Top law firms struggle to make gains in diversity
GLOBAL LEGAL POST – Top American law firms have slowed down their push for diversity as new research reveals that minority lawyer representation grew by less than a percentage point this year.
Read More about Top law firms struggle to make gains in diversityReport: Blacks and Hispanics less represented at top colleges than 35 years ago
NEW YORK TIMES – Even after decades of affirmative action, black and Hispanic students are more underrepresented at the nation’s top colleges and universities than they were 35 years ago.
Read More about Report: Blacks and Hispanics less represented at top colleges than 35 years agoBrooklyn Law student wins LGBT Bar Association writing competition
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL – Sarah Capasso-Kosan ’18 won First Place in the Michael Greenberg Writing Competition at the National LGBT Bar Association Lavender Law Conference in San Francisco in August.
Read More about Brooklyn Law student wins LGBT Bar Association writing competitionUniversity of Mississippi Law hosts diversity events reflecting on the last 50 years
DM ONLINE – The University of Mississippi School of Law is celebrating 50 years of diversity with its Recollections and Reflections conference.
Read More about University of Mississippi Law hosts diversity events reflecting on the last 50 yearsLargest ever group of black UC Berkeley Law students, alumni secure federal clerkships
DAILY CALIFORNIAN – 11 Black Berkeley Law students and alumni secured federal judicial clerkships this year, the highest known number of clerkships obtained by the school’s Black students and graduates in a single application cycle.
Read More about Largest ever group of black UC Berkeley Law students, alumni secure federal clerkshipsOpinion: Focus on barriers to admission and enrollment are key to improving diversity in the legal profession
NATIONAL JURIST – “[T]he hyper-focus on pipelines overshadows the deleterious impacts that structural barriers have on educational attainment.”
Read More about Opinion: Focus on barriers to admission and enrollment are key to improving diversity in the legal professionAsian-Americans remain underrepresented in key legal roles
BLOOMBERG LAW – A new study shows that while there has been progress, Asian American lawyers have a way to go to reach equality.
Read More about Asian-Americans remain underrepresented in key legal rolesUniversity of Mississippi Law celebrates 50 years of diversity
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW – The University of Mississippi School of Law is honoring the school’s pioneering African-American graduates by hosting a weekend of events.
Read More about University of Mississippi Law celebrates 50 years of diversitySurvey finds women make up fewer than 35 percent of lawyers in U.S. law firms
ABA JOURNAL – Progress for women lawyers seeking greater representation in U.S. law firms is incremental at best, according to a “Glass Ceiling Report” by Law360.
Read More about Survey finds women make up fewer than 35 percent of lawyers in U.S. law firmsResearch at Yale Law looks at the factors holding Asian Americans back from rising to top positions despite being the fastest growing minority group in law
ABA JOURNAL – Asian-American enrollment in law school has declined more steeply than that of other racial and ethnic groups, according to a report documenting a glass ceiling for this group in the law.
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