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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Edley spent more than two decades as a professor at Harvard Law School, where he and Orfield founded the Civil Rights Project in the aftermath of a 1996 court ruling that squelched race-conscious admission policies at many universities. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against the UT practices. Orrick, Jr.

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Veteran Sues U.S. Government, Alleges Racial Discrimination Against Black Vets

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

28 by the Yale Law School Veterans Legal Service Clinic on behalf of Conley Monk Jr. Monk’s applications for education, housing, and disability benefits for decades, before finally agreeing in December 2020 that he was, in fact, eligible all along,” a Yale Law School Veterans Service Clinic announcement read.

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Anti-Apartheid Advocate and Human Rights Activist Randall Robinson Dies at 81

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

from Harvard Law School – also spent time teaching as a professor of human rights law at Penn State University. Kitts in the Caribbean, with his wife, Hazel Ross-Robinson, in 2001. "I Edward Kennedy, D-Mass; Coretta Scott King; Randall Robinson Born 1941 in Richmond, Va., Robinson – he held a J.D. Robinson moved to St.

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Brietta Clark, Loyola Marymount Law School

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Burns Dean Brietta Clark, the 19th dean of LMU Loyola Law School, is the first woman and Black person to hold the position in the law schools history.

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Small College America – Profile: Hendrix College

Edu Alliance Journal

Approximately 75% of graduates who apply to medical or dental school are accepted, and the law school acceptance rate is 78%. Ashlie Atkinson (Class of 2001): An actress recognized for her work in film, television, and theater, Atkinson has appeared in productions like BlacKkKlansman, The Gilded Age, and Mr. Robot.”

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

Smart (2001). Failing Law Schools. Basic Books. 2014) Newfeld, C. Unmaking the Public University. Newfeld, C. The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them. Paulsen, M. The Finance of Higher Education: Theory, Research, Policy & Practice. Agathon Press. Rosen, A.S. Change.edu. Reynolds, G.

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Academic life on the big screen

LSE Higher Education Blog

Legally Blonde Sarah Street Professor of Film, Department of Film and Television Screen Research, University of Bristol, UK Films about academics tend not to feature the experiences of women, and back in 2001 this was even more so.

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