuals from any…
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NATIONAL JURIST — The Summer Pre-Law Pipeline Program will be held in-person from June 6-17. The two-week course will offer 30 hours of academic classes with professors and alumni on campus and will focus its efforts on first-generation and low-income students. The program is free and will focus on introducing interested applicants to the law school…
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HAMILTON — “Why aren’t there more Black female judges on the federal bench?” an op-ed by Associate Professor of Government Gbemende Johnsonpublished in The Washington Post on Feb. 22, addresses President Biden’s campaign pledge to appoint a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court and his record-breaking number of federal court appointments of Black women. Johnson primarily addresses…
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WHYY – Nine months after declaring that racial diversity among judges in Delaware “is inadequate,” Supreme Court Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. released a strategic plan Tuesday to increase the number of Black and Latino members of the Delaware Bar. The report highlighted several numbers that illustrate the disparities in Delaware. For example, Black students made…
Read More about AccessLex Institute and National Center for State Courts release report on diversity and the Delaware legal professionGift to University of Alabama Law to create diversity-focused summer program
ALABAMA LAW — Through generous support from The University of Alabama System’s McMahon-Pleiad Prize, the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation, and Derrick (’03) and Tamesha Mills, The University of Alabama School of Law will be launching the Alabama Law Summer Scholars Program beginning this year. Summer Scholars is a cost-free, four-week program for undergraduate students who want to…
Read More about Gift to University of Alabama Law to create diversity-focused summer programUC Irvine Law community programs executive director Estuardo R. Ponciano honored for commitment to diversity
UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School (UCI Law) is delighted to announce Estuardo R. Ponciano, executive director of community programs for UCI Law has been awarded the California LAW Diversity Champion Award for 2022 by the board of directors of Cal Leadership-Access-Workforce (Cal LAW). The award is shared with Brenda Cortez-Martin of USC…
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