Boston College Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau reflects on experience as an African-American dean
BOSTON COLLEGE HEIGHTS – Vincent Rougeau, dean of the Boston College Law School, aims to engage his background and life in his leadership, he said Thursday in his talk, “Fighting Racism by Modeling Inclusion: Reflections of an African-American Dean.”
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BLOOMBERG BNA – Women have not made “appreciable progress” since 2006 in either attaining equity partnership or increasing their pay to be on par with their male colleagues once they grasp the brass ring, according to a study by the National Association of Women Lawyers.
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BLOOMBERG BNA – Big Law Business convened a summit in midtown Manhattan to generate discussion around a topic that continues to challenge the legal industry: Diversity and Inclusion.
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BLOOMBERG BNA – Among in-house counsel, women report lower base salaries and lower total compensation than their male counterparts, according to a new survey that found a yawning gender pay gap around the globe.
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THE PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY – The first Africa American woman to become a lawyer in the United States was Charlotte E. Ray.
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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY LAW – On Friday, October 16, the FIU Law H.T. Smith Black Law Student Association (BLSA) through its BLSA Reaching Out (BRO) program, hosted its annual Law Student for a Day Program – a progressive endeavor aimed at propelling the experiences and academic perspective of high school students in Miami-Dade County by…
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (“OHA”) has finalized an agreement with Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law at UH Mānoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law to continue the Aʻo Aku Aʻo Mai Initiative (“Initiative”). This Initiative was created to provide access to justice for…
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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF LAW – One of the region’s largest law firms has established the K&L Gates Diversity Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. It will provide a full tuition scholarship for all three years at Pitt law, as well as a paid summer associate position at K&L Gates LLP…
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF LAW – Two of the University of Arizona’s internationally recognized programs that focus on serving the higher educational needs of Indigenous peoples—the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program at the College of Law and the Native Nations Institute (NNI) at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy—have…
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BLOOMBERG BNA – With the program, K&L Gates joins the ranks of other firms providing scholarship and summer work nationwide for students who can be considered diverse because of race, gender, sexual orientation or a host of other characteristics.
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