Opinion: Executive Order targeting critical race theory is misguided
EDUCATION WEEK — The policy to eliminate critical race theory includes the U.S. Department of Education, which in turn monitors state, district, and school compliance with civil rights mandates. Thus, schools—which can be the first place many students will personally experience racism—may be affected by these misguided policy changes.
Read More about Opinion: Executive Order targeting critical race theory is misguidedFlorida A&M Law’s Legal Connections program assists community organizations working for racial justice and policy reform
FAMU COLLEGE OF LAW — The deans of the 12 law schools in Florida have formed the Florida Law Schools’ Consortium for Racial Justice. This collective will leverage the strengths and educational roles of every law school in the state to assist community organizations fighting for racial justice and policy reform throughout Florida.
Read More about Florida A&M Law’s Legal Connections program assists community organizations working for racial justice and policy reformHarvard Law and Howard Law partner on initiative to examine the role of lawyers in social change
THE HARVARD CRIMSON — The Systemic Justice Project at Harvard Law School has partnered with Howard University School of Law to launch a year-long initiative exploring the role lawyers can play in creating social change. The Justice Initiative aims to bring together law students, faculty, legal professionals, and activists.
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ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS — By creating a space for our collective voices as leaders of law schools to engage our institutions in the fight for justice and equality, we strive to focus our teaching, scholarship, service, activism, programming, and initiatives on strategies to eradicate racism.
Read More about AALS website: Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse ProjectCalifornia bar examinees report technical problems related to facial recognition software
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE — Required by state shelter-in-place rules, online testing raised concerns of a level playing field – those better off were more likely to have quiet space and stable internet connections – and of specific discrimination against students of color because of the software’s use of facial recognition software.
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WESTLAW TODAY — With the California bar exam just days away, the American Civil Liberties Union has renewed privacy and bias warnings over the use of software from ExamSoft for the mostly online exam.
Read More about ACLU issues bias and privacy warnings regarding California’s online bar examCollege promise programs see drop in funding due to state budget cuts
INSIDE HIGHER ED — College promise programs have increased in popularity in recent years. Now, amid a pandemic and a recession, they might be on the chopping block. Some states are making, or at least predicting, budget cuts in the billions, some of which will have to come from higher education systems.
Read More about College promise programs see drop in funding due to state budget cutsColleges publish COVID-19 dashboards with little guidance from regulators and public health authorities
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Absent a national standard for how higher education institutions should report COVID-19 cases on their campuses, many colleges have taken to publishing information on cases on online dashboards. But observers say the dashboards vary greatly in terms of completeness and transparency.
Read More about Colleges publish COVID-19 dashboards with little guidance from regulators and public health authoritiesPandemic reveals gender inequities among women college faculty
THE NEW YORK TIMES — The pandemic has laid bare gender inequities across the country, and women in academia have not been spared. Many universities struggled to put meaningful policies in place to help faculty, especially caretakers and women. But the issues that women in academia are now facing are not new.
Read More about Pandemic reveals gender inequities among women college facultyLawsuits aim to address gender pay discrimination in the legal academy
ABA JOURNAL — Law school deans often have significant discretion in deciding what to pay professors, and their unchecked decisions can be tainted by gender bias, according to lawyers interviewed by the ABA Journal. Dean evaluations can be biased with men getting more respect for their research and writing, with little regard for the work’s quality.
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