Florida State University Board of Trustees call on state legislature to change name of law school building
WCTV — The Florida State University Board of Trustees is calling on the state legislature to change the name of its law school building. The board voted on a resolution on Thursday afternoon supporting efforts by the University and the College to remove the name B.K. Roberts from the main law building.
Read More about Florida State University Board of Trustees call on state legislature to change name of law school buildingUniversity of Houston Law faculty, employees approve resolution to re-name section of road near school after Martin Luther King, Jr.
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center professors and professional staff unanimously endorsed a plan to rename Calhoun Rd. that traverses the UH campus to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in an official petition and request to the City of Houston on Thursday.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The University of Houston Law Center’s O’Quinn Law Library has been designated as a Pride Partner, after unanimous approval from the University of Houston’s LGBTQ Resource Center Advisory Board.
Read More about University of Houston Law Library appointed Pride Partner by LGBTQ Resource CenterColleges review law enforcement and criminal justice programs amid national focus on race
INSIDE HIGHER ED — In the wake of national protests against police violence and anti-Black racism, several colleges are reviewing or planning to alter their law enforcement or criminal justice curricula.
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NEWS BREAK — The North Carolina Central University School of Law has launched the Social Justice and Racial Equality Initiative to provide educational outreach on social justice, anti-racism and other equity concerns.
Read More about North Carolina Central University School of Law launches Social Justice and Racial Equality InitiativeTexas A&M Law Library launches anti-racism research guide
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Dee J. Kelly Law Library at Texas A&M School of Law in Fort Worth launches its first anti-racism research guide early August. The collection houses over 400 resources that “will help users learn more about anti-racism and how to become anti-racism allies and accomplices.”
Read More about Texas A&M Law Library launches anti-racism research guideSouth Carolina Bar announces initiative to study and promote diversity in state’s legal community
GREENVILLE NEWS — The South Carolina Bar is launching a five-year plan to study and promote diversity in the state’s legal community of more than 17,000 attorney members.
Read More about South Carolina Bar announces initiative to study and promote diversity in state’s legal communityOpinion: California Bar Exam changes will improve diversity in the legal profession
BAKERSFIELD.COM — For more than three decades, California has clung to one of the nation’s toughest testing standards for law school students hoping to practice law in the most populous state in the country.
Read More about Opinion: California Bar Exam changes will improve diversity in the legal professionUniversity of Akron Law student Henna Schafer selected co-chair for university’s Inclusive Excellence Action Team
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — Third-year (3L) University of Akron (UA) School of Law student Henna Schafer has been named the graduate school co-chair of the University’s newly created Inclusive Excellence Action Team. Schafer worked as a legal intern at the Ohio Civil Rights Commission in the summer of 2019 and was a law clerk earlier…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On June 29, Fordham Law School’s Leitner Center for International Law and Justice and the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) invited Sheila Foster, professor of law and public policy at Georgetown Law School and the McCourt School of Public Policy, Bennett Capers, soon-to-be director of Fordham Law’s Center on Race,…
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