A 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…
Read More about U.S. colleges see fewer Chinese undergraduate students enrolledUniversity of Houston Law student organization hosts panel on LGBTQ inclusion in the legal profession
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The event was presented by OutLaw, a student organization for LGBT concerns devoted to the issues of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students at the school. The group is open to all students, regardless of orientation. Participants included 334th Civil Court Judge Steven Kirkland ’90, Scott Nichols an attorney…
Read More about University of Houston Law student organization hosts panel on LGBTQ inclusion in the legal professionLSAC to overhaul analytical reasoning skills section on LSAT as result of settlement
ABA JOURNAL — The current analytical reasoning section of the Law School Admission Test will eventually be dropped as a result of a settlement in a lawsuit by a legally blind man who said he was unable to draw diagrams to help him answer the questions. But analytical reasoning—also referred to as logic games—will still be…
Read More about LSAC to overhaul analytical reasoning skills section on LSAT as result of settlementLaw schools see growth in women enrollment
THE NATIONAL JURIST — For several years running, women have made up the majority of the nation’s law students. And while statistics for this year’s entering class won’t be available for a while, it appears that women are still making strides. Take the University of Mississippi School of Law. For the first time, this year’s class…
Read More about Law schools see growth in women enrollmentOpinion: First-generation graduate students face unique challenges
INSIDE HIGHER ED — First-generation grad students continue to grapple with the same issues they struggled with as undergraduates — yet those struggles are amplified in graduate school settings, argues Bailey B. Smolarek.
Read More about Opinion: First-generation graduate students face unique challengesU.S. grad programs see higher overall applications and enrollment; drop in international student enrollment
INSIDE HIGHER ED — New graduate school enrollments continue to fall among international students, but underrepresented U.S. minority enrollments are way up. The biggest increases in first-time enrollments otherwise seem to reflect long-term trends and industry needs, as projected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Math and computer science enrollments jumped 4.3 percent year over year, and…
Read More about U.S. grad programs see higher overall applications and enrollment; drop in international student enrollmentUniversity of Houston Law dean Leonard Baynes honored by Council on Legal Education Opportunity
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes is a recipient of the 2019 CLEO Edge Award presented by the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. Baynes is among a small group of outstanding leaders recognized in the areas of education, diversity and greater equality.“The recipients of this year’s…
Read More about University of Houston Law dean Leonard Baynes honored by Council on Legal Education OpportunityNational Diversity Council honors University of Houston Law dean Leonard Baynes
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes has been named a Diversity Champion by the National Diversity Council. He will be honored at the Top 50 General Counsel dinner on Oct. 30 at the Marriot Marquis. The event, where former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will serve as…
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