Stetson Law hosts annual diversity and inclusion youth pre-law conference
STETSON UNIVERSITY – Stetson University College of Law hosted the 15th Annual Diversity and Inclusion Youth Pre-Law Conference at the Tampa Law Center.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW – As her term draws to a close, the University of Virginia School of Law student reflected on her work in strengthening the organization’s advocacy efforts.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS – Findings emerged from a new study by Liu and law students at Yale University that provides a portrait of Asian-Americans in the legal profession.
Read More about Yale Law School study find Asian-Americans are underrepresented in influential legal jobsMiami Law professor shares her inspiration for creating a course on #BlackLivesMatter
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW – Vice Dean and Professor Osamudia James conceived of the course and unpacks the tent pole issues behind the motivation.
Read More about Miami Law professor shares her inspiration for creating a course on #BlackLivesMatterNALP report finds law firms struggle to hire and keep African-American women
BLOOMBERG BNA – A report published earlier this week by the National Association for Law Placement that found the number of black women lawyers at law firms essentially remains unchanged even as other groups showed modest gains.
Read More about NALP report finds law firms struggle to hire and keep African-American womenSouthern Illinois Law hosts Women in Leadership workshop
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY – The two-day workshop, “Diverse Leaders for a Diverse Work Force,” prepares law students to be leaders while also learning about challenges that women face as leaders within the legal profession.
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KA LEO – A law professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law has been named the Associate Director of Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law.
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NEW YORK TIMES – A new analysis finds that women, for the first time, make up a majority of law students.
Read More about Women make up a majority of law students for the first timeHawai’i Law awarded two-year grant to increase support for students from diverse backgrounds
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT MANOA – The UH Law School has been awarded a two-year $120,000 grant that will specifically increase support for students from underserved and underrepresented communities in the school’s highly regarded Ulu Lehua Scholars Program.
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UNIVERSITY OF TULSA COLLEGE OF LAW – April Fox, Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions at The University of Tulsa College of Law, was honored with a 2016 Oklahoma Bar Association Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Award for Diversity at the Women in Law Conference in Oklahoma City.
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