Grant to St. Mary’s University Law will support students working for low-income clients
ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY LAW — The St. Mary’s University School of Law received a $15,000 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to encourage pro bono legal work through public service fellowships. The grant will provide financial support to six St. Mary’s Law students who have secured an unpaid position with legal services providers serving low-income…
Read More about Grant to St. Mary’s University Law will support students working for low-income clientsNumber of Black students enrolled in colleges decreased by seven percent since 2020
THE HECHINGER REPORT — Black college and university enrollment has been dropping steadily. Already down by 22 percent between 2010 and 2020, or by more than 650,000 students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, it has fallen by another 7 percent since then, more recent figures from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show.
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC MCGEORGE LAW — Robert T. Eglet and his wife, Tracy A. Eglet, believe in the importance of giving back, and their historic gift to McGeorge School of Law in 2021 is a reflection of their commitment to supporting law students who would not have had the financial means to attend law…
Read More about University of the Pacific McGeorge Law students receive scholarship for first-generation studentsMitchell Hamline Law works with city to remove racial covenants
MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW — Mitchell Hamline School of Law will work with the City of Saint Paul to help homeowners remove discriminatory racial covenants on their property deeds. The partnership, announced Monday, is part of the city’s move to become one of nearly two dozen Minnesota cities to in a coalition called Just Deeds.
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BYU LAW — Law students from Brigham Young University paid a visit Tuesday afternoon to Hobson City to get something more than the museums of Montgomery or Atlanta can offer their studies of civil rights. The 12 students were from Utah, Arizona, Washington State, one was an Alabama native, and one Californian was making her…
Read More about BYU Law students visit Hobson City to study civil rightsUniversity at Buffalo Law Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic helps transgender clients with legal name change process
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO LAW — What’s in a name? It’s a reflection of one’s identity. Yet for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, changing their legal name to align with their identity is often a difficult and intimidating process. A new initiative by UB School of Law’s Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic, led by Associate Professor…
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UC BERKELEY LAW — Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky announced Thursday that Indigenous Peoples’ Day is now a recognized holiday at the law school. The announcement directly results from campaigning by the Native American Law Students Association at Berkeley Law, or NALSA, a post on its Instagram account reads. The holiday, which falls annually on…
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC MCGEORGE LAW — The Poilé Scholarship is named in honor of Professor Larry Levine’s life partner, who passed away in 1992, while Levine was teaching Elizabeth O’Neill’s class. The law school has raised more than $1,100,000 for this endowment since its creation 20 years ago. As an openly lesbian woman, the…
Read More about University of the Pacific McGeorge Law establishes LGBTQ+ civil rights scholarshipPenn Carey Law professor Joanna Craig co-authors paper on neurodiversity in the legal profession
PENN CAREY LAW — For the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Joanna Craig, Director of Private Sector Recruiting, has co-authored “Neurodiversity in the Legal Profession: Progress in Recruiting and Support Efforts Presents New Disclosure Questions” with Nirvana Dove, Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and…
Read More about Penn Carey Law professor Joanna Craig co-authors paper on neurodiversity in the legal professionVermont Law to offer scholarship for indigenous students
VERMONT LAW — A new scholarship will look to benefit Vermont’s Indigenous law students as they pursue a legal degree. The Vermont Law and Graduate School announced that the new First Nations scholarship is available immediately and will be offered on an annual basis. School officials said the scholarship is available to citizens of state…
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