2017 enrollment demographics for Indiana law schools
INDIANA LAWYER – Three of Indiana’s four law schools have shrunk in recent years but overall, minority enrollment has slipped while the number of women has been increasing since 2015.
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BIG LAW BUSINESS – Most major law firms today have opened their ranks to a broader spectrum of society, but very little has changed to expand clerk diversity at the high court.
Read More about National Law Journal study focuses on lack of diversity in Supreme Court clerk appointmentsDrake Law enters admissions partnership with 100 Black Men of America, Inc.
DRAKE UNIVERSITY – Drake University Law School has entered into a partnership with a global nonprofit organization dedicated to the intellectual development and economic empowerment of the African American community.
Read More about Drake Law enters admissions partnership with 100 Black Men of America, Inc.NALP data finds percentage of women in minorities at law firms increased slightly in 2017
ABA JOURNAL – The percentages represent small gains over last year’s figures, however, the percentages are still below pre-recession levels.
Read More about NALP data finds percentage of women in minorities at law firms increased slightly in 2017Report finds African-Americans are shut out of top positions in Boston
BOSTON GLOBE – Most major law firms have few, if any, black partners.
Read More about Report finds African-Americans are shut out of top positions in BostonLegal profession is diversifying, but not at the top
WASHINGTON POST – Minority lawyers now make up 16 percent of law firms but remain scarce at the top, where only 9 percent of law partners are people of color, according to new data.
Read More about Legal profession is diversifying, but not at the topWhy women leave the legal profession
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION – In an effort to understand why women seem to leave the legal profession at what should be the height of their careers, more than 160 lawyers gathered at Harvard Law School in November.
Read More about Why women leave the legal professionBrooklyn Law School’s new Women’s Leadership Network aims to advance careers
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL – Brooklyn Law School launched the new Women’s Leadership Network with a program that drew more than 120 attendees and featured a presentation and small group discussions.
Read More about Brooklyn Law School’s new Women’s Leadership Network aims to advance careersUniversity of Miami Law brings back interdisciplinary course on #BlackLivesMatter
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW – With a fresh new syllabus and a second SEEDS award from the University, the course will again be offered to students campus wide in Spring 2018.
Read More about University of Miami Law brings back interdisciplinary course on #BlackLivesMatterABA kicks off initiative to identify why many women leave the legal profession mid-career
ABA JOURNAL – An ABA initiative to study why women are leaving the profession mid-career kicked off last week with a summit at Harvard Law School.
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