Hofstra Law hosts event to celebrate Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month

October 9, 2024

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — On October 2, 2024, the Hofstra Law Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, together with the Latino/a American Law Students Association (LALSA), hosted an atrium takeover in celebration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month.

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University of Kansas Law students Nathan Felema and Rossiel Reyes selected for legal diversity fellowship

September 10, 2024

KU SCHOOL OF LAW — Two University of Kansas School of Law students have been selected as the 2024-2025 fellows for the Douglas County Legal Diversity Fellowship. 

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Hofstra Law students receive scholarships from NYC Bar Association

August 21, 2024

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — Three first-year Hofstra Law students including Mariam Alqifi, Alex Harris, and Marlon Mc Laurin, have been chosen for the 2024 New York City Bar Association Diversity Fellowship Program. 

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American Bar Association to revise diversity and equity standard

July 11, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — The independent accrediting arm of the American Bar Association is in the process of rewriting its diversity and equity standard.

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Hofstra Law podcast honored by Press Club of Long Island

July 9, 2024

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — The Qué Pasa Long Island? The Story of The Secatogue Nine podcast produced by Hofstra’s National Center for Suburban Studies and Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, and the Law Reform Advocacy Clinic at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law won first place in the Race/Diversity Radio category at the Press Club of Long Island

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Nineteen state attorneys general defend ABA law school diversity rule in response to letter

July 1, 2024

REUTERS — Attorneys general from 19 Democratic-led states on Thursday pledged to help defend the American Bar Association’s requirement that law schools advance diversity goals, after a coalition of Republican-led states attacked the ABA accreditation standard earlier this month.

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Opinion: Eliminating law school admission tests will not improve diversity at law schools

July 1, 2024

BLOOMBERG LAW — The US Supreme Court’s decision a year ago banning affirmative action in higher education admissions fed fears of plummeting racial and ethnic minority representation in law schools—including from key players in the legal education pipeline.

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Campbell Law professor Miguel Hernandez joins Annual Meeting of Law School Diversity Professionals planning committee

July 1, 2024

CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY — Campbell Law School’s Assistant Dean of Admissions Miguel Hernandez has been invited to join the Annual Meeting of Law School Diversity Professionals (AMDiP) annual meeting planning committee and marketing sub-committee.

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Case Western University Law partners with Howard University to increase on pipeline program

June 13, 2024

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Bryan Adamson, the David L. Brennan Professor of Law and associate dean of diversity at the School of Law, discussed the law school’s newest partnership to provide scholarship assistance to Howard University, joining several other Historically Black Colleges and Universities in an effort to diversify the student body.

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