University of Nebraska Law joins ABA Legal Education Police Practice Consortium
NPR — The University of Nebraska College of Law has joined a national consortium to address legal issues in policing while promoting racial equity. Josephine Potuto is a UNL law professor and the state’s consortium representative. She said the goal is to create practical recommendations to help police do their jobs better.
Read More about University of Nebraska Law joins ABA Legal Education Police Practice ConsortiumScholars discuss structural barriers for Black faculty
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Scholars discuss what it’s like to be a Black professor in 2020, who should be doing antiracist work on campus and why diversity interventions that attempt to “fix” Black academics for a rigged game miss the point entirely.
Read More about Scholars discuss structural barriers for Black facultyUNCF Report: Black students report increased anxiety and stress amid pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Black students continuously experience, fight against and bear emotional scars from racism, which can lead to increased anxiety and poor mental health outcomes. Additionally, the coronavirus pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on Black and brown people who have died from COVID-19 and suffered financially.
Read More about UNCF Report: Black students report increased anxiety and stress amid pandemicABA collaborates with several law schools on Legal Education Police Practices Consortium
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION — The ABA, in collaboration with dozens of U.S. law schools, announced the formation of a Legal Education Police Practices Consortium to contribute to the national effort to examine and address legal issues in policing and public safety, including conduct, oversight and the evolving nature of police work.
Read More about ABA collaborates with several law schools on Legal Education Police Practices ConsortiumFordham Law dean Matthew Diller discusses diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law was founded to expand opportunities for those who had traditionally been excluded from the legal profession. Moving forward requires deep reflection on our past and thoughtful collaboration among students, faculty, and administration about our present and future.
Read More about Fordham Law dean Matthew Diller discusses diversity, equity, and inclusion effortsFordham Law receives gift to expand racial justice initiatives
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law School announced today that it has received multiple donations totaling more than $3.5 million to fund new initiatives aimed at addressing structural racism within the law school community and in society. The largest donation is nearly $1.4 million from an anonymous alum.
Read More about Fordham Law receives gift to expand racial justice initiativesFordham Law’s Community Economic Development Clinic partners with racial justice group to promote land ownership
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Heirs’ property—property passes to two or more inheritors without a will or without a strong will—has been called “the leading cause of Black involuntary land loss” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It can leave the heirs vulnerable to laws that allow speculators or developers to acquire the land.
Read More about Fordham Law’s Community Economic Development Clinic partners with racial justice group to promote land ownershipUniversity of Houston Law dean Leonard Baynes and SMU Dedman Law dean Jennifer Collins urge Texas law firms to improve outreach to Black lawyers
HOUSTON CHRONICLE — This year, we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court opinion Sweatt v. Painter, the case that led to the desegregation of Texas law schools. Co-hosting the Black Lawyers Matter Conference, a Zoom-style webinar, will allow us to take stock of this challenge and share best practices to solve them.
Read More about University of Houston Law dean Leonard Baynes and SMU Dedman Law dean Jennifer Collins urge Texas law firms to improve outreach to Black lawyersSouthern Illinois University Law dean Camille Davidson speaks to students at event honoring Breonna Taylor
DAILY EGYPTIAN — Following the march, Camille Davidson, dean of the SIU Law School, came to speak in support of her students and community. Davidson said her experience as a Black woman and the grand jury’s decision in Taylor’s case only made her want to fight harder for racial equality.
Read More about Southern Illinois University Law dean Camille Davidson speaks to students at event honoring Breonna TaylorPenn Law professor Shaun Ossei-Owusu discusses the experiences of minority law students
ABA JOURNAL — Apologies to minority law students feel necessary. The ugly side of the American law continues to rear its head. A few weeks ago, you witnessed a legal system—one that eagerly uses petty misdemeanor offenses to control and ruin lives—abscond responsibility for killing a sleeping, innocent Black woman.
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