AccessLex Institute partners with 10 law schools on unique admission and scholarship program for underrepresented students
REUTERS — Ten U.S. law schools have agreed to offer one-year deferred admission and scholarship money to promising, underrepresented candidates whose initial applications don’t make the cut, according to AccessLex Institute, a nonprofit that advocates for access and affordability in legal education. To keep their place at the participating schools, including Willamette University College of Law…
Read More about AccessLex Institute partners with 10 law schools on unique admission and scholarship program for underrepresented studentsCorporate Counsel Women of Color announces new scholarship for third-year students
CISON PR NEWSWIRE — Corporate Counsel Women of Color® (CCWC) is pleased to announce a special opportunity for diverse third-year law students. In support of CCWC’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, Kaplan has made a contribution of bar preparation course packages to be distributed to students from underrepresented groups. Course package winners will be chosen by…
Read More about Corporate Counsel Women of Color announces new scholarship for third-year studentsPenn State Dickinson Law announces plans for Antiracist Development Institute
PENN STATE — Penn State Dickinson Law will further recent faculty action to lead antiracism efforts by creating an Antiracist Development Institute (ADI), a program offering organizations across the country systems design-based approaches to implementing antiracist practices, processes and policies throughout each of their functions. The ADI will run its first prototype course in summer 2022, concurrent…
Read More about Penn State Dickinson Law announces plans for Antiracist Development InstituteAlbany Law dean Alicia Ouellette and professor Ray Brescia published by Oxford University Press
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — President and Dean Alicia Ouellette ‘94 and The Hon. Harold R. Tyler Chair in Law and Technology Professor Ray Brescia recently had scholarly work published by Oxford University Press. Ouellette’s article, People with Disabilities in Human Subjects Research: A History of Exploitation, a Problem of Exclusion, was published in Oxford Handbooks Online, one…
Read More about Albany Law dean Alicia Ouellette and professor Ray Brescia published by Oxford University PressNew report shows college boards lack diversity
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The board members who oversee America’s colleges and universities are still overwhelmingly white and male, though institutions have diversified their boards somewhat in recent years, a new report from the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges shows. The new report—titled “Policies, Practices and Composition of Governing Boards of Colleges, Universities and…
Read More about New report shows college boards lack diversityHow the legal community created opportunities for underrepresented law students during the pandemic
REUTERS — Over the past 18 months, students from diverse backgrounds have borne witness, all too often, to a broken system of law enforcement amid a global pandemic, race-based hate crimes, and the continuing dehumanization of undocumented persons and refugees — all of which have put a spotlight on the stark inequities in our legal system…
Read More about How the legal community created opportunities for underrepresented law students during the pandemicJermaine Cruz joins Albany Law School as New Assistant Dean
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law School is proud to announce that Jermaine Cruz will serve as its next Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion.”I am extremely pleased to be joining Albany Law School,” Cruz said. “The law school community has shown itself to be one which understands the need to build a strong institutional foundation…
Read More about Jermaine Cruz joins Albany Law School as New Assistant DeanLaw firms promote associates to partner in record numbers to retain talent
ABA JOURNAL — Several law firms have announced their largest new partner classes on record amid a push to reward lawyers and create an incentive for associates to stay. Reuters and Law.com have stories on the phenomenon.
Read More about Law firms promote associates to partner in record numbers to retain talentFordham Law provides an update on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — As you know, in June of 2020 we made a commitment to take a hard look at our institution so that we could better understand where we are falling short in providing students, faculty, and staff of color with an equitable, inclusive, and truly welcoming experience. We took a number of swift…
Read More about Fordham Law provides an update on diversity, equity, and inclusion effortsUniversity of Houston Law Center dean Leonard M. Baynes discusses the role of law schools in improving access to the legal profession
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — UHLC Dean Leonard M. Baynes, a leading voice for diversity equity, and inclusion in legal education, was recently featured in an episode of Keeping Up to Data, a podcast by the Law School Admission Council. “I was delighted to be invited to participate to discuss the underrepresentation of people of color…
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