Former University of Cincinnati law dean: ABA’s proposed diversity training mandate violates academic freedom
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The ABA has proposed mandating diversity training and affirmative action in all of its accredited law schools — and this move is poised to insert the organization’s subjective public policy views on controversial issues directly into the curriculum of accredited law schools.
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WAMC — Three area institutions have joined forces to offer law students a new opportunity. The University at Albany, Hudson Valley Community College and Albany Law School have launched a “legal studies pathway program,” which guarantees admitted students the opportunity to earn a degree from each institution, culminating with a Juris Doctor from Albany Law.
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UCLA LAW — With the philanthropy world on the precipice of revolutionary change, UCLA School of Law has established the Program on Philanthropy and Nonprofits, devoted to cutting-edge research, training, and policy in this dynamic and evolving area of the law and society.
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WGAU — The University of Georgia and its School of Law have established a scholarship named in honor of retired Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham, who, a half-century ago, became the second black graduate of UGA’s Law School. The University says the scholarship will help law students from communities that are described as legally underserved.
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GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — Clinical Professor Lisa Radtke Bliss makes an impact on hundreds of students each year as associate dean of Experiential Education and Clinical Programs at Georgia State College of Law, but her role in educating the next generation of lawyers can be attributed to a serendipitous opportunity that occurred while she was…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — On August 23, Harvard Law School unveiled its new shield, which was researched and developed over the past year by a working group of faculty, students, alumni, and staff that was led by Annette Gordon-Reed ’84, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Miami School of Law recently rolled out a Transactional Skills Program with Marcia Narine Weldon at the lead. The program enables students to leave law school with a solid background in how to review, draft, and negotiate documents from confidentiality agreements to due diligence memoranda to contracts…
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PACIFIC NEWSROOM — The University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law welcomed its 100th class of JD students to campus this month as well as a new class of graduate, online, and international program students.
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USD NEWS CENTER — University of San Diego School of Law Dean Robert Schapiro sat down for an interview to share what led him to a career in law, his expertise of study and his plans for the School of Law.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — In a national first, Syracuse University College of Law has partnered with legal education nonprofit AccessLex Institute to offer AccessLex’s interactive Helix Bar Review prep course free of charge to all Syracuse Law students.
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