USC Gould Law professor Jody Armour discusses racial justice movement on campus

April 17, 2021

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Months after hundreds chanted “Black Lives Matter” while marching at USC’s University Park Campus last year, student activists, faculty and staff continue to fight for equality and build on last summer’s momentum to make USC a safer and more welcoming place for Black students.

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Podcast: University of Virginia Law professor Rachel Harmon discusses law enforcement reform

April 17, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — It’s time to rethink how we regulate the police, Professor Rachel Harmon says on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law. Police reforms should be more expansive and a focus on constitutional rights.

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University of Miami Law partners with Pulitzer Center and Howard Law on The 1619 Project Law School Initiative

April 9, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Miami School of Law partnered with the Pulitzer Center, the Howard University School of Law and the Racial Justice initiative by the Squire Patton Boggs Foundation and its Deans’ Circle to launch “The 1619 Project” Law School Initiative, an enterprise focusing on curricular resources.

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US News & World Report postpones new diversity ranking of law schools

April 1, 2021

REUTERS — U.S. News & World Report is postponing plans to release a new ranking of law schools based on their racial and ethnic diversity, after deans raised concerns that the company wasn’t counting multiracial students as underrepresented minorities.

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Brooklyn Law releases statement condemning anti-Asian hate and bigotry

April 1, 2021

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Last week’s mass shooting in Atlanta was just the latest in a recent series of despicable acts of violence claiming Asian victims. According to Stop AAPI Hate more than 2,800 incidents of anti-Asian hate were reported between March 19 and Dec. 31.

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UC Davis Law community discusses rise in anti-Asian violence in the US

April 1, 2021

UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Members of the King Hall community have weighed in on the alarming rise in anti-Asian violence in the United States. On March 19, the Chief Justice of California, Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye ’84, condemned recent acts of violence against Asian Americans, calling the attacks “reprehensible.”

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Duke Law professor Anne Gordon advises law faculty on addressing implicit bias in the classroom

April 1, 2021

INSIDE HIGHER ED — In “Better Than Our Biases: Using Psychological Research to Inform Our Approach to Inclusive, Effective Feedback,” I describe how clinical law faculty can examine their biases, consider how those biases shape the experiences of underrepresented students in law schools, and take active steps to mitigate those biases in classrooms.

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Harvard Law students William Roberts and Anna Vande Velde publish report on non-police public safety solutions in Boston

April 1, 2021

HARVARD MAGAZINE — Last fall, Harvard Law School’s Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program volunteered to help city administrators think through concrete possibilities for how to change public-safety procedures. Law students William Roberts and Anna Vande Velde spent several months as part of the program’s Dispute Systems Design Clinic.

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Mitchell Hamline Law releases statement in support of school’s Asian and Asian-American community

April 1, 2021

MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — “In light of the horrific events in Atlanta yesterday, we want to reaffirm our commitment to our Asian and Asian-American students, staff, and faculty, who are likely shocked, frightened, and angry because the majority of the victims were Asian.”

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Penn Law publishes statement condemning anti-Asian violence

April 1, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — We write in the wake of the horrific tragedy in Atlanta, Georgia to express our outrage and heartfelt sympathy. This act of hatred and violence comes at a time when anti-Asian violence has been escalating nationally and has further sharpened the fear and anxiety.

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