Penn State Dickinson Law welcomes class of 2024
PENN STATE NEWS — Over the past 15 months, Penn State Dickinson Law led law schools across the country in creating and sharing antiracist scholarship and introduced a new antiracist curriculum. Encouraging more students of color to attend law school is a critical aspect of combating systemic inequality and promoting antiracism, and Dickinson Law is…
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PEDDERDINE UNIVERSITY CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — The Caruso Law 2020-2021 Diversity and Belonging Report is now available. Published by the Office of Diversity and Belonging, this inaugural report shares the previous year’s progress toward goals laid out in our Diversity and Belonging Strategic Plan.
Read More about Pepperdine Law Office of Diversity and Belonging releases annual reportNational Student Clearinghouse Research Center finds decline in college transfer student enrollment
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — The latest report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) shows a significant decline in transfer student enrollment by 8.4 percent. Higher education institutions across America lost over 190,000 transfer students in the last year alone. The drop is especially significant in lateral transfers when students transfer from one two-year college to…
Read More about National Student Clearinghouse Research Center finds decline in college transfer student enrollmentOpinion: What law firms need to do to retain women lawyers
ABA JOURNAL — And now, with the perspective gained from time and experience in my new role on the corporate legal team at a global media company, I ask: Are we willing to keep making progress only at the edges, moving the needle so faintly year after year without addressing what is really going on? When…
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ABOVE THE LAW — In the latest episode of The Jabot, I interview Patricia Cain, the editor of Paving the Way: The First American Women Law Professors. The book, written by Herma Hill Kay, details the lives of the first 14 female law professors. Patricia and I also discuss the twists and turns of her life…
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WILLIAM A. BOWEN SCHOOL OF LAW — The UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has created the Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform. The Center recently received approval by both the UA System Board of Trustees and the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.
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WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The ABA has proposed mandating diversity training and affirmative action in all of its accredited law schools — and this move is poised to insert the organization’s subjective public policy views on controversial issues directly into the curriculum of accredited law schools.
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LEGAL SCOOPS — The legal profession is one of the least diverse in the US, despite the commitment to rectify this in recent years. According to figures or the National Association of Law Placement, in 2019, less than one in five equity partners in law firms were female, and only 6.6% were from an ethnic minority
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — As part of Intro Week for incoming law students, King Hall hosted its second annual community read. As the King Hall community came back together in person, we were excited to continue our discussions about our system of justice, the rule of law and critical perspectives often without voice in…
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THE RED & BLACK — The University of Georgia School of Law has created a fund to support students who have overcome significant obstacles and intend to help rural or legally underserved communities, according to a UGA news release.
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