Report: Women underrepresented in U.S. law firms
FAST COMPANY — Law360’s 2018 Glass Ceiling Report found that women remain underrepresented among U.S. law firms, comprising just 36% of all attorneys.
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — As a recipient of the Embracing Diversity Scholarship from the NIU College of Law, Nehal Hindi was able to spend her final year of law school getting a head start advocating for herself and others.
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GLOBE NEWSWIRE — McGlinchey Stafford PLLC is pleased to announce that it has awarded its 2018 1L Diversity Fellowship to Columbia Law 1L student, Bryson Malcolm.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Virginia Law student Nimrah Khan ’18 pursued an education far away from home that was not typical among young women in her Pakistani-immigrant community. She hopes to continue to help other young women and students strive for cultural inclusion in the legal profession.
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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Earning a law degree is a significant accomplishment for any student, but for Shartory Brown – who will graduate May 19 from STCL Houston – the path to this triumph included conquering childhood homelessness, physical abuse, teenage pregnancy, and single motherhood, among other often debilitating life challenges.
Read More about South Texas College of Law Houston 2018 graduate discusses overcoming life challenges on way to law degreeHoward Law launches Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center
THE WASHINGTON INFORMER — Howard University School of Law has created the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, headed by Justin Hansford, an associate professor at the school who will serve as the center’s executive director.
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ABA JOURNAL — Seven female professors at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law will receive back pay, compensatory damages and compensation increases stemming from an equal pay lawsuit brought in 2016 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Read More about Denver Law settles with EEOC over gender pay discrepancy claimsUCLA Law professor Devon Carbado named American Bar Foundation Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law
PUBLIC NOW — University of California, Los Angeles School of Law professor Devon Carbado has been named the 2018-19 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law at the American Bar Foundation. The appointment is among the highest positions dedicated to the promotion of diversity and equality in the legal profession.
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MISSOULA CURRENT — University of Montana’s Alexander Blewett III School of Law will offer the 11th annual Summer American Indian and Indigenous Law program, which offers nine weeklong courses from June 4 to August 3. Expert Indian law scholars and practitioners from around the country will lead the courses.
Read More about University of Montana Law to offer indigenous law program in summer 2018A look at the University of Houston Law’s Pre-Law Pipeline Program
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The success and promising future of the University of Houston Law Center’s Pre-Law Pipeline Program is being highlighted in the May edition of Texas Lawyer.
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