Santa Clara Law professor Pat Cain discusses the legacy of the first women law professors
IJPR.ORG — Now consider all the other people who had to help: women who were the first women in their law schools, women who became the first teachers in law schools. That last category is the focus of Paving the Way: The First American Women Law Professors.
Read More about Santa Clara Law professor Pat Cain discusses the legacy of the first women law professorsFormer prosecutors launch law school scholarship for women in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
REUTERS — A group of 33 women, most of whose careers overlapped in the Southern District of New York in the late 2000s and early 2010s, announced a new scholarship program for female law students Friday, created to honor the legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Read More about Former prosecutors launch law school scholarship for women in honor of Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgUC Irvine Law launches Newmeyer Dillion Diversity Scholarship
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce the creation of the Newmeyer Dillion Diversity Scholarship.
Read More about UC Irvine Law launches Newmeyer Dillion Diversity ScholarshipOhio State University Law students want university to end agreements with Columbus Police
LIMAOHIO.COM — About 40 law students and others gathered for the sit-in on the second floor of Drinko Hall in front of the door to the office of the law school’s dean.
Read More about Ohio State University Law students want university to end agreements with Columbus PoliceOpinion: Suffolk Law professor Sarah J. Schendel discusses the impact of the pandemic and racial justice protests on Black law graduates
BLOOMBERG LAW — A survey of Black graduating law students focusing on how their career plans were affected by the pandemic and calls for racial justice last year showed many of their lives were seriously disrupted. Suffolk University Law School assistant professor Sarah J. Schendel summarizes the survey findings about the hardships some faced in preparing…
Read More about Opinion: Suffolk Law professor Sarah J. Schendel discusses the impact of the pandemic and racial justice protests on Black law graduatesSyracuse Law to launch required course on race and implicit bias
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Our commitment to fostering a campus community that is free from discrimination and that embraces the diversity of its community members is rooted in the belief that multiple points of view and different life experiences, ethnicities, cultures, and belief systems are essential to academic excellence and to your successful navigation of…
Read More about Syracuse Law to launch required course on race and implicit biasBlack law students report stress and anxiety amid pandemic and police violence
ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — Graduates hoping to swiftly start careers as attorneys instead faced cancelled interviews and delayed first paychecks. And for Black law school graduates, there were additional, devastating stressors as the country faced a swell of anti-Black police brutality, and protestors took to the streets.
Read More about Black law students report stress and anxiety amid pandemic and police violenceSurvey explores student opinions on college racial climate
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students speak out about what they’ve seen and what they expect from their colleges with regard to racial justice and climate.
Read More about Survey explores student opinions on college racial climateCase Western Reserve Law student Justin Hill publishes articles on race and law
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY OF SCHOOL OF LAW — At CWRU, students have an opportunity to publish articles in three Law Journals: Case Western Reserve Law Review, Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law and Health Matrix. In addition, faculty work with students to help them place their seminar papers and independent study scholarship in journals outside the law…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law student Justin Hill publishes articles on race and lawCollege faculty face stigma in disclosing disabilities
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Faculty members with disabilities say stigma prevents some from being open about their conditions, and the path to the academy still has its barriers.
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