Minnesota lawyers reflect on ABA ‘Decade of the Female Lawyer’ report
MINNESOTA LAWYERS — The ABA’s “Decade” began in 2016, when women first outnumbered men at ABA-accredited law schools; by 2023 they accounted for 56% of the national
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REUTERS — Racial and ethnic diversity in law school enrollment did not decline in 2024, despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ban on affirmative action in college admissions and fears that the number of diverse law students would plummet as a result.
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REUTERS — National law student diversity held steady this year, but the number of Black and Hispanic first-year students enrolled at the nation’s most prestigious law schools declined 8% and 9% — likely the start of a “cascade effect” in which students of color end up at less-selective institutions following affirmative action bans, experts said.
Read More about Enrollment of Black and Hispanic law students decline at some law schools, diverging from national trendsAALS announces 2025 section award winners
THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN WORKERS — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is proud to announce the winners of its 2025 section awards.
Read More about AALS announces 2025 section award winnersAALS sections honor Harvard Law professor Guy-Uriel Charles with the Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy
THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS — Guy-Uriel Charles, Faculty Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice and Charles Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, is the recipient of the Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy, a joint recognition…
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THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS — Camille Nelson, Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law and Jessica Steinberg, John Marshall Harlan Dean’s Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School have been awarded the Deborah L. Rhode Award, a joint recognition by…
Read More about AALS sections to present Deborah L. Rhode Award to University of Hawai’i Law dean Camille Nelson and George Washington Law professor Jessica SteinbergBaylor Law professor Christopher Brett Jaeger and University of Florida Law professor Christopher D. Hampson selected as AALS Scholarly Papers Competition winers
THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOL LAW — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) has announced the winners of the 2025 AALS Scholarly Papers Competition for law school faculty members in the field for five years or fewer.
Read More about Baylor Law professor Christopher Brett Jaeger and University of Florida Law professor Christopher D. Hampson selected as AALS Scholarly Papers Competition winersAmerican Bar Association publishes fall 2024 data on law school admissions, tuition, and more
ABA — Information about Fall 2024 admissions and other matters reported by American Bar Association-approved law schools to the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is now publicly available. The information is required to be made public under Standard 509 of the Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools.
Read More about American Bar Association publishes fall 2024 data on law school admissions, tuition, and moreJason J. Czarnezki appointed dean of IIT Chicago-Kent Law
ILLINOIS TECH CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW — Jason J. Czarnezki has been appointed as the next dean of Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech), effective June 1, 2025.
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GEORGETOWN LAW — William M. Treanor, Dean of Georgetown Law and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University, announced today that he will step down from his position on June 30, 2025, when his current five-year term concludes at the end of this academic year, and that he will become a full-time member of the faculty.
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