University of Iowa Law faculty fellowship program aims to increase diversity in the legal profession
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — In February of 2020, the University of Iowa College of Law reinstated the Iowa Law Faculty Fellowship. The program provides scholars and teachers with research opportunities, faculty mentoring, and career development, with the goal of increasing diversity in the legal profession. Iowa Law has successfully hired two fellows over…
Read More about University of Iowa Law faculty fellowship program aims to increase diversity in the legal professionEndowment to USC Gould Law will create scholarship for underrepresented law students
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Before becoming law partners at Sanders Roberts LLP, longtime friends Justin Sanders JD ’00 and Reginald Roberts Jr. JD ’00 found their profession in different ways. Roberts, a first-generation college student, discovered he had a natural ease with words, which steered him to law. Sanders’ father was a Yale School of…
Read More about Endowment to USC Gould Law will create scholarship for underrepresented law studentsLaw firms report slow progress on diversity initiatives
BLOOMBERG LAW — There’s an exercise I do in my law firm diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) trainings. I call it the Ten-Year Challenge. I show a slide with race, ethnicity, and gender stats for large law firms 10 years ago. Then I show stats from this year. Then I ask my group, “What has changed?” The…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — There’s an exercise I do in my law firm diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) trainings. I call it the Ten-Year Challenge. I show a slide with race, ethnicity, and gender stats for large law firms 10 years ago. Then I show stats from this year. Then I ask my group, “What has changed?” The…
Read More about Law Firm Diversity: Five Reasons for the Slow ProgressUniversity of South Carolina Law professor Aparna Polavarpu recognized for social justice efforts
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA — Two faculty members and a student have been recognized for their social justice efforts on campus and in the larger community as 2022 Social Justice Award winners. The University of South Carolina created the Social Justice Awards to recognize individuals who have exemplified the philosophies of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Law firm leaders, partners, and recruiting departments already know how to find the same small number of diverse candidates year in and year out, say Intellectual Ventures’ Arvin Patel and Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP partner Jonathan K. Waldrop. The key to improving firm diversity is to dramatically increase diverse hires, implement diverse hiring…
Read More about How law firms can improve diversity effortsBoston University Law dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig discusses programs to improve diversity in the legal profession
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig had only been a tenure-track professor for four years when she decided to start a workshop that would help other black women law faculty advance in their careers. Now in its 14th year, the Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop & Writing Retreat—named for the first…
Read More about Boston University Law dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig discusses programs to improve diversity in the legal professionSouthern University Law Center hosting first-of-its-kind boot camp to push more Black students to become sports agents
WAFB 9 — There’s a new push to create more diversity in the sports agent industry. The Southern University Law Center, in partnership with Diverse Representation, are hosting its inaugural Sports Agent Bootcamp. The first-of-its-kind program will take place Feb. 4-5, 2022. Organizers say there are simply not enough Black sports agents, but they believe this plan is…
Read More about Southern University Law Center hosting first-of-its-kind boot camp to push more Black students to become sports agentsThe 2021 class of summer associates was ‘most diverse ever measured in every way,’ new NALP report says
ABA JOURNAL — The percentage of summer associates of color in major U.S. law firms increased by nearly 5 percentage points in 2021, increasing to 41.34%, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Association for Law Placement. The gain is the largest in the 29 years that the NALP has tracked the information, according to…
Read More about The 2021 class of summer associates was ‘most diverse ever measured in every way,’ new NALP report saysLaw school ethics courses experience a renaissance during the pandemic
BLOOMBERG LAW — Standard legal ethics courses, long considered dry and theoretical by many students, have experienced a renaissance over the past two years due to the pandemic and an increased focus on social justice. Law school professional responsibility professors say they’ve shifted the focus of their classroom conversations, putting more emphasis on practical topics like what…
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