Arizona Summit Law to affiliate with Florida HBCU
ABA JOURNAL – The for-profit Arizona Summit School of Law announced that it will sign an affiliation agreement with Bethune-Cookman University, a historically black college in Florida.
Read More about Arizona Summit Law to affiliate with Florida HBCUHarvard Law Review elects first black woman president
NEW YORK TIMES – ImeIme Umana, the third-oldest of four daughters of Nigerian immigrants, was elected by the review’s 92 student editors as the president of its 131st volume.
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MANNING LIVE – Chelsea Evans, a second-year law student from North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was elected by peers to lead the esteemed University of South Carolina School of Law publication.
Read More about South Carolina Law Review names first black woman as editor-in-chiefStetson 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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