Mitchell Hamline Law Professor Colette Routel appointed to Hennepin County judgeship
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Routel is “a brilliant lawyer who brings a unique perspective with her many years of experience as an attorney, tribal court judge, and law professor,” said Gov. Walz, in a statement. “I am confident that Ms. Routel will serve the people of Hennepin County with distinction.”
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Law Professor Colette Routel appointed to Hennepin County judgeshipA look at Rutgers Law interim co-dean Rose Cuison-Villazor
PATCH — An immigration and citizenship expert has broken ground as the first Filipina-American dean of a U.S. law school, Rutgers recently announced. Rose Cuison-Villazor has officially taken over as interim co-dean of Rutgers Law School in Newark.
Read More about A look at Rutgers Law interim co-dean Rose Cuison-VillazorRutgers Law hosts two-week pre-law academy for high school students
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — While some high school students have spent their summer by the pool, a group of ambitious would-be law students learned the virtues of a career in law through a new Rutgers summer academy offered by the Office of Summer and Winter Sessions at Rutgers-New Brunswick. Rutgers Law School led the two-week, Pre-College…
Read More about Rutgers Law hosts two-week pre-law academy for high school studentsUniversity of Virginia Law professor Mildred Robinson receives Armstead Robinson Faculty Award named after late husband
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — On June 8, University of Virginia professor emerita Mildred Robinson, received the Armstead Robinson Faculty Award, named for her late husband. The Black Faculty and Staff Employee Resource Group at UVA bestows the award to a faculty member who has contributed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and who has had a positive impact on…
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor Mildred Robinson receives Armstead Robinson Faculty Award named after late husbandABA President Responds To ‘Woke Law Schools’
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a letter from American Bar Association president Patricia Lee Refo that responds to a Wall Street Journal opinion article criticizing the ABA legal education section’s recent proposed diversity, equity, and inclusion training requirement for law schools.
Read More about ABA President Responds To ‘Woke Law Schools’University of Arizona Law launches online JD-Next program to improve access to legal education
PR NEWSWIRE — ETS announced its sponsorship of the 2021 JD-Next Program, an online, eight-week course designed by the University of Arizona to help aspiring lawyers preview and prepare for the rigor of law school as well as to provide law programs with an additional window on participants’ potential to succeed.
Read More about University of Arizona Law launches online JD-Next program to improve access to legal educationPodcast: UCLA Law professor Cheryl Harris provides a background on Critical Race Theory
MARKETPLACE — On today’s show, we’ll talk to a critical race theorist about what CRT is and isn’t — and what the recent controversy has to do with voting restrictions.
Read More about Podcast: UCLA Law professor Cheryl Harris provides a background on Critical Race TheoryCase Western Reserve Law professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway rejoins police monitoring team in deputy role
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — As reported on WCPN 90.3 ideastream, Cleveland’s NPR Station, on Monday, July 19, Case Western Reserve University Associate Professor of Law Ayesha Bell Hardaway rejoined the Cleveland Police Monitoring Team as deputy monitor five weeks after her forced resignation and 11 days after the police monitor, Hassan Aden,…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway rejoins police monitoring team in deputy roleUniversity of Colorado Law launches Civil Rights and Racial Justice Certificate program
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL — As part of the University of Colorado Law School’s Anti-Racism and Representation Initiative, the law school recently announced the launch of a certificate program focused on civil rights and racial justice.
Read More about University of Colorado Law launches Civil Rights and Racial Justice Certificate programRoger Williams Law to require a course focused on the impact of race on the development of American law
REUTERS — Roger Williams University School of Law recently joined a handful of law schools across the country that now require a course focused on the impact of race in the development of American law.
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