Vanderbilt Law Review students support ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund
ABA JOURNAL — When leaders of the Vanderbilt Law Review realized they would meet remotely this semester, they also realized they wouldn’t need to collect the dues that usually pay for their space and supplies.
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SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Adena Ishii 2L was profiled on KQED about her efforts to make the League of Women Voters more inclusive and diverse. Ms. Ishii served as president of the League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville from 2017-2019. She’s the first woman of color ever to hold this position…
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FLORIDA PATCH — Stetson University College of Law received the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — With anti-Semitism surging globally, scholars are convening to discuss the role of law in combating religious and racial hatred, at a conference Sept. 10 co-hosted by the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy at the University of Virginia School of Law.
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UCONN TODAY — In the months since Breonna Taylor and George Floyd were killed by police last spring, public outrage over anti-Black racism has inspired widespread protests, conversations and calls for reform.
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BUSINESS RECORD — Drake University Law School will host a fall webinar series to address a broad array of policies and practices that perpetuate racial inequities in American society. The series of livestreamed talks, which begins Sept. 4, features Drake Law faculty and guests sharing their expertise about underlying structures that reinforce racism and oppression…
Read More about Drake Law to host fall webinar series on policies and practices that enforce systemic racismDrexel Law professor Susan Brooks receives grant to develop anti-racism community dialogue program
DREXEL NOW — Last month, motivated by the Juneteenth holiday and national and international calls to examine and eradicate racism, Drexel University’s Office of Research and Innovation announced the winners of its Rapid Response Research & Development Fund, which is designated for urgent action, short-term projects for research projects focused on racial equity.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS — This William S. Boyd School of Law course is a mandatory one-credit course for first-year law students. It was inspired by events unfolding across the country over the past several months.
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — NIU College of Law hosted its new lecture series—Race and the Law Conversations— on Wednesday, August 26.
Read More about Northern Illinois Law hosts virtual lecture series on police accountability and reformSMU Dedman Law professor Hilary Green discusses book on the legacy of James Collins Johnson in book review
SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Hilary Green, an historian at the University of Alabama, reviewed Lolita Buckner Inniss’ book The Princeton Fugitive Slave: The Trials of James Collins Johnson in Volume 86, Number 3 (August 2020) of The Journal of Southern History.
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