University of Virginia Law student Rachel Barnes to serve as national chair of National Black Law Students Association
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — Rachel Barnes ’21, a J.D.-MBA candidate at the University of Virginia School of Law, has been elevated to national chair of the National Black Law Students Association. Among the initiatives Barnes is taking over is an NBLSA effort to strengthen prelaw, alumni and current membership bases as well as build relationships with…
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Professor Susan Hazeldean, founder and director of the Brooklyn Law School LGBT Advocacy Clinic, will receive the inaugural LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Section. The award will be presented at the AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., in January. Hazeldean’s…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The Texas Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education will recognize the University of Houston Law Center at a welcome reception on Nov. 14 on the University of Texas campus. The Law Center will be acknowledged for its fourth consecutive INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award. The…
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA — Along with the Women Lawyers Section of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, UND School of Law recently cosponsored a Symposium on Implicit Bias in the Legal Profession in which nearly 100 people participated. Teri McMurtry-Chubb, Visiting Distinguished Professor of Law with the UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago,…
Read More about University of North Dakota Law cosponsored symposium on implicit bias in the legal fieldWomen academics find gender imbalance on Twitter
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Female academics have about half the followers of men on Twitter and wield otherwise diminished influence there, according to a new study. The analysis pertains to medicine, but women across fields say the findings ring true. Observers of gender dynamics, casual or expert, probably won’t be surprised by the findings. But they do…
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THE RED & BLACK — The University of Georgia School of Law has endowed an LGBT-focused scholarship. The Stonewall Equality Scholarship Fund will benefit students who have demonstrated leadership in LGBT issues or plan to advance equality during their careers as lawyers, according to a news release from the Law School.
Read More about University of Georgia Law creates LGBT-focused scholarshipUniversity of Houston Law student organization hosts panel on LGBTQ inclusion in the legal profession
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Attorneys in the LGBTQ community said it is incumbent upon people of all orientations to create an inclusive atmosphere during a recent talk at the University of Houston Law Center. The event was presented by OutLaw, a student organization for LGBT concerns devoted to the issues of gay, lesbian,…
Read More about University of Houston Law student organization hosts panel on LGBTQ inclusion in the legal professionA look at law school efforts to improve diversity in the legal profession
INSIGHT INTO DIVERSITY — Lawyers are often charged with protecting the rights of the nation’s most underrepresented populations, and yet the legal profession remains one of the least diverse in the country, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. As of January 18, 2019, of America’s nearly 2 million lawyers, 88 percent were White and…
Read More about A look at law school efforts to improve diversity in the legal professionRecent study looks at racial inequality in job quality and education obtainment
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new study released by Georgetown University in part refutes the notion that African American and Latinx minorities can improve their socioeconomic standing just by going to college. According to the study, between 1991 and 2016, black and Latino Americans increased their likelihood of obtaining and maintaining a good job, but their…
Read More about Recent study looks at racial inequality in job quality and education obtainmentU.S. colleges see fewer Chinese undergraduate students enrolled
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The number of students from China who attend American colleges and universities more than quadrupled over a decade, fueled by an unprecedented boom in Chinese students going overseas for their undergraduate study. But now some colleges that had come to count on the steadily growing stream of full-tuition-paying students from China…
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