UC Davis Law honored by ABA for diversity efforts
THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE – The American Bar Association has honored the UC Davis School of Law for its successful efforts in “pipeline diversity,” that is, bringing students from underrepresented communities into the pipeline that leads to law school and the practice of the law.
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THE ARGONAUT – Income inequality among students is one of the many gaps the University of Idaho College of Law is trying to fill with its participation in a national pilot program.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES – To try to help such students, USC has started a program aimed at first-generation law students. Other schools, including Yale and Columbia universities have similar initiatives, which are meant to boost confidence more than just academic performance.
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PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL – Local attorney Terence A. Gross has made a $50,000 donation to a diversity scholarship fund at the Florida State University College of Law, and in recognition of his support, the law school will name a conference room in his honor.
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DRAKE UNIVERSITY – Drake University Law School has been selected to host the 2016 Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. (CLEO) Pre-law Summer Institute.
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THE ATLANTIC – “One reason for the stridency of the reaction to Scalia’s remarks is the long history of racial exclusion and discrimination in university admissions; some critics fear that “mismatch theory” portends a return to segregated campuses, making the question of mismatches based on race more fraught than it is with respect to preferences…
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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University has received a $100,000 gift from Los Abogados, Arizona’s Hispanic Bar Association, which will be used to fund scholarships.
Read More about Arizona State Law receives gift to fund scholarships to students aiding Latino communityNALP: Women and African-Americans make little progress in large law firms at associate level
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Women and blacks have made almost no headway in recent years in increasing their ranks at major United States law firms, according to the latest data from the National Association for Law Placement.
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BLOOMBERG BNA – That same need — to include senior leadership in diversity efforts — is coming to bear in a new initiative announced in October to create a Shark Tank-esque competition in Big Law to generate new ideas on attracting and retaining women in the legal profession.
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KCTV (CBS KANSAS CITY) – Provost Garnett Stokes announced Tuesday that Chuck Henson will take over the interim vice chancellor role effective immediately. Henson, the associate dean for academic affairs and trial practice in the MU School of Law, has been with the university since 2009 and has served as an adjunct professor, visiting professor…
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