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NALP report details employment and bar admission gap for Black law graduates
ABA JOURNAL — Black law graduates in the class of 2019 had the lowest overall employment rates among all racial and ethnic groups and lower employment in bar-passage-required jobs than white graduates, according to new findings by the National Association for Law Placement.
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Ford Law Career Academy to promote interest in the legal profession to Detroit high school students
DETROIT FREE PRESS — In an era defined by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis and the peaceful protests and even some riots nationally that followed, some teenagers see the issue of police brutality and judicial system fairness as personal. “Many students want to have a voice,” said Taylor, 17, a high school senior.
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University at Buffalo School of Law hosts virtual presentation on the racial and economic impact of mass incarceration
UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor John Major Eason, whose expertise includes the criminal justice system and race relations, will present on “The Racial and Economic Underpinnings – and Impact – of Mass Incarceration.”
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- 7th Annual Veterans Clinic Symposium – Battles Won and Lost: Reports from the Front Lines in the Mission to Serve America’s Bravest — University of Missouri School of Law — October 30, 2020
- Black Lawyers Matter: Strategies to Enhance Diversity and Inclusion — SMU Dedman School of Law & University of Houston Law Center — October 30, 2020
- Black Lawyers Matter: Strategies to Enhance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — University of Houston Law Center — October 30, 2020
- 14th Annual Health Law Symposium: Viewing Health Justice Through the Lens of Public Health Crises — Loyola University Chicago School of Law — October 30, 2020
- The Farm and Energy Initiative: A New Law and Policy Resource — Vermont Law School — October 30, 2020
- The Health of American Democracy: Re-examining the State of Voting Rights on the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment — Wake Forest University School of Law — October 30, 2020
- 25th Belle R. & Joseph H. Braun Memorial Symposium: Cutting Through Academic Silos To Achieve Sustainability — University of Illinois at Chicago John Marshall Law School — October 30, 2020
- 16th Annual International Tax Symposium — University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law — October 30, 2020
- The Next 50: Family Law Employment for the Post-COVID Future — Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University — October 30, 2020
- Faculty Colloquium: Professor Brian Fitzpatrick “Many Minds as Many MDL Judges” — University of California, Hastings College of the Law — November 3, 2020