New Duke Law series explores race and the first-year law school curriculum
DUKE LAW — A yearlong series at Duke Law sponsored by the dean’s office is examining race in the context of the six foundational subjects in the first-year curriculum: torts, criminal law, civil procedure, contracts, property law, and constitutional law. Each discussion in the webinar series is moderated by a faculty scholar.
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ASU NOW — Broadening efforts to bring together students with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law is launching a new program to foster the next generation of leaders in law. ASU Law’s Advance Scholars Program hopes to attract students with unique perspectives on societal issues.
Read More about Arizona State University Law announces Advance Scholars Program to support underrepresented students into legal professionLehigh University apologizes for plagiarizing antiracist statement from another university
INSIDE HIGHER ED — William Gaudelli, dean of Lehigh University’s College of Education, apologized for a recent college memo that included sections from a course description from another university, without attribution. The plagiarized memo was “unacceptable and inexcusable,” Gaudelli wrote in a message to faculty and staff members.
Read More about Lehigh University apologizes for plagiarizing antiracist statement from another universityUniversity of Richmond Law to host Law, Race, and Power speaker series
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAW — “We knew we really wanted to focus this series on race, class, power, privilege, and their intersections with the law,” said Professor Fallon Speaker, one of the planning team members. “The goal was to think through how we could use as something that could really bridge to their practice.”
Read More about University of Richmond Law to host Law, Race, and Power speaker seriesKamille Dean joins Fordham Law School as Director of diversity, equity, and inclusion
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Kamille Dean, the new director of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), is looking forward to overseeing and addressing DEI issues head-on this year among the Fordham Law School community.
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UCONN TODAY — A new fund, named for the law school’s first Black female graduate, will provide broad support for diversity and social justice initiatives at the UConn School of Law. The Constance Belton Green Diversity Fund will be available to sponsor and sustain events, scholarships, fellowships for students and faculty, and other programs.
Read More about University of Connecticut Law announces fund to support diversity and social justice initiativesFordham Law faculty host webinar on racial polarization in voting rights
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham faculty and close friends of the late former Fordham Law Professor Terry Smith gathered for a webinar to discuss his last publication, Whitelash: Unmasking White Grievance at the Ballot Box. “Whitelash” describeS the reaction of white voters at the ballot box in opposition to civil rights advances.
Read More about Fordham Law faculty host webinar on racial polarization in voting rightsUniversity of Minnesota Law offers racial equity and justice courses
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW — New racial equity and justice courses have been added, and faculty members are further integrating these topics into their teaching—not only in courses such as Constitutional Law and Criminal Law, but also in Torts and Mergers and Acquisitions as well. On the clinical side, more than 100 students and faculty.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW — The Law Library’s Riesenfeld Rare Books Research Center opened a new exhibit on racial justice. The exhibit explores the quest for racial justice in America through historical legal cases, legislation, and events that saw civil rights denied, limited, and advanced by determined legal and political action.
Read More about University of Minnesota Law’s Riesenfeld Rare Books Research Center opened a new exhibit on racial justicePepperdine Law hosts inaugural Black Women and the Law Summit
PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Caruso Law hosted the inaugural Black Women and the Law Summit: Invisibly Visible, Black Women in the Law Matter. Programming centered on legal and systemic barriers to Black women’s advancement, offering strategies to dismantle those barriers. Viewers joined from 28 different campuses.
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