New book looks at the experience of South Carolina’s first African-American law students and lawyers
COLUMBIA STAR — To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the University of South Carolina’s School of Law, Historic Columbia invites you to join W. Lewis Burke for a special lecture about his recently published book, All for Civil Rights: Black Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868- 1968, on March 28.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — In Alabama’s recent special Senate election, the progressive group Priorities USA was looking for ways to lift African-American voter turnout. So Priorities tested several different advertisements, to see which ones made people want to vote.
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ABA JOURNAL — Of the three law school deans who recently stepped down after sex harassment allegations—two of whom who received sexual harassment findings, while another dean’s conduct was found to be bullying—none lost their jobs immediately, despite criticism from students and alumni.
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF LAW — Judy Shepard, the mother of Matthew Shepard – who at the age of 21 was brutally attacked, tied to a fence, and left to die in Laramie, Wyo. because of his sexual orientation – spoke to students at the University of Tennessee College of Law on March 7.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The University of Pennsylvania defended the academic freedom of Amy Wax, Robert Mundheim Professor of Law, last year when she co-wrote a controversial op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer arguing that “all cultures are not equal,” despite the modern “obsession with race.”
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PRNEWSWIRE — The University of Houston Law Center is accepting applications for the fourth year of its award-winning Pre-Law Pipeline Program designed to increase diversity in the legal profession by introducing historically underrepresented groups of students to the demands of law school and opportunities for a law career.
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CONNECTICUT LAW TRIBUNE — Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association supporting UConn Law students’ participation in national moot court competition.
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ABA JOURNAL — A panel discussion at ABA Techshow explored several ways for women and attorneys of color to find the right mentor.
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UNIVERSITY OF TULSA COLLEGE OF LAW — More than 30 Tulsa-area high school students participated in The University of Tulsa College of Law’s Judge Carlos Chappelle Minority Law Awareness Day in February 2018.
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO NEWS CENTER — The University at Buffalo School of Law has named Kendra N. Cadogan as its inaugural director of diversity, equity and inclusion.
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