AALS issues statement on efforts to ban Critical Race Theory
INSIDE HIGHER ED — We must take these dangers to our democracy seriously and combat them at local, state and national levels. Educators, parents, teachers and concerned citizens must come together to oppose these dishonest and often illegal efforts at every level. Historians, humanists and social scientists must lead by applying our knowledge to this common…
Read More about AALS issues statement on efforts to ban Critical Race TheoryCalifornia Western Law establishes unitary tenure track policy for faculty
CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW — The California Western School of Law is pleased to announce that the faculty and Board of Trustees have voted to adopt a unitary tenure track. This change to the institution’s Faculty Bylaws creates opportunities for its clinical, Legal Skills, and other skills professors who were hired as full-time faculty to…
Read More about California Western Law establishes unitary tenure track policy for facultyTips for success for incoming students
NATIONAL JURIST — If you’re beginning your first year with the goal of being a top law student, you’re not alone. Many of your classmates will have that same ambition. To set yourself apart, you’ll need to have a strategy for success from the start.
Read More about Tips for success for incoming studentsArizona State University Law dean Douglas Sylvester steps down after 10 years
NATIONAL JURIST — Sylvester joined ASU in 2002 as an associate professor, then quickly rose through the ranks to become a full professor, then associate dean for faculty research and development in 2008 before being appointed dean. He ended up being one the longest-tenured deans in the history of the school and helped transform it in…
Read More about Arizona State University Law dean Douglas Sylvester steps down after 10 yearsA look at University at Buffalo Law’s Discover Law Undergraduate Scholars Program for underrepresented students
UBNOW — Johnniel Morales has a clear, powerful statement about how UB’s Discover Law Undergraduate Scholars Program, an immersive summer program for promising underrepresented students, changed his life. It’s about “admiring the value of my potential and the diversity that surrounds me as an opportunity to reflect and rebuild over the things that were seen as…
Read More about A look at University at Buffalo Law’s Discover Law Undergraduate Scholars Program for underrepresented studentsFordham Law launches Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law (REAL) program
FORDHAM LAW NEWSFordham Law School announced today that its Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law (REAL) program launched this week when program participants were welcomed to campus. The program aims to expand opportunities for first-year law students from historically underrepresented backgrounds including underrepresented racial, ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic, LGBTQ, and first-generation college backgrounds.
Read More about Fordham Law launches Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law (REAL) programGeorgia State University Law dean LaVonda Reed discusses challenges to the rule of law and her vision for the school
WABE — The first Black woman to lead the Georgia State College of Law says every institution of higher education should put its students at the center of everything that institution does. “Our faculty and staff here at the college of law work really closely with our students to prepare them for what they will get out…
Read More about Georgia State University Law dean LaVonda Reed discusses challenges to the rule of law and her vision for the schoolPenn Law recent graduate Jessica Rizzo published in three law journals
PENN LAW — In the Spring of 2021, Jessica Rizzo L’21 published “Federal Architecture and First Amendment Limits” in the Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts and “The Children’s Hour: Climate Change, Law, and the Family” was published in the Hastings Environmental Law Journal. Rizzo’s third recent publication was “Flesh and Bone: Theater, Copyright, and the…
Read More about Penn Law recent graduate Jessica Rizzo published in three law journalsGift to Penn State Dickinson Law to support John W. Blasko Scholarship
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY — In honor of the 100th anniversary of McQuaide Blasko in 2021 and to honor the service and career of John Blasko – who has given generously to Penn State over the years – the firm has pledged an additional $100,000 to the John W. Blasko Scholarship at Dickinson Law.
Read More about Gift to Penn State Dickinson Law to support John W. Blasko ScholarshipRutgers 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…
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