Wayne State Law professor Stephen Calkins provides cultural opportunities to first-year students
TODAY @ WAYNE — Growing up in a musical family, Stephen Calkins, J.D., enjoyed playing trumpet in a band with his eight siblings back home in Buffalo, New York. But now, the law professor is beating a drum to provide cultural opportunities to his students through the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s (DSO) Soundcard Student Membership program.
Read More about Wayne State Law professor Stephen Calkins provides cultural opportunities to first-year studentsYale Law celebrates 200 years of legal education
YALE LAW SCHOOL — Throughout 2024, Yale Law School will mark its bicentennial anniversary with a commemoration of its storied history, current impact, and future vision for legal education.
Read More about Yale Law celebrates 200 years of legal educationColleges face legislation challenging diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — At least 14 states this year will consider legislation that could dismantle the ways college administrators attempt to correct historical and structural gender and racial disparities and make campus climates more inclusive, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education analysis.
Read More about Colleges face legislation challenging diversity, equity, and inclusion initiativesHow the 2024 election could affect higher education
INSIDE HIGHER ED — With higher education becoming more politicized, it’s poised to play a more prominent role than usual in this year’s presidential and congressional elections. The outcomes will carry huge policy implications.
Read More about How the 2024 election could affect higher educationNALP report: Women hold half of associate positions at US law firms
NATIONAL JURIST — Despite diversity growth stalling in some areas within the summer associate classes, new data from The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) shows continued overall advancement in the representation of women, people of color and LGBTQ individuals within U.S. law firms — especially women, whom now constitute a little over 50% of…
Read More about NALP report: Women hold half of associate positions at US law firms2023 AALS President and Villanova Law dean Mark Alexander reflects on the past year
LAW.COM — Reflecting on his year as president, Alexander said his theme for the past year has been “defending democracy,” saying that “law schools have a critical role to play in the future of our democracy.”
Read More about 2023 AALS President and Villanova Law dean Mark Alexander reflects on the past yearLSAC President Kellye Testy to become AALS Executive Director and CEO on July 1
REUTERS — Law School Admission Council President Kellye Testy will step down this summer to become the executive director of the Association of American Law Schools, the AALS said on Thursday.
Read More about LSAC President Kellye Testy to become AALS Executive Director and CEO on July 1Video: 2023 AALS President Mark Alexander discusses ‘Defending Democracy’ with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson at the AALS Annual Meeting
C-SPAN — Paul Clement and Donald Verrilli, both former U.S. solicitors general, discussed the ways political issues are argued and decided at the Supreme Court.
Read More about Video: 2023 AALS President Mark Alexander discusses ‘Defending Democracy’ with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson at the AALS Annual MeetingWashington & Lee Law dean Melanie Wilson becomes AALS President
THE COLUMNS — Melanie D. Wilson, Dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr., Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, has been named to the National Jurist’s 2024 list of the 20 Most Influential People in Legal Education. Wilson is number 14.
Read More about Washington & Lee Law dean Melanie Wilson becomes AALS PresidentUniversity of Virginia Law dean Risa Goluboff joins AALS Executive Committee
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Dean Risa Goluboff of the University of Virginia School of Law has been elected to the Association of American Law Schools Executive Committee and named a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation trustee.
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