University of Colorado Law professor Suzette Malveaux testifies in support of police accountability bill
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL — On June 10, University of Colorado Law School Provost Professor of Civil Rights Law Suzette Malveaux testified before the Colorado House Finance Committee in support of a bill promoting measures to enhance police accountability and integrity.
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TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT — As members of the faculty and administration at the Florida State University College of Law, we write to call on the Florida House of Representatives to complete the legislative work that will allow us to rename the law school building.
Read More about Florida State University Law faculty call to rename law school building over legacyUIC John Marshall Law hosts CNN’s Bakari Sellers for discussion on race and injustice
UIC JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL — On June 8, UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago hosted Bakari T. Sellers for “A Conversation about Race & Injustice in America.” The discussion, available on the Law School’s YouTube page, was moderated by Professor Teri McMurtry-Chubb, who joined UIC John Marshall from Mercer University School of Law and has…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Boley Law Library has created a Protest Resource Guide to provide practical and academic support for protestors within the Lewis & Clark community.
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Maine School of Law will host several virtual public forums designed to examine the racism in our laws and institutions, and to discuss specific policies and practices that could be implemented by local communities and the government to facilitate change through law.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO — The University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law is rethinking its name, in light of concerns raised by students about President Franklin Pierce’s opposition to abolition. In a press release late Friday, the law school announced that it has “begun to evaluate the law school’s name as part…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Reed Hastings, the co-founder and CEO of Netflix, and his wife, Patty Quillin, a philanthropist, are donating $120 million to Spelman College, Morehouse College and the United Negro College Fund. The donation is the largest ever individual contribution to support scholarships at historically black colleges and universities, according to a news release.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The coming campus protests will not simply be confined to campus police “reform,” or “bad apples” in our academic communities. Instead, it will be systemic and comprehensive. After they are done with institutional racism as represented by the police, including campus police, who do you think they’ll come for next?
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Many colleges have not meaningfully addressed their own histories of exclusion and must work harder to engage in racial healing, write Adrianna Kezar, Sharon Fries-Britt and Lorelle Espinosa
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges are increasingly observing June 19, the day that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Interest in the holiday has recently spiked in the wake of nationwide protests against police brutality and racism.
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