Northeastern Law welcomes class of 2023
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Northeastern University School of Law is delighted to welcome the Class of 2023, which boasts the strongest academic profile in the school’s history. The school was drawn to this diverse class based on the wide variety of life experiences and passion for using the law to ensure the rule of justice.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Since its inception, the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice has strived to use interdisciplinary, data-driven research to tackle some of the most pressing problems in the criminal justice system.
Read More about Penn Law Quattrone Center summer internship program provides students opportunities in criminal justice researchLaw School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) releases report on diversity and inclusion in legal education
ABA JOURNAL — Law schools say they are focused on improving diversity. But students still feel marginalized based on race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status, according to a new report released by the Law School Survey of Student Engagement.
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PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine University’s Rick J. Caruso School of Law has begun critical work to broaden access to high quality law school education for exceptional but historically underserved student populations.
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TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT — Spring break may not be included on the spring academic calendar, Florida A&M University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Maurice Edington told trustees Thursday.
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THE HECHINGER REPORT — When I graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2003, I desperately needed a job. I was the mother of a 4-year-old daughter, and I was consumed by worries about child care, the car note for my used Honda Civic and saving for my own apartment. In addition,…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Undocumented immigrant college students, or Dreamers, are experiencing higher levels of anxiety about their legal status and increased financial and personal stresses due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey conducted by the scholarship-granting organization TheDream.US.
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Three judges of Asian Pacific descent offered advice to law students in a candid “fireside chat” hosted by the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Maryland and UB School of Law’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) .
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — CEOs, health care administrators, entertainment industry executives, journalists, nonprofit leaders and even a UCLA Bruin football defensive back are among the first 41 students to enter the new UCLA School of Law Master of Legal Studies program this year.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — From race and policing to the 2020 presidential election and COVID, a new series of zoom-based faculty-student conversations is exploring the latest issues shaping legal and political discourse.
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