Roger Williams Law dedicates classroom in honor of state’s first female African American lawyer
PROVIDENCE JOURNAL — Roger Williams University law school dedicates a classroom in honor of the first female African American lawyer in Rhode Island, Dorothy R. Crockett. The article regales Crockett’s trailblazing legacy and accomplishments.
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW — The University of Georgia School of Law has created the Robinson Scholars Program, which will benefit underrepresented student populations with ties to Georgia. The program is named in memory of 1974 alumnus Robert E. “Robbie” Robinson, a civil and human rights attorney who was tragically killed in 1989 by politically…
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MERCER UNIVERSITY — Nine students from Mercer Law School’s OUTLaw student organization attended the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Bar Association’s 31st annual Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair held Aug. 7-9 in Philadelphia.
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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Students of South Texas College of Law Houston have launched a new mentorship program to transition and support LGBT students throughout their law school experience. The student group is recruiting LBGT student mentors and mentees to join the program and offer encouragement, provide networking events, and extend an…
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE — Second-year University of Tennessee College of Law student Kelsey Morgan has been named a 2020 recipient of the Baker Donelson Diversity Scholarship.
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THE CRIMSON WHITE — The University of Alabama Law hosted the Susan B. Livingston Boot Camp for Success, which is an initiative to provide incoming law students from diverse backgrounds the preparation they need for law school.
Read More about University of Alabama Law hosts boot camp to prepare incoming students for successA look at University of Georgia Law’s student-driven diversity initiatives
THE RED & BLACK — The New Approaches to Diversity and Inclusion program was initially a larger scale, university-wide initiative announced by UGA President Jere Morehead in spring 2019. The funds encouraged schools within UGA to “recruit and retain historically underrepresented groups,” which resulted in the law school’s Benham Scholars program, which is dedicated to increasing…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Law School Supreme Court clinics allow students to work on real-life Supreme Court cases while still in law school. These clinics provide quality representation to groups who can least afford it and act as a pipeline to elite appellate work, including at the US Supreme Court.
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STATE BAR OF TEXAS — The Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas Foundation will host it 14th annual Scholarship Luncheon benefitting Hispanic law students on August 21. Scholarships will be awarded to law students from each of Houston’s three law schools (South Texas College of Law Houston, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, and…
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — This year, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion held an illuminating new pre-orientation program designed to maximize the chances for students from groups underrepresented in the legal profession to be successful in law school and beyond. Called Lighting the Pathway, the three-day program in early August gave a diverse group of 12…
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