Stanford Law to host “Women In Law Hackathon” for law firms
BIZWOMEN – Stacy recruited professionals from 54 law firms to participate in the digital brainstorming session and it will conclude with an in-person pitch event in June at Stanford Law School.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS – The Walmart Legal Department has committed $50,000 per year for the next three years to support the University of Arkansas School of Law’s existing diversity program.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION – “Plummeting law-school enrollments [can] be both good news and bad news for black and Latino students aspiring to practice law.”
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW – Nominated by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, Montgomery-Reeves is the first African-American in the 220-plus-year history of the court to serve as a vice chancellor. She is also only the court’s second female vice chancellor.
Read More about University of Georgia Law graduate confirmed as vice chancellor on Delaware Court of ChanceryHoward University Law alumnus becomes first African American JAG assigned as special victim prosecutor
HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Major Jeremy Broussard (HUSL 2007) recently learned that he has become the first African American JAG to be assigned as an SVP—i.e., a Special Victim Prosecutor.
Read More about Howard University Law alumnus becomes first African American JAG assigned as special victim prosecutorYale Law releases diversity report
YALE DAILY NEWS – A year after the Coalition of Concerned Students protested Yale Law School Dean Robert Post’s annual State of the School address in March of 2015, Post has shared a report on the state of diversity at the school.
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW – The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will host its Summer Law and Leadership Academy the week of June 13-18 at Inlow Hall.
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BLOOMBERG BNA — The successful fight to retire Harvard Law School’s controversial shield emblem, which has ties to a slaveholding benefactor, has ignited a new battle over equality and racism on the Cambridge campus.
Read More about Harvard Law to implement inclusivity effortsOklahoma Law announces new endowed scholarship with preference given to Native Americans
THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF LAW – The Frank and Lucille Pope Endowed Scholarship will generate approximately $31,050 annually to be awarded to eligible students, with a preference given to Native Americans, specifically of Cherokee descent.
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ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE – A $100,000 gift from a Fort Smith couple will establish a scholarship at the University of Arkansas School of Law for American Indian students who are citizens of federally recognized tribes.
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