Record number of Black women leading law schools
LEXOLOGY — Although the numbers still fall short, Black women are making strides in the legal world. According to recent data, Black women will be leading 14%…
Read More about Record number of Black women leading law schoolsSyracuse Law co-hosts National Disability Law Appellate Competition
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Syracuse University College of Law and the National Disabled Law Students Association (NDLSA) will co-host the inaugural National Disability Law Appellate Competition (NDLAC), to be held virtually March 25-27, 2022.
Read More about Syracuse Law co-hosts National Disability Law Appellate CompetitionABA legal education section approves new diversity, inclusion, and non-discrimination standards for law schools
ABA JOURNAL — Proposed revisions to strengthen law school accreditation standards addressing diversity, inclusion and nondiscrimination were approved Friday by the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
Read More about ABA legal education section approves new diversity, inclusion, and non-discrimination standards for law schoolsSanta Clara Law professor Pat Cain discusses the legacy of the first women law professors
IJPR.ORG — Now consider all the other people who had to help: women who were the first women in their law schools, women who became the first teachers in law schools. That last category is the focus of Paving the Way: The First American Women Law Professors.
Read More about Santa Clara Law professor Pat Cain discusses the legacy of the first women law professorsFormer prosecutors launch law school scholarship for women in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
REUTERS — A group of 33 women, most of whose careers overlapped in the Southern District of New York in the late 2000s and early 2010s, announced a new scholarship program for female law students Friday, created to honor the legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Read More about Former prosecutors launch law school scholarship for women in honor of Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgUC Irvine Law launches Newmeyer Dillion Diversity Scholarship
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce the creation of the Newmeyer Dillion Diversity Scholarship.
Read More about UC Irvine Law launches Newmeyer Dillion Diversity ScholarshipOhio State University Law students want university to end agreements with Columbus Police
LIMAOHIO.COM — About 40 law students and others gathered for the sit-in on the second floor of Drinko Hall in front of the door to the office of the law school’s dean.
Read More about Ohio State University Law students want university to end agreements with Columbus PoliceOpinion: Suffolk Law professor Sarah J. Schendel discusses the impact of the pandemic and racial justice protests on Black law graduates
BLOOMBERG LAW — A survey of Black graduating law students focusing on how their career plans were affected by the pandemic and calls for racial justice last year showed many of their lives were seriously disrupted. Suffolk University Law School assistant professor Sarah J. Schendel summarizes the survey findings about the hardships some faced in preparing…
Read More about Opinion: Suffolk Law professor Sarah J. Schendel discusses the impact of the pandemic and racial justice protests on Black law graduatesSyracuse Law to launch required course on race and implicit bias
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Our commitment to fostering a campus community that is free from discrimination and that embraces the diversity of its community members is rooted in the belief that multiple points of view and different life experiences, ethnicities, cultures, and belief systems are essential to academic excellence and to your successful navigation of…
Read More about Syracuse Law to launch required course on race and implicit biasBlack law students report stress and anxiety amid pandemic and police violence
ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — Graduates hoping to swiftly start careers as attorneys instead faced cancelled interviews and delayed first paychecks. And for Black law school graduates, there were additional, devastating stressors as the country faced a swell of anti-Black police brutality, and protestors took to the streets.
Read More about Black law students report stress and anxiety amid pandemic and police violence