University of Houston Law hosts discussion on diversity in the legal profession
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Sixty-four Black attorneys throughout Texas virtually took part in the Dean’s Diversity Dialogue: Texas Big Law, Black Law Partner/Corporate Counsel Summit on April 25 to discuss recruitment and retention of, and collaboration among Texas Black lawyers. Studies show that Black attorneys make up only 4.7% of the legal profession and…
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THE DIG — Kansas native and first-generation Kenyan-American Adisa Omido is graduating Howard University School of Law having founded Howard’s Space Law Society, the first organization of its kind at an HBCU. Following graduation, Omido will join corporate law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Washington, D.C. She sat down with Howard’s…
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UIC LAW — More than 75,000 Afghans have been resettled in the U.S. since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in August 2021. In the nine months since, local human rights organizations have responded with aid, but these organizations often need help addressing gaps in refugee services, like legal questions surrounding asylum and immigration processes.…
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IOWA LAW NEWS — Two words capture second-year law student Ellen Wiah: motivated and adaptable. With a passion for the law and a determined spirit, Wiah is well on her way to making an impact on the legal profession.
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U OF L NEWS — Jesten Sylvester Slaw, a U.S. Army veteran receiving his juris doctor from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, is the scheduled morning ceremony speaker for the May 14 Spring Commencement exercises.
Read More about University of Louisville Law student Jesten Sylvester Slaw selected as student commencement speakerUMass Law student Katelyn Fisher discusses how background in science contributes to her legal education
UMASS LAW — Katelyn Fisher, JD ’22 graduated from UMass Dartmouth in 2019 with a biology major and has excelled as a UMass Law student. She was a member of the UMass Law Review, serving as Lead Editor this year, and interned for Justice Elspeth B. Cypher at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. She worked…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — In its third year, Miami Law is offering its Summer Legal Academy three-week program to expose diverse high school and college students to the law school experience to open a window to pursuing careers in the legal field.
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NEBRASKA TODAY — Isabella Jacobsen, an animal science major who will attend Nebraska Law in the fall, started her own baking business and is part of the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship program.
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KHOU — Ethan Szumanski has been accomplishing things on his own clock since he was a kid.
Read More about South Texas College of Law Houston student Ethan Szumanski to become youngest graduate in the school’s historyUniversity of Virginia Law student Elizabeth Harris discusses aspirations in public service
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Once you’ve been inside the foster care system, as third-year student Elizabeth Harris once was, there are things you can’t unlearn, unknow or unsee. But after Harris graduates from the University of Virginia School of Law on May 22, she hopes to use her degree, skills and passion…
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