Black Lawyers Matter conference explores ideas to improve the diversity of the legal profession
REUTERS — Law schools consistently fall short in helping Black students on the job market, said panelist Jim Leipold, executive director of the National Association for Law Placement. Over the past six years, the gap between white and Black law graduates landing jobs that require passing the bar exam averaged 18 percentage points, he said. Black law…
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UIC LAW — Recognizing the opportunity to critically address legal inequities in the traditional core law courses, the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law) launched a 1L Antiracist Curriculum Project in Fall 2021. The project offers UIC Law’s faculty a comprehensive set of materials with which to incorporate antiracist teaching and practice into…
Read More about UIC Law creates antiracist curriculum project for first-year studentsLarge gift to South Texas College of Law Houston to establish Benny Agosto, Jr. Diversity Center
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW — Houston trial attorney Benny Agosto, Jr.’s recent gift to establish a diversity center at his alma mater, South Texas College of Law Houston, combined two of his life passions: giving back to the community and encouraging more diversity in the legal field. In grateful recognition of the $3 million gift from…
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THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Akron School of Law Professor Mike Gentithes, will discuss “100 Years of Press Freedom: Where Free Press Litigation Leads, Society Follows” in a virtual Akron Press Club program at noon Wednesday, October 20, 2021. He will talk about how defamation, prior restraint and censorship cases brought changes…
Read More about University of Akron Law professor Mike Gentithes to give presentation on freedom of the press to Akron Press ClubUniversity of Akron Law students contribute to success of new medical technology innovation competition
THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — You can think of Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)’s new NEOvations Bench-to-Bedside program as the region’s grad student Shark Tank for medical innovation – without the bite. Modeled after a world-renowned program at the University of Utah, NEOvations B2B brings medicine and pharmacy students from NEOMED together with law,…
Read More about University of Akron Law students contribute to success of new medical technology innovation competitionArizona State University Law honors judge Elizabeth Odio Benito with O’Connor Justice Prize
ASU NEWS — Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito, president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, has been named the seventh recipient of the O’Connor Justice Prize. She was the first female professor at the University of Costa Rica Law School, founded the Human Rights Institute of Costa Rica and has served as the minister of justice…
Read More about Arizona State University Law honors judge Elizabeth Odio Benito with O’Connor Justice PrizeBaylor Law to host 14 law schools for new transactional law competition
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY LAW — On Monday, October 11, 2021, Baylor University School of Law announced the 14 law schools that will participate in the sixth annual The Closer Transactional Law Competition in January 2022. The Closer is a highly selective competition with invitations extended to law schools whose programming demonstrates a commitment to excellence in practical transactional…
Read More about Baylor Law to host 14 law schools for new transactional law competitionUCLA Law students advocate for incarcerated clients in bail practicum
UCLA LAW — In courthouses at opposite ends of Los Angeles County this fall, eight students in UCLA School of Law’s innovative Bail Practicum stood up and advocated for four incarcerated clients who had been awaiting trial while in custody for seven weeks to 14 months. In all four cases, they earned favorable outcomes. The students —…
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UCLA LAW — Thanks to the work of students and faculty of the UCLA School of Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic, two Southern California men serving life sentences in federal prison for non-violent drug convictions were granted compassionate release this year, allowing them to return home to their families. The clinic’s co-directors, Professor Ingrid Eagly and Lecturer Julie…
Read More about UCLA Law clinic gains release of two clients serving life sentencesCase Western Reserve Law partners with six universities to enroll underrepresented students
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — Case Western Reserve University School of Law is pleased to announce that it has concluded agreements with Hampton University, Morehouse College (pictured with CWRU Law, above), Spelman College, Tuskegee University, University of Alaska Anchorage and Xavier University of Louisiana, which offer graduating students from those schools special incentives to apply to…
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