Report: Black student enrollment drops at top public colleges
THE HECHINGER REPORT — The United States is becoming more diverse, but its most selective public colleges and universities are not. In a new report from The Education Trust, 101 of the most selective public colleges and universities were graded on how they’re doing at having Black and Latino student enrollment match the percent of…
Read More about Report: Black student enrollment drops at top public collegesSanta Clara Law student Adena Ishii discusses advocacy efforts with League of Women Voters
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.
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SETON HALL UNIVERSITY — September 21st through 24th, the Center for Catholic Studies will host a campus wide teach-in on Faith and Racial Justice. This is the inaugural symposium for an ongoing series on Faith in the Public Square.
Read More about Seton Hall Law to host symposium on faith and racial justiceInsight 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.
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