Survey looks at the factors behind women leaving large law firms
ABA JOURNAL — A survey of 1,262 longtime lawyers and leaders in BigLaw found that women were far more likely than men to say they were denied business development opportunities, refused or overlooked for promotions and perceived as less committed to their careers. A survey of 1,262 longtime lawyers and leaders in BigLaw found that women were…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Court considers whether the Trump administration lawfully ended a program that provides deportation relief and work authorization to hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people, including many college students.
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ABA LEGAL REBELS — Sonday’s findings were stark. The report showed that women and people of color make up 13.8% and 26.5% of legal tech company founders, respectively. According to the most recent U.S. Census, women make up 50.8% of the U.S. and the minority population—that is everyone who does not identify as white alone, including…
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BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL MAGAZINE — Zane Fernandez ’21 has been named one of seven recipients of the 2020 Roscoe Trimmier Jr. Diversity Scholarship presented annually by Ropes & Gray. He is the third Boston College Law School student to be so honored in the past four years. Fernandez will receive a $25,000 award to…
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Chabolla, now a law student at UC Irvine, will be at the Supreme Court to defend the rights of people like her to continue working and paying taxes, a right she was granted under the Obama administration with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
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GEORGETOWN LAW — The purpose, as Bernadel explained, was to promote a collective of diverse and complex voices by bridging the gap between different communities and creating a space for open and vulnerable dialogue”— through a number of events and discussions.
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GEORGIA VOICE — The University of Georgia’s (UGA) School of Law has successfully endowed the Stonewall Equality Scholarship Fund for law students who demonstrate leadership in the LGBTQ community – the first LGBTQ scholarship at UGA and the first LGBTQ law scholarship among Georgia law schools. The fund will benefit students who demonstrate leadership in LGBTQ issues…
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MERCER NEWS — Mercer will celebrate 100 years of women at Mercer Law School on Nov. 21 at Macon’s historic Douglass Theatre with a panel discussion featuring eight female law alumnae as well as the American Bar Association (ABA) traveling exhibit commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment.The panel will be moderated by Mercer Law School…
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MERCER NEWS — Mercer Law School from Nov. 13-23 will host an American Bar Association (ABA) traveling exhibit commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. Organized by the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress, the exhibit chronicles the history of the women’s suffrage movement, the legacy of post-1920…
Read More about Mercer Law hosts ABA exhibit commemorating 100 years of 19th amendmentStudy finds disparities in college enrollment and degree completion among rural students
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students in rural areas have lower average rates of college enrollment and degree completion compared to nonrural students, according to findings in a new study by researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The findings, published in the American Journal of Education, show that while the divide has narrowed since the…
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