Vermont Law publishes anti-racism statement and diversity report
VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — Vermont Law School today released an anti-racism statement that recognizes that “the law has too often neglected Black, Brown and Indigenous peoples, as well as members of the LGBTQ community, and has been used to legitimize the inhumane treatment of marginalized groups within these communities.”
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NBC 12 — The way policing is enforced could forever be changed, following a new casebook written by a Law professor at the University of Virginia. UVA Law Professor and Director of the Center for Criminal Justice Rachel Harmon says often times, society is reactive to crimes committed by police officers.
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor Rachel Harmon publishes casebook on policing lawsOpinion: Colleges need to educate students and faculty members on anti-Asian racism
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Welcome to Race on Campus. This week, we’ll share how Albion College responded when it found that being on campus is not the same as belonging. Then we’ll talk with one diversity officer about why colleges need to educate students and faculty members on anti-Asian racism.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — President Biden killed a controversial Trump-era executive order banning “divisive concepts” in federally funded diversity training upon taking office. Now Iowa legislators are seeking to revive the ban within their state. They’ve made some significant progress.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Baylor University published Tuesday an independent historical report that outlines past slave ownership and support for the Confederacy by Baylor’s namesake and two founders, facts not previously acknowledged by the university, according to a summary of the report.
Read More about Baylor University acknowledges racist legacy of namesakeCUNY Law dean Mary Lu Bilek retires after offensive racial comment
ABA JOURNAL — A law dean has revealed that her retirement announcement was precipitated by her reference to herself as a “slaveholder.” Dean Mary Lu Bilek of the City University of New York School of Law told the community that she made the remark to place blame on herself for racial inequities at the school.
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW — A new program offered by the University of Kansas School of Law and KU’s Applied English Center will help international students improve their English skills while learning about the U.S. legal system. The Legal English Program is a one-month intensive program.
Read More about University of Kansas Law co-launches Legal English Program for international studentsLaw firms launch new programs to address racial injustice
ABA JOURNAL — The aim of the study was to find out how COVID-19, civil unrest and the economic crisis affected law firms’ efforts to address professional development and diversity, equity and inclusion, according to a press release summarizing the findings. The study was conducted by the NALP Foundation and the National Business Institute.
Read More about Law firms launch new programs to address racial injusticeGeorgetown Law graduate opinion: Black law students are thriving but are too few in number
THE WASHINGTON POST — Tahir Duckett, a 2017 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, is a civil rights attorney at the firm Relman Colfax. Just over a month after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin, I walked into my first day. I was the only Black student in my section.
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UIC JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL — Rhea Ballard-Thrower has recently been appointed University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Prior to her appointment at UIC, Ballard-Thrower was Executive Director of the Howard University Libraries and a tenured professor at the Howard University School of Law.
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