Santa Clara Law receives university diversity and inclusion award
SANTA CLARA LAW — The Committee for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) at Santa Clara Law was recently honored by Santa Clara University for outstanding commitment and excellence in demonstrating diversity and inclusion to Santa Clara University and the greater community.
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BERKELEY LAW — The program, which serves area high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds, provides paid law-related internships and classes at Berkeley Law that integrate a legal curriculum with life and leadership skills.
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STCL HOUSTON LAW SCHOOL — The Intellectual Property (IP) Law Section of the State Bar of Texas recently granted a second-year student at South Texas College of Law Houston with one of its two annual scholarships supporting women and minorities.
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ABA NEWS — Five inspiring women lawyers, including former University of Arkansas Dean Cynthia Nance, were honored at the ABA Annual Meeting with the 2018 ABA Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award and lauded as pioneers supporting the careers of other women lawyers nationally and internationally.
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BLOOMBERG — According U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017, woman are outpacing men in attaining a college education and advanced degrees.
Read More about Women are outpacing men in attaining advanced degreesGeorge Washington Law Associate Dean Alfreda Robinson elected President of National Bar Association
THE GW HATCHET — GW Law associate dean for trial advocacy Alfreda Robinson, was elected to serve as the next president of the National Bar Association. The National Bar Association is the United States’ oldest and largest network of black attorneys and judges.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW — The Law Fellows Program at UCLA School of Law received the ChangeLawyer Award for 2018 in honor of decades of work promoting increased diversity in the legal profession and championing underrepresented college students interested in the law.
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MARKETWATCH — Walmart made a $100,000 grant to Council on Legal Education Opportunity Inc. (CLEO) to launch a scholarship to increase access to legal education among under-represented groups, minorities and low-income adults.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — Yale Law professor Douglas NeJaime was named a recipient of the Dukeminier Award. The awards recognize the best sexual orientation and gender identity law review articles of the year and are published in a volume together.
Read More about Yale Law professor selected for Dukeminier AwardGeorge Washington Law Dean Blake Morant looks back on career path
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — GW Law Dean Blake Morant discusses how diversity has been a linchpin in his career and other experiences in his life that contributed to his success as a legal scholar and dean.
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