Drake Law launches scholarship program with three HBCUs

May 22, 2017

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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University of Denver faces equal pay lawsuit from women law professors

May 22, 2017

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.

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ABA launches study to expand opportunities, reduces biases against disabled lawyers and LGBT lawyers

May 15, 2017

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.

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Industry pioneers give advice to young women lawyers

May 15, 2017

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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NYU Law’s Muslim Law Students Association conducts community education

May 15, 2017

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 Law student awarded inaugural diversity scholarship

May 8, 2017

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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Report: White and Asian students 20 percent more likely to earn a college degree than Hispanic and black students

May 1, 2017

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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Penn Law students seek to help first-generation law students

April 24, 2017

DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN – Three Penn Law School students are establishing a group called First Generation Professionals.

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University of Mississippi Law hopes to increase number of women in the legal profession

April 11, 2017

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%.

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Corporate departments take the lead on creating a more diverse legal industry

April 3, 2017

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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