Southern Illinois University Law professor Sheila Simon and students examine legal significance of the Derek Chauvin trial
WSIU NPR — Students and faculty at the SIU School of Law are working on a project examining race, slavery, history and the law. We spoke to one of the professors on the project about the significance of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.
Read More about Southern Illinois University Law professor Sheila Simon and students examine legal significance of the Derek Chauvin trialWillamette Law faculty adopt statement on racism, hate, and violence
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, the Willamette University College of Law faculty voted to adopt a Statement on Racism, Hate, and Violence. The statement takes note of the College of Law’s unique historic obligations to the state and region.
Read More about Willamette Law faculty adopt statement on racism, hate, and violenceInstitute for the Advancement of the American Legal System publishes guide to address bias in legal hiring and education outcomes
INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM — IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, released two new guides—an Instructional Design Guide and a Hiring Guide—which detail innovative ways for legal educators and legal employers to implement data-driven, outcomes-based standards underpinned by IAALS’ Foundations for Practice research.
Read More about Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System publishes guide to address bias in legal hiring and education outcomesCollege student activists call for changes in response to anti-Asian hate
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Asian and Asian American student activists across the country want to bring about changes to curricula and campus life.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — U of A law professor Jordan Blair Woods challenges the conventional wisdom that only police can enforce traffic laws. In “Traffic Without Police,” to be published in Stanford Law Review, Woods articulates a new legal framework for traffic enforcement, one that separates it from critical police functions, such as preventing and deterring crime,…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law professor Jordan Blair Woods discusses removal of police from traffic enforcementUniversity of Colorado Law Anti-Racism and Intersectionality Caucus reports findings in first newsletter
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL — Professor Deborah Cantrell developed the caucus in fall 2020 to create an ongoing space for 1Ls to converse about, experience, and practice anti-racism and intersectionality. Approximately 20 1Ls participated this academic year.
Read More about University of Colorado Law Anti-Racism and Intersectionality Caucus reports findings in first newsletterUniversity of Houston Law Diversity & Inclusion Committee hosts discussion on combating anti-Asian violence
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — In response to an increase of assaults and fatal attacks against Asian Americans across the country, the University of Houston Law Center recently hosted a virtual event, “Combating Anti-Asian Violence.”
Read More about University of Houston Law Diversity & Inclusion Committee hosts discussion on combating anti-Asian violenceSaint Louis University Law professor Ruqaiijah Yearby discusses systematic racism and the pandemic at University of Houston Law
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby of the Saint Louis University School of Law was the most recent speaker in the 2021 University of Houston Law Center Spring Workshop Series, “Race, Social Change, and the Law,” last week.
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TODAY AT ELON — A program inspired by the law school’s Alliance of Legal Pioneers and Supporters, with guidance from law faculty and Elon University’s First-Generation Student Support Services, welcomed dozens of participants from around the globe to network and share common experiences.
Read More about Elon Law hosts national event for first-generation law studentsNew York Law School professor Nadine Strossen participates in community library lecture series on civil liberties
CAPE GAZETTE — Renowned civil liberties and constitutional law expert Nadine Strossen will join the Lewes Public Library’s Lives in the Law lecture series for an online discussion at 5 p.m., Monday, April 26.
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