St. Thomas University Law professor Mark Osler gives keynote on criminal justice issues
BAYLOR LARIAT — The first day of the 2022 Reconciliation Symposium began at 3:30 p.m. on Monday in Cashion 506 with a panel titled “The Plight of the American Criminal Justice System.” The symposium was sponsored by the Baylor Department of Journalism and the Baylor National Association of Black Journalists in conjunction with a number of other…
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SLS — On Friday, February 11, and Saturday, February 12, Stanford Law School (SLS) held one of its first in-person events after more than 18 months of Zoom meetings: the 2022 Stanford Law Review (SLR) Symposium. The gathering of law students, academics, civil rights experts and many others in a hybrid format, with a combination of…
Read More about Stanford Law hosts symposium on safeguarding the right to voteUniversity of Virginia Law International Human Rights Clinic aids in the release of environmental activists
UVA TODAY — In a case brought to light by the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, the Supreme Court of Honduras in February overturned the convictions of six environmental activists that drew the ire of the international community. In 2018, eight environmental activists in Guapinol were arrested after setting up a…
Read More about University of Virginia Law International Human Rights Clinic aids in the release of environmental activistsNew issue of The Washington & Lee Law Review features Black authors
THE COLUMNS — The W&L Law Review has published a first‑ever volume dedicated to showcasing the work of Black authors. All of the featured articles are the products of two writing workshops, the Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop and Writing Retreat and the John Mercer Langston Black Male Law Faculty Writing Workshop. W&L Law…
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DETROIT FREE PRESS — The Lawyers Look Like Me campaign was created by Wayne State University Law School students to highlight the importance of diverse voices in law.
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ABA JOURNAL — The Western New England University School of Law has demonstrated compliance with an ABA accreditation standard that requires a bar passage rate of at least 75% within two years, according to notice posted Monday. It was one of two law schools that was found to be out of compliance in December with the standard…
Read More about Western New England University found in compliance with ABA accreditation standardsYale Law and Racial Justice Center helps community tackle racial injustice issues
YALE NEWS — In 2021, Yale established a center based at Yale Law School to focus on racial injustice, perhaps the most pernicious and deep-rooted problem facing the United States. The Law and Racial Justice Center, now taking shape, will be a hub for related teaching, interdisciplinary research, and policy work. Fundamental to the mission of the…
Read More about Yale Law and Racial Justice Center helps community tackle racial injustice issuesHow Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination will affect higher education
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — President Joe Biden kept his campaign promise and nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Black woman, to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer. If confirmed by the Senate, Jackson, 51, would become the first Black woman to be a Supreme Court Justice. “I’m thrilled to hear…
Read More about How Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination will affect higher educationCollege faculty and staff face burnout from two years of COVID
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Right now, your best midlevel manager is updating her résumé. Your hardest-working director is controlling his excitement after learning the salary range for a private-sector opening. Your most trustworthy entry-level professional is writing a resignation letter because her new corporate position doubles her pay and doesn’t require nights or weekends. Two…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Much has been written about the Great Resignation. The sheer scale is obvious: about 25 million workers left their jobs in the second half of 2021 alone. More ambiguous is the downstream impact on the labor markets: Where will people choose to work, how will they prefer to work (remote or in-person) and…
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