ABA approves new law school requirements for loan counseling and cross-cultural competency education
ABA JOURNAL — A package of proposed revisions to the ABA law school accreditation standards, including two focused on diversity, were approved Monday by the ABA House of Delegates at the 2022 ABA Midyear Meeting. Resolution 300, which passed with a 348 to 17 vote, suggested changes to four standards in the 2021-2022 Standards and Rules of…
Read More about ABA approves new law school requirements for loan counseling and cross-cultural competency educationQuinnipiac Law professor Angela Robinson authors article on the importance of nominating a Black woman for Supreme Court Justice
THE WASHINGTON POST — President Biden has promised to appoint a Black woman to the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy, which would mark a long-overdue milestone. Biden has quietly and consistently been keeping his promise to enrich the federal courts with much-needed diverse talent, particularly the talent of women of color and, more specifically, Black women. Now,…
Read More about Quinnipiac Law professor Angela Robinson authors article on the importance of nominating a Black woman for Supreme Court JusticeDiversity makes historic gains at law firms
NATIONAL JURIST — There are more women, people of color and LGBTQ associates at law firms than ever before, according to a new report by The National Association for Law Placement. Law firm associate of color increased from 36.48% to 41.34%, the largest annual gain since NALP began tracking 29 years ago. Women outpaced men as summer…
Read More about Diversity makes historic gains at law firms5 Ways to Foster Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Within Your Firm
JD SUPRA — Like our law firm clients, Team LISI is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (D.E.I.) practices. Diversity includes individuals of different ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages, education levels, disabilities, economic statuses, and family or marital statuses. Equity is creating equal access and opportunities for everyone within an organization to succeed and…
Read More about 5 Ways to Foster Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Within Your FirmThe Importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLIS — Representation in any walk of life is a very important factor, which should not be undervalued. That representation also is an additional reason diversity, equity and inclusion are invaluable, particularly in the legal field. Oftentimes as a child, when asked what I wanted to be growing up, I would consider a…
Read More about The Importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Legal ProfessionA look at the Black women leading US law schools
THE 19TH NEWS — When Camille Nelson was appointed dean of Suffolk University Law School in 2010, few other Black women worked there or held similar positions at other law schools. “I was the only Black woman there, and the sense of always being alone is one that I think people should not underestimate,” Nelson, now…
Read More about A look at the Black women leading US law schoolsUniversity 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…
Read More about Law firms report slow progress on diversity initiativesLaw Firm Diversity: Five Reasons for the Slow Progress
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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