University of Miami Law LGBTQ group expands network and activities
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — In collaboration with the University of Miami LGBT Student Center, OUTLaw ended the school year with an annual Pride Picnic which took place following the Miami Beach Pride Parade. It also created a network in the greater Miami community and nationally becoming an affiliate of the National LGBT Bar Association.
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ROLL CALL — The Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Green at Georgetown University Law Center is a point of pride for the women in attendance for its groundbreaking Tuesday.
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UCI LAW — UCI hosted the 2nd Annual Latino Excellence and Achievement Dinner (LEAD) on April 4, 2019, recognizing faculty, staff and alumni who have accomplished academic and professional achievements in the UCI Latino community.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — On Saturday, March 30, the American University Washington College of Law’s (AUWCL) Office of Diversity and Inclusion sponsored the 23rd Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law.
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LAW.COM — Law schools are generally supportive of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and employees—at least on paper. That’s the takeaway from the National LGBT Bar Association’s inaugural Law School Climate Survey-2019.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new study argues that law schools’ use of the LSAT is effectively limiting black enrollment in law schools. The study is by Aaron Taylor, executive director of the AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence and a longtime expert on diversity in legal education. The study appears in the Florida International University Law Review.
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LAW.COM — Over the past two decades, the legal industry has talked a lot about diversity yet accomplished little. A key reason for this is that diversity by itself isn’t enough. Instead, organizations need to focus on the broader concept of diversity plus inclusion.
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UCLA LAW — UCLA School of Law’s Black Law Students Association honored legal leaders in the African-American community and raised more than $120,000 towards a new student scholarship at the group’s 50th Anniversary Gala on April 4.
Read More about UCLA Law’s Black Law Students Association launches new student scholarshipIndiana University Maurer Law establishes professorship named for first African-American woman state supreme court justice
INDIANA UNIVERSITY NEWS — The Indiana University Maurer School of Law has established an endowed professorship in honor of alumna Juanita Kidd Stout, who was the first African American woman to serve on a state supreme court in the United States.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — UCI Law’s Black Law Student Association held its second annual awards gala Saturday, April 6. Highlights of the evening included a keynote address by the Honorable Andre Birotte Jr. of the U.S. District Court (Central District) and remarks from Dean L. Song Richardson.
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