New ABA President Paulette Brown set to accomplish diverse initiatives in role
ABA JOURNAL – Introducing Paulette Brown, outgoing ABA president William Hubbard joked that Brown clearly has the strength and stamina to take up the presidency—because if you try to join her on her daily walks, “your ankles will burn like fire.”
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VICE – Across the United States, women are staring down piles of student debt—bigger piles, in fact, than the ones facing their former male classmates. They’re also making less money with which to pay off that debt.
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BLOOMBERG BNA – “According to [David] Vetter, having diverse perspectives is all the more important for large, global corporations. “Internally, diversity is critical — everything from age, to race, to gender, to culture and background,” he said.”
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AL DÍA NEWS – “Sí Se Puede,” launched by the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania (HBAPA) and the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania Legal Education Fund (HBA LEF), will be supporting high school students who are considering careers in law.
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LANSING STATE JOURNAL — The Gretchen Whitmer show returned to the Capitol on Tuesday as the former state senator led a parade of lawmakers, lobbyists and activists who talked women’s issues with the class Whitmer is now teaching at Michigan State University.
Read More about MSU Law hosts state capital panel on women’s issues for gender and the law classOklahoma Law adds online option to Master of Legal Studies in Indigenous Peoples Law program
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY – Recognizing a broader need for Native American legal education, OU Law built a program specifically for non-lawyers whose careers demand an understanding of the complex rules of federal Indian law. Now, the program can be taken 100 percent online.
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ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW NEWS – In keeping with the IUPUI Strategic Plan and goals to retain and develop a diverse pool of talent to lead the institution into the future, IUPUI Next Generation 2.0 will prepare women and underrepresented minority faculty and staff for positions of leadership and opportunities for advancement at IUPUI…
Read More about IU McKinney Law launches diversity and leadership initiativeOpinion: Recent race/police incidents highlight the need for more African-American lawyers
THE GUARDIAN – The empirical evidence leaves little doubt that African Americans are currently disadvantaged by the justice system, so the only remaining question is: “What can be done about it?”
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THE SEATTLE TIMES — The UW is establishing the Gregoire Fellows, a new program to support nine minority law students each year, guaranteeing them summer fellowships at local law firms, and giving them a mentoring relationship with Gregoire and help studying for the bar exam.
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NATIONAL LAW REVIEW — The National Native American Bar Assocation (NNABA) commissioned the first-ever study of Native American attorneys: The Pursuit of Inclusion.
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