Harvard Law Dean Martha Minow receives award from Sargent Shriver Center on Poverty Law
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow was honored by the Sargent Shriver Center on Poverty Law with the Sargent Shriver Equal Justice Award at their annual benefit in Chicago.
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BLOOMBERG LAW – The pitch came at the Women in Law Hackathon at Stanford Law School, where lawyers pitched ideas to a panel of judges about how to improve gender parity at law firms.
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WALL STREET JOURNAL – The composition of state courts, which handle 90% of the nation’s legal caseload, bears little resemblance to the makeup of the U.S., according to a new study.
Read More about Study finds women and minorities are underrepresented on state courtsSaint Louis University Law launches grant-funded effort to increase diversity in the legal profession
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH – Through the PLUS grant, SLU will have $300,000 at its disposal over three years to help dozens of mostly minority college students get better acquainted with the ins and outs of the legal profession.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER – Nineteen undergraduate students are weighing their future education options in the second annual Pre-law Pipeline Program at the University of Houston Law Center.
Read More about Houston Law Center provides undergraduates a peek into law school with pre-law pipeline programArizona Summit Law School sets up scholarship program with Florida HBCU
PHOENIX BUSINESS JOURNAL – Arizona Summit Law School is teaming with a prominent historically black college to help increase diversity in the legal sector.
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THE FORECASTER – A new summer immersion program is hoping to make students of diverse backgrounds think about a career they might otherwise have not considered.
Read More about Maine Law launches summer immersion undergraduate program to diversify legal professionStanford Law students to participate in ‘hackathon’ to help support women lawyers at law firms
ABA JOURNAL – 54 law firm partners will compete on nine teams to develop solutions to the gender gap. Each team will also include a Stanford law student
Read More about Stanford Law students to participate in ‘hackathon’ to help support women lawyers at law firmsNorth Carolina Central University Law School Dean named to President Obama’s HBCU advisory board
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY – North Carolina Central University Law School Dean Phyliss Craig-Taylor has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Read More about North Carolina Central University Law School Dean named to President Obama’s HBCU advisory boardSeton Hall Law professor awarded fellowship for African and African American research
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY – Professor Thomas Healy has been awarded a Fellowship by the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
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