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Law School's Enrollment Crisis? Looking Past the Headlines

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Enrollment data for the first law school class since the Supreme Court struck down the affirmative action in college admissions was released last December, and Dr. Sari Kisilevsky there was much concern about sharp declines in admission of Black and Hispanic students to elite law schools.

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Compounding Inequities in Law School Are Not Insurmountable

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Newly released data reveals that, although students of color are steadily making up a higher percentage of those receiving law degrees, racial diversity in law school admissions, and attendance remains relatively stagnant. Some measures of academic success also declined for law students of color in 2023.

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College Fund Offers American Indian Law School Scholarship to Attend Harvard Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Indian College Fund has announced its third American Indian Law School Scholarship for a student entering Harvard Law School in the fall of 2024. She plans to be the first Wampanoag tribal citizen to graduate from Harvard Law School this spring.

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Law Schools See Record Diversity Ahead of Affirmative Action Ban

Insight Into Diversity

The law school class of 2023, admitted before the U.S. The Law School Admission Council’s (LSAC) analysis of ABA data reveals that 40% of the current law school class are students of color, up from 39% in 2022, marking a third year of record diversity. of the first-year class.

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Forward Motion, Olivia Womack, 2024 Female Winner

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

School: University of Mississippi Year: Senior Major: Legal Studies Outdoor track & field season brought University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) sprinter Olivia Womack to the realization that every moment counts. The 2024 Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar is bound for law school in the fall. She’s a great leader.

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Indispensable Instructional Designers at Professional Schools 

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The consultant term works well to describe an ID because it is a familiar advisory term that helps describe the expectations and nature of the ID/faculty relationship (Carliner & Chen, 2024). Fuchsberg Law Center and teaches instructional design at Touros Graduate School of Technology. & Chen, Y. 13(1), 63-76.

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Law Schools Navigate the Shifting Inclusion Landscape

Insight Into Diversity

As law schools across the nation grapple with the tidal wave of recent anti-DEI laws, the foundation of inclusion and equity in legal education is being profoundly challenged, forcing law schools to rethink their approaches to fostering a wide net of representation. Despite these concerns, there is a silver lining.