Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy publishes study on Black law students’ race and ethnicity
ABA JOURNAL — People with two U.S. born, non-Hispanic Black parents comprise 11.71% of the general population, but only 6.34% of law students, according to a law review article recently published in the Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — Once the primary means for Black Americans to get a college education, historically Black colleges and universities, or H.B.C.U.s, now account for just 9 percent of such students. But top-tier H.B.C.U.s — long bastions of Black excellence — as well as others are increasingly becoming the first choice for some of…
Read More about Why more students are choosing HBCUsOpinion: Law schools play a large role in improving the diversity of the legal profession
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS — It’s no secret among lawyers and judges: The American legal profession has a diversity problem. People of color are underrepresented. There simply aren’t that many lawyers who are Black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The United Negro College Fund and the Steve Fund, an organization devoted to the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color, are teaming up to address mental health at historically Black colleges and universities and predominantly Black institutions, the organizations announced Tuesday.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Attorneys of color often carry a burden of expectations that others do not; pressure to perform perfectly at all times may weigh heavily on them, say Davis Wright Tremaine diversity, equity, and inclusion chief Yusuf Zakir and Major, Lindsey & Africa partner Kate Reder Sheikh. They write about steps firms can take…
Read More about Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts can aid diverse attorneys dealing with stress from perfectionismArizona State University Law associate professor Joshua Sellers receives fellowship to research election law
ASU NEWS — As election laws change over time, academic research is taking place to make sure voter’s rights are protected. This fall semester, Joshua Sellers, an associate professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University will research the relationship between election law doctrines, electoral structures, policies and practices, and…
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BC LAW — Boston College Law School’s Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) is one of 140 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 to $500,000 each through Cummings Foundation’s $25 Million Grant Program.
Read More about Grant to Boston College Law will support school’s public interest law foundationBrooklyn Law dean Michael T. Cahill to step down in 2023
GLOBAL NEWSWIRE — Brooklyn Law School President and Joseph Crea Dean Michael T. Cahill announced today that he will step down and rejoin the Brooklyn Law School faculty in the fall of 2023.
Read More about Brooklyn Law dean Michael T. Cahill to step down in 2023UC Berkeley Law dean and AALS President Erwin Chemerinsky releases statement on the accomplishments and unfinished work of Watergate
CISION PR WEB — Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and president of American Association of Law Schools, released a statement about successes and the unfinished work of Watergate 50 years later.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law dean and AALS President Erwin Chemerinsky releases statement on the accomplishments and unfinished work of WatergateUC Hastings Law celebrates students’ pro bono public interest work
UC HASTINGS — UC Hastings law students worked approximately 55,000 unpaid hours over the last year providing more than $7 million in free legal support to nonprofits, public agencies, and individual clients.
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