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American Council on Education publishes report on racial disparities in higher education
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The American Council on Education recently published a six-chapter supplement to its original February 2019 report on race and ethnicity in higher education, which provides additional analysis of federal data to examine how the education system in the United States is serving and failing students of color.
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Podcast: UC Irvine Law dean L. Song Richardson discusses school’s transition to online classes
ABA JOURNAL — L. Song Richardson, the law school’s dean, says the news generated anxiety among students and faculty about how the rest of the spring semester would play out. Richardson emphasized to the law school community that they had experience addressing challenges together, and constant communication would be key.
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Legal analysts discuss the state of the legal profession amid pandemic
BLOOMBERG LAW — The Bloomberg Law 2021 series previews the themes and topics that our legal analysts will be watching closely in 2021. What does the Future of the Legal Industry look like? Our analysts explore everything from legal technology to legal careers to the business of law to find the answers.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- Race and the Law Speaker Series 2020-2021 — Boston University School of Law — December 3, 2020
- Criminal Defending Conference — University of Illinois College of Law — December 3-4, 2020
- Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Justin Lucas Sola — University of California, Irvine School of Law — December 4, 2020
- Self, Society, Family: College Women of Color Consider Reporting Violence — University of California, Irvine School of Law — December 9, 2020
- The Unprecedented 2020 Election and the Future of Voting and Democracy in America — University of California, Irvine School of Law — December 10, 2020
- Legal Innovation Tournament — Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University — January 11-12, 2021
- What (If Anything) Can a Rebalanced System of Corporate Governance Do to Promote Racial Equity? — University of Pennsylvania Law School — January 14, 2021
- HBCUs v. Maryland: Is There a Solution in Sight? — University of Baltimore School of Law — February 4, 2021
- Selling Vulnerability: Sex Trafficking, Opioids, and Eradicating The Demand; the Law — University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law — February 5, 2021
- Center for Constitutional Law Virtual Symposium: Examining Black Citizenship from Reconstruction to Black Lives Matter — University of Akron School of Law — February 5, 2021