Michigan State Law student Maurisa Bell honored by Native American Law Students Association
LEGAL NEWS — Michigan State University College of Law student Maurisa Bell grew up a member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe from the Wind River Reservation in Riverton, Wyoming. As a child, she dreamed of becoming a working lawyer in Washington, DC, despite growing up around very few lawyers.
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PR NEWSWIRE — The eight-week summer course is designed to increase diversity among law school applicants and to provide students from low-income, first generation, and underrepresented backgrounds an opportunity to seriously consider legal education. The program divides students into two tracks — LSAC’s DiscoverLaw.Org Prelaw Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Program and Scholar II.
Read More about University of Houston Law Center pre-law pipeline program enters fifth yearUniversity of Houston Law Center pipeline program celebrates five years
UH LAW CENTER — Class is in session for the University of Houston Law Center’s Pre-Law Pipeline Program, with 42 undergraduate students from across the nation currently receiving faculty instruction in typical first-year law courses.
Read More about University of Houston Law Center pipeline program celebrates five yearsDenver Law faces additional gender and wage discrimination lawsuit
ABA JOURNAL — Rashmi Goel, a tenured associate professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, has filed an Equal Pay Act complaint, claiming that she earns significantly less than others in her academic category.
Read More about Denver Law faces additional gender and wage discrimination lawsuitNew report looks at race and student loan debt
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new report from the left-leaning think tank Demos argues that looking at borrowers’ income alone provides limited insight into student loan burdens.
Read More about New report looks at race and student loan debtA look at Syracuse Law’s admission agreements with three HBCUs
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — A new agreement between Syracuse University College of Law and Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Spelman College will fulfill a dual objective: diversifying the student body of the law school – and thus the legal profession
Read More about A look at Syracuse Law’s admission agreements with three HBCUsKenesha Starling selected as editor-in-chief of South Texas Law Review
STCL HOUSTON — A second-year law student at South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) recently broke a nearly 100-year-old glass ceiling at Houston’s oldest law school. Kenesha Starling earned the esteemed role as the first black editor-in-chief of South Texas Law Review since the school’s founding in 1923.
Read More about Kenesha Starling selected as editor-in-chief of South Texas Law ReviewNova Southeastern Law honored by LSAC for commitment to diversity
GLOBENEWSWIRE — Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Shepard Broad College of Law was awarded the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) 2019 Diversity Matters Award for Innovation at the May 2019 LSAC Annual Meeting and Educational Conference.
Read More about Nova Southeastern Law honored by LSAC for commitment to diversityABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity creates scholarships to support LGBT public interest efforts
ABA JOURNAL — Law students or recent law school graduates who plan to work in the LGBTQ public interest field still have a few days to apply for a new scholarship being offered by the ABA’s Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Read More about ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity creates scholarships to support LGBT public interest effortsLSAC launches new initiative to reach prospective students
PRNEWSWIRE — Kellye Testy, president and CEO of the Law School Admission Council, has announced a major initiative to increase access to law and education for students of all backgrounds. The campaign, Be Indivisible, aims to build a broad and diverse pipeline of prospective law school students.
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