Insight Into Diversity magazine honors Stetson University Law
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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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — The history of the United States is steeped in racial animus, prejudice, the subjugation of people of color, and the enslavement of Black people. That legacy manifests today in the form of mass incarceration, race-based disparities in health, income, political power, wealth, education, housing, and environmental quality, as well as other…
Read More about Brooklyn Law faculty vote to adopt anti-bias resolutionUniversity of Colorado Law Bryon R. White Center hosts online speaker series on racial justice and civic participation
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW — The Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law at the University of Colorado Law School will host a virtual speaker series this fall exploring topics including police reform, citizenship, protest lawyering, voting rights, racial justice, and critical race theory.
Read More about University of Colorado Law Bryon R. White Center hosts online speaker series on racial justice and civic participationElon Law assistant professor Tiffany Atkins contributes to webinar series on incorporating anti-racism concepts in law school courses
ELON UNIVERSITY — Assistant Professor Tiffany Atkins L’11 was among the educators in a webinar hosted by the Society of American Law Teachers in which presenters put forward advice for integrating antiracism education into law school courses.
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EMORY LAW — Emory University School of Law will host an important new lecture series, “Emory Law Presents: Conversations about Racism in the 21st Century,” focusing on the role of law in creating and enforcing modern-day anti-Black racism.
Read More about Emory Law to host lecture series on racism and the lawUniversity of Florida Law to offer Professor Michelle Jacobs’ class on racial justice online at after reconsideration
THE GAINESVILLE SUN — The University of Florida’s law school has restored a professor’s racial justice courses scheduled for this semester, reversing a decision that had barred the courses from being taught online, effectively canceling them.
Read More about University of Florida Law to offer Professor Michelle Jacobs’ class on racial justice online at after reconsiderationFordham Law professor Catherine Powell publishes article in The Georgetown Law Journal on the intersection of race and the 19th Amendment
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Professor Catherine Powell co-authored The “Welfare Queen” Goes to the Polls: Race-Based Fractures in Gender Politics and Opportunities for Intersectional Coalitions, an article that was published in a special edition of The Georgetown Law Journal, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
Read More about Fordham Law professor Catherine Powell publishes article in The Georgetown Law Journal on the intersection of race and the 19th AmendmentFordham Law professors Bennett Capers, Benjamin Zipursky and Harvard Law professor John C.P. Goldberg publish article on local police reform
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Professors Bennett Capers and Benjamin Zipursky, along with Harvard Law Professor John C.P. Goldberg, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post on how states can implement police reform without changes to federal laws.
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COURIER JOURNAL — The University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law has introduced a new class, and it’s named after Breonna Taylor.
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW — Anger, grief, hurt, and helplessness are just some of the feelings members of the Maryland Carey Law community expressed during the web event, A Conversation on Race, Criminalization and Policing, organized in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.
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