Drake Law launches scholarship program with three HBCUs
ABA JOURNAL – In an effort to increase diversity, graduates of three Historically Black Colleges and Universities will receive scholarships covering at least half of tuition upon admission to Drake University Law School.
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS – Marsh and seven of her female colleagues are now cited as examples of violation of the Equal Pay Act in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit against the university.
Read More about University of Denver faces equal pay lawsuit from women law professorsABA launches study to expand opportunities, reduces biases against disabled lawyers and LGBT lawyers
WINDY CITY TIMES – The American Bar Association is launching a first-of-its kind nationwide study to identify the biases encountered by LGBT+ and/or disabled lawyers in the legal profession.
Read More about ABA launches study to expand opportunities, reduces biases against disabled lawyers and LGBT lawyersIndustry pioneers give advice to young women lawyers
BLOOMBERG LAW – Here are a few things young women lawyers can keep in mind as they work their way through and upward in the legal profession.
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – The Muslim Law Students Association continues to serve as an important resource for Muslim students at the Law School.
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STETSON UNIVERSITY – First-year law student Matthew Ceriale has been awarded the inaugural Shumaker Diversity Scholarship from the Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP law firm.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED – College completion rates vary widely along racial and ethnic lines, with black and Hispanic students earning credentials at a much lower rate than white and Asian students do, according to a report released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
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DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN – Three Penn Law School students are establishing a group called First Generation Professionals.
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HOTTYTODDY – The University of Mississippi School of Law has about 43% of female and 57% male law students with a current bar passage rate of about 90%.
Read More about University of Mississippi Law hopes to increase number of women in the legal professionCorporate departments take the lead on creating a more diverse legal industry
FORBES – Corporate legal departments have adopted the enterprise commitment to diversity, and that’s a big reason why diversity candidates fare better in large corporate legal departments than in law firms.
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