BYU Law professor Michalyn Steele discusses report on tackling race issues on campus
NPR — Brigham Young University’s race committee has released a study assessing race issues on campus. Committee member and BYU law professor Michalyn Steele breaks down their findings and recommendations.
Read More about BYU Law professor Michalyn Steele discusses report on tackling race issues on campusFordham Law dean Matthew Diller updates community on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — As we conclude Black History Month, in which we celebrated the tremendous contributions by Black Fordham Law students, faculty, and alumni over many decades, I wanted to share with you an update on the work we are doing now to build a learning environment and legal profession that is supportive and free from bias.
Read More about Fordham Law dean Matthew Diller updates community on diversity, equity, and inclusion effortsNew York Law School Impact Center for Public Interest Law honors civil rights pioneers
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — NYLS’s Impact Center for Public Interest Law has published a series of tributes to 18th- and 19th-Century civil rights pioneers in honor of Black History Month. These accounts “demonstrate the power of human agency to make change, and inform our continued efforts to challenge racial injustice,” the Center’s leaders noted.
Read More about New York Law School Impact Center for Public Interest Law honors civil rights pioneersNortheastern Law Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project investigates lynching of wrongfully arrested Black man in 1947
THE HUNTINGTON NEWS — Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice project, or CRRJ, is seeking to correct the false narrative surrounding the lynching of a Black man nearly 75 years ago through a documentary made in collaboration with the university’s School of Journalism.
Read More about Northeastern Law Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project investigates lynching of wrongfully arrested Black man in 1947Penn Law dean Ted Ruger addresses law school community on anti-Asian discrimination and violence amid pandemic
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — In the past year, the challenges of the pandemic have been exacerbated by our country’s reckoning with racial injustice, including the disturbing and intolerable resurgence of discrimination and violence against Asian and Asian American individuals.
Read More about Penn Law dean Ted Ruger addresses law school community on anti-Asian discrimination and violence amid pandemicSyracuse Law dean Craig M. Boise announces creation of Diversity and Inclusion Student Resource Center
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — At the second annual Black Law Students Association Black History Month Ceremony, held virtually, Dean Craig M. Boise announced the creation of the Sandra L. Townes L’76 Diversity and Inclusion Student Resource Center. The Resource Center will be housed in the Law Library annex.
Read More about Syracuse Law dean Craig M. Boise announces creation of Diversity and Inclusion Student Resource CenterFordham Law Black Law Students Association honored by national organization
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law School’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) won Chapter of the Year at the National BLSA Convention held March 3 to March 7. The honor comes on the heels of Fordham Law’s BLSA chapter being named Northeast Regional Chapter of the Year.
Read More about Fordham Law Black Law Students Association honored by national organizationIndiana University McKinney Law establishes diversity scholarship
INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — IU McKinney now has a Diversity Scholarship, established in 2020 and awarded to J.D. students with a preference for students of color. It is made possible because of the generous donations of alumni and friends of the law school. This scholarship welcomes gifts of all amounts.
Read More about Indiana University McKinney Law establishes diversity scholarshipBlack women prosecutors discuss the barriers to entry into the legal profession
TEEN VOGUE — Today, only 5% of all U.S. lawyers are Black, a proportion that has barely changed in decades. Black women make up an even smaller percentage, at just 2.8%. A 2015 report from the Reflective Democracy Campaign found that the U.S. legal system does not represent minority groups equally. 1% of the nation’s prosecutors are women of color.
Read More about Black women prosecutors discuss the barriers to entry into the legal professionUC Irvine students Christopher Lawrence and Jasmine Smith testify before commission addressing racial injustice and police violence
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — As part of their pro bono work for Justice Warriors 4 Black Lives, UCI Law students, Christopher Lawrence (3L) and Jasmine Smith (2L), testified before the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the U.S. (the Commission).
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