Tulane Law alumni pledge endowed scholarship to increase diversity

October 17, 2016

TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL – Robert Waldrup ’16 and Gary Crosby ‘16 pledged to start a scholarship endowment aimed at increasing Tulane Law’s racial diversity and offering robust mentoring networks that will help open more pathways for more first-generation students to launch professional careers.

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Southwestern Law School receives excellence in diversity award from magazine

October 17, 2016

SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL – Southwestern Law School has received the 2016 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

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Harvard Law alumna reflects on personal experience with religious discrimination

October 17, 2016

HARVARD LAW TODAY – Raheemah Abdulaleem ’01 is associate general counsel in the Executive Office of the President’s Office of Administration. She was one of several Muslim White House staffers who detailed their personal experiences with discrimination on the occasion of the first visit of President Barack Obama ’91 to a U.S. mosque.

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George Washington Law alumnus wins affirmative action case before U.S. Supreme Court

October 14, 2016

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Gregory Garre ’91, partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, served as counsel of record on behalf of the University of Texas at Austin. In a 4-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the university’s race-conscious admissions program.

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Boston University Law alumna named one of top 50 most powerful women in technology

October 14, 2016

BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Cynthia Larose ’88, a partner who leads Boston-based firm Mintz Levin’s privacy and data security practice, has been named one of the top 50 most powerful women in technology by the National Diversity Council.

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Maine Law’s summer immersion program promotes diversity in legal education

October 12, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW – The inaugural Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Program at the University of Maine School of Law is designed to bring together undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds interested in law and legal careers during the summer.    

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EEOC files lawsuit against Denver Law over pay disparities for women faculty

October 11, 2016

DENVER POST – Charges that the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law violated federal law by paying women full professors less than their male counterparts have become a federal lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Magazine honors Houston Law Center for its focus on diversity

October 4, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER – The University of Houston Law Center is among four law schools nationwide recognized for outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

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Study: Law firm external hiring hurting diversity efforts

September 26, 2016

STANFORD BUSINESS – What they found, as reported in a recent paper published in the book Diversity in Practice, is that white lawyers were significantly more likely than nonwhites to find a new job and black lawyers were the least likely to be rehired.

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