Insight Into Diversity magazine honors Stetson University Law

September 9, 2020

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 faculty vote to adopt anti-bias resolution

September 3, 2020

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

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University of Colorado Law Bryon R. White Center hosts online speaker series on racial justice and civic participation

September 3, 2020

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.

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Elon Law assistant professor Tiffany Atkins contributes to webinar series on incorporating anti-racism concepts in law school courses

September 3, 2020

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 to host lecture series on racism and the law

September 3, 2020

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.

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University of Florida Law to offer Professor Michelle Jacobs’ class on racial justice online at after reconsideration

September 3, 2020

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.

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Fordham Law professor Catherine Powell publishes article in The Georgetown Law Journal on the intersection of race and the 19th Amendment

September 3, 2020

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.

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Fordham Law professors Bennett Capers, Benjamin Zipursky and Harvard Law professor John C.P. Goldberg publish article on local police reform

September 3, 2020

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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University of Louisville law launches class on Breonna Taylor’s Louisville

September 3, 2020

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 Law hosts virtual discussion on the role of legal community in racial justice and policing

September 3, 2020

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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