Northeastern Law professor Margaret Y.K. Woo participates in panel discussion on anti-Asian hate bias and discrimination
NEWS@NORTHEASTERN — In an event Monday held in response to a spate of anti-Asian racism and violence in the U.S., Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern, called upon university officials to create a “comprehensive action plan” by the end of May to address ways in which Northeastern can better support its students and community.
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NEWS@NORTHEASTERN — Kiera Perryman took part in last summer’s Black Lives Matter racial justice protests in Boston, walking the nearly four miles from the Nubian Square commercial district near Northeastern to City Hall. It was her first time seeing people gathered together since the pandemic lockdowns started earlier in the year.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — Erik Girvan’s research investigates how stereotypes, attitudes, and other biases might impact decisions in the legal system. He empirically tests practical ways to reduce or eliminate implicit biases by working with a diverse variety of legal and other professionals.
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Months after hundreds chanted “Black Lives Matter” while marching at USC’s University Park Campus last year, student activists, faculty and staff continue to fight for equality and build on last summer’s momentum to make USC a safer and more welcoming place for Black students.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — It’s time to rethink how we regulate the police, Professor Rachel Harmon says on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law. Police reforms should be more expansive and a focus on constitutional rights.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Miami School of Law partnered with the Pulitzer Center, the Howard University School of Law and the Racial Justice initiative by the Squire Patton Boggs Foundation and its Deans’ Circle to launch “The 1619 Project” Law School Initiative, an enterprise focusing on curricular resources.
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REUTERS — U.S. News & World Report is postponing plans to release a new ranking of law schools based on their racial and ethnic diversity, after deans raised concerns that the company wasn’t counting multiracial students as underrepresented minorities.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Last week’s mass shooting in Atlanta was just the latest in a recent series of despicable acts of violence claiming Asian victims. According to Stop AAPI Hate more than 2,800 incidents of anti-Asian hate were reported between March 19 and Dec. 31.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Members of the King Hall community have weighed in on the alarming rise in anti-Asian violence in the United States. On March 19, the Chief Justice of California, Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye ’84, condemned recent acts of violence against Asian Americans, calling the attacks “reprehensible.”
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — In “Better Than Our Biases: Using Psychological Research to Inform Our Approach to Inclusive, Effective Feedback,” I describe how clinical law faculty can examine their biases, consider how those biases shape the experiences of underrepresented students in law schools, and take active steps to mitigate those biases in classrooms.
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