New Boston College Law webpage highlights the history of Black students and faculty
BC LAW — The Black History at BC Law project, which officially launched in April 2024, was a year in the making.
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NYU LAW — NYU Law’s Law Alumni of Color Association (LACA) once again gathered to honor the achievements of NYU Law students and alumni of color at its annual spring dinner on Friday, April 5 at Cipriani 25 Broadway.
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — Yasmeen Dohan, a first-year student at Notre Dame Law School, was named the recipient of the 2024 Barnes & Thornburg Diversity Scholarship.
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REUTERS — Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) wasn’t born in 2020, but it certainly became a strategic priority for law firms driven by the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement and the coverage of the protests across the country.
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LEGAL REBELS — The lack of diversity when it comes to race, gender, sexuality, disability and social class within the legal profession is nothing new. However, the last decade has marked a gradual increase in diversity across all fields.
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BARNES & THORNBURG LLC — Barnes & Thornburg announced today it has named first-year law student Julius Chai as a recipient of its 2024 1L Diversity Scholarship.
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BARNES & THORNBURG LLC — Barnes & Thornburg announced today that it has named first-year law student Yasmeen Dohan as a recipient of its 2024 1L Diversity Scholarship.
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REUTERS — Racial diversity among law students declined by as much as 17% in the wake of state affirmative action bans over the past 28 years, a new study has found, with a reduction of up to 47% at top law schools.
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BAYLOR LARIAT — After serving as a faculty member for more than 20 years, Jeremy Counseller, the Abner V. McCall Chair of Evidence Law, is preparing for his start date as dean of Baylor Law School.
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THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA — The State Bar’s Annual Diversity Report Card released today highlights the demographic composition of California’s 2023 attorney population and, for the first time, analyzes changing trends in demographic representation since 2019.
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