Study finds a law degree provides a larger earnings increase to whites than minorities
ABA JOURNAL – White law graduates get a median annual boost to earnings of about $41,000—a figure that is substantially higher than for minority law grads, according to two researchers.
Read More about Study finds a law degree provides a larger earnings increase to whites than minoritiesDuquesne Law awarded funds to offer new scholarship for diversity in the law
PITTSBURGH BUSINESS TIMES – The Burns White Diversity in the Law Scholarship will be awarded to a deserving, first-year student who adds diversity to the incoming class.
Read More about Duquesne Law awarded funds to offer new scholarship for diversity in the lawTexas Supreme Court justice talks with Hispanic law student association at Texas Tech Law
DAILY TOREADOR – Justice Eva Guzman of the Supreme Court of Texas spoke to the Tech’s law students at the Hispanic Law Student’s Association’s private lunch.
Read More about Texas Supreme Court justice talks with Hispanic law student association at Texas Tech LawTemple Law mentorship program provides support for LGBTQ students
TEMPLE NEWS – The OutLaw Alumni Mentorship Program will help LGBTQ law students answer questions about their careers.
Read More about Temple Law mentorship program provides support for LGBTQ studentsNew York Times analysis finds affirmative action efforts fall short as a diversity strategy
NEW YORK TIMES – [B]lack and Hispanic freshmen were more underrepresented at the nation’s top schools in 2015 than they were in 1980, the Times analysis found.
Read More about New York Times analysis finds affirmative action efforts fall short as a diversity strategySurvey: Women lawyers make up nearly one fifth of equity partners
ABA JOURNAL – Women lawyers in the nation’s top law firms make up nearly a fifth of equity partners, but the numbers could improve as women make up a greater percentage of new equity partner classes.
Read More about Survey: Women lawyers make up nearly one fifth of equity partnersA look at why women leave law firms
BLOOMBERG LAW – Big Law Business interviewed more than 20 women who started their own firms, more than half of whom became partner before departing Big Law.
Read More about A look at why women leave law firmsHawai’i Law center continues program providing access to justice services to Native Hawaiians with partnership
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law finalized an agreement to continue the Aʻo Aku Aʻo Mai Initiative.
Read More about Hawai’i Law center continues program providing access to justice services to Native Hawaiians with partnershipBrooklyn Law celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with notable speakers and community leaders
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE – The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office held a Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration that featured a discussion with U.S. Rep. Hon. Adriano Espaillat at Brooklyn Law School.
Read More about Brooklyn Law celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with notable speakers and community leadersOp-ed: How U.S. News rankings promote economic inequality on campus
POLITICO – “A POLITICO review shows that the criteria used in the U.S. News rankings … create incentives for schools to favor wealthier students over less wealthy applicants.”
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