Case Western Reserve Law faculty offer seminar on structural racism in law and society
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Starting this fall, CWRU Law is offering a one-credit elective, “Race, Law and Society,” in response to recent anti-Black violence that has illuminated existing structural and institutional racism.
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STATE BAR OF TEXAS — The University of Houston Law Center and SMU Dedman School of Law will host a virtual conference from 8:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. October 30 titled “Black Lawyers Matter: Strategies to Enhance Diversity and Inclusion.”
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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAW — A global pandemic, disrupted economies, and the run-up to a presidential election were all front and center in Spring and Summer of 2020. Yet when unarmed George Floyd was killed by police in May 2020, protests against police brutality and racism began in Minneapolis and spread around the world.
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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAW — For twenty years the UI Center of Human Rights (UICHR) has been dedicated to standing up for the rights of all people, in the US and abroad. Established in 1999, by Iowa Law Professor Burns H. Weston, Professor Rex Honey, and Dorothy M. Paul, the UICHR has worked to fulfill its mission of…
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO — The UNM Black Alumni Chapter Oral History Project was spearheaded by Barbara Brown Simmons, UNM alumna. Brown Simmons, founder and current president of the chapter, is a former criminal defense attorney residing in California.
Read More about University of New Mexico Law Black Alumni Chapter launches oral history projectUSC Gould Law faculty discuss the impact of protests for racial justice on the presidential election
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — As marches against police brutality and systemic racism continue across the United States, USC experts predict what the responses from Donald Trump and Joe Biden will mean in November.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Academics across the U.S. strike and teach for racial justice and an end to police violence against people of color.
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CBA NATIONAL — Recent events in the United States have highlighted the prevalence of explicit, individual, and systemic racism in American society and its devastating impacts on Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC).
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Covid-19 has required law firms to pivot to remote recruiting, and the shift means being even more intentional about recruiting ethnically diverse and LGBTQ+ law students.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Black students are more likely to be in unpaid internships and participated in more unpaid internships than their white peers, according to new research from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
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