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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

Inside Higher Ed

Williams from its law school, Williams’s descendants were irate. Richmond president Kevin Hallock broke the news to Robert Smith, Williams’s great-great-grandson and a graduate of the law school, over the phone. “History and posterity will judge the University and the Board.”

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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

Inside Higher Ed

South Royalton’s main claim to fame, however, is that it is home to the Green Mountain State’s only law school. Vermont Law School has doled out juris doctor degrees to students from across New England and beyond since 1972. Vermont Law School is no different. Interest in J.D.

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U of California Law School Name Change Prompts Lawsuit

Inside Higher Ed

The descendants of the founder of the University of California Hastings College of the Law sued California on Tuesday to block the state from changing the name of the institution, the Los Angeles Times reported. “This is a critical step toward healing a traumatic history and rectifying wrongs.”

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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. There is a statistically significant difference in determinations for VA disability benefits 2001-2020, according to the legal clinic. A Marine Corps veteran is suing the U.S. The suit – filed Nov. claims that Monk Jr.

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Small College America – Profile Wabash College

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He has been president since 2020, and he has been with Wabash as a professor of chemistry and administrator since 1998. ” Continuity of Leadership Wabash has a history of stable and effective leadership, providing consistent direction and long-term strategic planning. The current President is Dr. Scott Feller.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history. In 2022, he earned a Diversity and Inclusion Award from Minnesota Lawyer and made the Lawyers of Color ‘s “Power List” in 2020 and 2023. News Ranking’s public law school ranks 18 spots to #6.

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Belmont plans to hire Jewish faculty for the first time

Inside Higher Ed

” The university plans to recruit Jewish faculty members to teach in the university’s law school, pharmacy school and new medical school, scheduled to open in 2024. It also can lead to a lack of consensus on things like this.”

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