Drake Law to host fall webinar series on policies and practices that enforce systemic racism
BUSINESS RECORD — Drake University Law School will host a fall webinar series to address a broad array of policies and practices that perpetuate racial inequities in American society. The series of livestreamed talks, which begins Sept. 4, features Drake Law faculty and guests sharing their expertise about underlying structures that reinforce racism and oppression…
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UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS — This William S. Boyd School of Law course is a mandatory one-credit course for first-year law students. It was inspired by events unfolding across the country over the past several months.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School today announced plans to participate in the 2021–2022 Weil Legal Innovators Program (WLI), a paid fellowship that enables incoming students to defer their first year of law school to work at a WLI partner nonprofit organization.
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Hailey Hoyt was a Team USA figure skater throughout high school. Kyle White was a hammer thrower at the University of Washington. Both students entered the USC Gould School of Law with goals of careers in sports law.
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UT NEWS — The School of Law at The University of Texas at Austin is opening the Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center, which will be dedicated to advancing the discussion, education and scholarship of the First Amendment.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — With anti-Semitism surging globally, scholars are convening to discuss the role of law in combating religious and racial hatred, at a conference Sept. 10 co-hosted by the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy at the University of Virginia School of Law.
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EMORY LAW — Emory University School of Law will host an important new lecture series, “Emory Law Presents: Conversations about Racism in the 21st Century,” focusing on the role of law in creating and enforcing modern-day anti-Black racism.
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THE GAINESVILLE SUN — The University of Florida’s law school has restored a professor’s racial justice courses scheduled for this semester, reversing a decision that had barred the courses from being taught online, effectively canceling them.
Read More about University of Florida Law to offer Professor Michelle Jacobs’ class on racial justice online at after reconsiderationBig Ten Law schools to host virtual speaker series on law and racial equality
INDIANA UNIVERSITY NEWS — The nation’s Big Ten law schools will host a 12-week series of lectures relating to race, law, equality and other relevant issues starting Sept. 1. Spanning a wide range of topics, including abolition of the police force and mass incarceration, the series brings together — virtually — the nation’s leading scholars…
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CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY — Cleveland State University (CSU) and the University of Akron (UA) today announced the formation of a Joint Exploratory Working Group to consider a strategic partnership between the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and The University of Akron School of Law.
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