LSAC launches new initiative to reach prospective students
PRNEWSWIRE — Kellye Testy, president and CEO of the Law School Admission Council, has announced a major initiative to increase access to law and education for students of all backgrounds. The campaign, Be Indivisible, aims to build a broad and diverse pipeline of prospective law school students.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA LAW — The Intellectual Property (IP) Clinic at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law has secured its first three client patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). An additional 10 client patents are in the pipeline.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — The University of Arkansas School of Law admitted 23 students from 11 undergraduate institutions for its annual Summer Pre-law Program, known as SPPARK.
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BUSINESS WIRE — In a new partnership with Wiley Education Services, a division of Wiley (JW-A) (JW-B) that provides tailored services and technology solutions to higher education institutions, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles will offer two new online programs that will broaden talent pipelines in the taxation industry.
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SOUTH FLORIDA CARIBBEAN NEWS — Florida International University College of Law has been awarded a $124,850 grant by the AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence to launch a new pre-law initiative, the Path to the Legal Profession
Read More about Florida International University Law receives AccessLex grant for pre-law diversity programNew York Law School launches pre-law pipeline programs for high school and college students
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — New York Law School (NYLS) is launching two summer pre-law pipeline programs for local high school and college students. Both programs are offered at no cost to participants.
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LAW.COM — The law students behind a national effort to end mandatory arbitration at law firms stepped up their efforts. The students, led by Harvard Law School’s Pipeline Parity Project, also are asking the National Association for Law Placement to begin collecting information from firms to identify those that require employees to sign mandatory arbitration agreements.
Read More about Law students put pressure on law firms that enforce mandatory arbitrationA look at HBCU pre-law pipeline programs
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Dillard University’s Center for Law and Public Interest Pre-Law program is furthering its goal to move the needle on diversity in legal education. The HBCU has launched and implemented the Legal Education Advancing Diversity (LEAD) Program and the Foundation to LEAD Program over the last two years.
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LAW.COM — Silicon Valley’s inside and outside counsel are teaming up to boost diversity in law, with a new 1L program that gives students from underrepresented backgrounds an opportunity to split 10 weeks of their summer between a firm and legal department.
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DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Launched in 2014, the initiative aims to diversify the legal profession by targeting members of historically underrepresented populations, which make up sizeable segments of community college enrollment.
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