Federal government warns law firms about the need to increase diversity
BLOOMBERG LAW — The Trump administration’s federal contractor police plans to take a closer look at diversity and discrimination at law firms. Six lawyers at Jones Day recently sued the firm, alleging female attorneys are systemically paid less than their male colleagues for the same work. That follows similar lawsuits against Ogletree Deakins and Proskauer Rose.
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII NEWS — Hawaiʻi Business magazine selected University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Avis Poai as one of the “20 for the Next 20.” Poai serves as director of archives, legal history and student outreach at the School of Law’s Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law.
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWS — In 1869, the Howard University School of Law set out to train lawyers with a strong commitment to establishing and preserving the rights of Black Americans. As a result of that mission, the Howard University School of Law has become a top-producer of African-American lawyers
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ABA JOURNAL — ABA President Bob Carlson sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, urging members to support the Equality Act of 2019, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
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LAW.COM — A slew of women have been appointed law dean this semester, which will soon yield a record high for female leadership in the legal academy. The number of women occupying the dean suites has been on the rise for years, but this year’s new batch of leaders is particularly diverse in both gender and race.
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON — Wisconsin Law alumna Vel Phillips ’51, the law school’s first African-American graduate, died on April 17. She was 95. Phillips — the first African-American to serve on Milwaukee’s Common Council and the first woman elected to it — became an influential voice in the national movement for fair housing during the…
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WISCONSIN LAWYER — University of Wisconsin Law alumna Toni Caldwell is the tribal attorney for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, located in Keshena. Caldwell uses her legal skills in a wide variety of areas in tribal, state, and federal courts. But preserving Menominee culture and values is what drives her.
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DREXEL LAW — Trustee Professor of Law Amy Boss led three seminars at the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative Summit II, hosted by the School of Business at American University in Cairo.
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SOUTH FLORIDA CARIBBEAN NEWS — Florida International University College of Law has been awarded a $124,850 grant by the AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence to launch a new pre-law initiative, the Path to the Legal Profession
Read More about Florida International University Law receives AccessLex grant for pre-law diversity programU.S. Senator Ted Cruz vows to investigate Yale Law over non-discrimination policy applied to summer fellowships
NEW HAVEN REGISTER — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is threatening legal action against Yale Law School over an email from Dean Heather Gerken stating that students would not be supported financially if they interned at organizations that discriminate against LGBTQ people.
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