Legal education experts discuss ABA report on diversity in the legal profession
REUTERS — A recent American Bar Association study found that the legal profession in America has remained overwhelmingly white and male over the last decade and that racial diversity among lawyers has actually regressed in some respects.
Read More about Legal education experts discuss ABA report on diversity in the legal professionCalifornia Western Law establishes unitary tenure track policy for faculty
CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW — The California Western School of Law is pleased to announce that the faculty and Board of Trustees have voted to adopt a unitary tenure track. This change to the institution’s Faculty Bylaws creates opportunities for its clinical, Legal Skills, and other skills professors who were hired as full-time faculty to…
Read More about California Western Law establishes unitary tenure track policy for facultyABA honors Northwestern Law professor Joyce Hughes and Stanford Law professor Pamela Karlan with Margaret Brent Awards
ABA JOURNAL — The commission established the annual awards in 1991 to recognize and celebrate female lawyers who have achieved professional excellence within their specialty and helped pave the way for other women. It is named for Margaret Brent, who arrived in the colonies in 1638 and is recognized as the first female lawyer in North…
Read More about ABA honors Northwestern Law professor Joyce Hughes and Stanford Law professor Pamela Karlan with Margaret Brent AwardsABA survey shows little gain in the number of women and lawyers of color over the last 10 years
BLOOMBERG LAW — Women and minorities made only minimal gains in joining law firm ranks over the past decade, American Bar Association data released Thursday shows. The percentage of women lawyers increased to 37% in 2021 from 33% in 2011, according to the ABA’s 2021 Profile of the Legal Profession.
Read More about ABA survey shows little gain in the number of women and lawyers of color over the last 10 yearsA look at University at Buffalo Law’s Discover Law Undergraduate Scholars Program for underrepresented students
UBNOW — Johnniel Morales has a clear, powerful statement about how UB’s Discover Law Undergraduate Scholars Program, an immersive summer program for promising underrepresented students, changed his life. It’s about “admiring the value of my potential and the diversity that surrounds me as an opportunity to reflect and rebuild over the things that were seen as…
Read More about A look at University at Buffalo Law’s Discover Law Undergraduate Scholars Program for underrepresented studentsUConn Law assists graduate in effort to overturn racist property restrictions in state
UCONN TODAY — When David K. Ware ’76 JD, ’20 LLM learned his childhood home was in a development that had been intended only for whites, he decided to do something about racist real estate clauses still on the books.
Read More about UConn Law assists graduate in effort to overturn racist property restrictions in stateFordham Law launches Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law (REAL) program
FORDHAM LAW NEWSFordham Law School announced today that its Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law (REAL) program launched this week when program participants were welcomed to campus. The program aims to expand opportunities for first-year law students from historically underrepresented backgrounds including underrepresented racial, ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic, LGBTQ, and first-generation college backgrounds.
Read More about Fordham Law launches Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law (REAL) programGeorgia State University Law dean LaVonda Reed discusses challenges to the rule of law and her vision for the school
WABE — The first Black woman to lead the Georgia State College of Law says every institution of higher education should put its students at the center of everything that institution does. “Our faculty and staff here at the college of law work really closely with our students to prepare them for what they will get out…
Read More about Georgia State University Law dean LaVonda Reed discusses challenges to the rule of law and her vision for the schoolHoward Law hosts inaugural social justice week
Howard University — Howard University College of Arts and Science will host its first annual Social Justice Week, August 2-6, via Zoom. This week is one of the initiatives linked to the Mellon Foundation Grant received for the Just Futures Initiative in January. For one week, the community will have the opportunity to engage in community and academic panels, workshops, and guest speakers on criminal justice reform. Highlighted themes will connect the various instances of injustice in the…
Read More about Howard Law hosts inaugural social justice weekGift establishes new scholarship for underrepresented students at University of Kansas Law
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW — A new scholarship fund at the University of Kansas School of Law will provide support to candidates who contribute to the diversity of the student body. Julia Gille Anderson and Jett Anderson, both L’82, established the Anderson Family Law Diversity Scholarship with a $75,000 gift commitment to KU Endowment.
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