Insight Into Diversity

JULY 2, 2024

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Born in 1942, he was an aspirational child who had his life planned out long before high school. He would go into the Air Force, followed by college, law school and then run for political office. He never made it to the Air Force or law school, but he made his political dreams come true. The rest is history.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The law schools of Duke University and the University of Michigan have withdrawn from participating in U.S. Kerry Abrams, dean of Duke’s law school, said , “We have long had serious concerns that the design and influence of these rankings create incentives that are not aligned with our mission and our values.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The American Bar Association will again consider a request from its Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to make law schools test optional. Ad keywords: administrators admissions Is this diversity newsletter?: The ABA House of Delegates rejected such a proposal this month. Hide by line?:

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

A new report from Law Students for Climate Accountability finds that the top 20 law schools in the U.S. law school. fossil fuel lawyers attended a top-20 law school. The Texas law school produces 12.9 percent more fossil fuel lawyers than the average law school.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 27, 2023

More medical and law schools have announced that they are leaving the U.S. The medical schools of Cornell University and the University of Chicago are the latest to join the movement. ” Ad keywords: administrators admissions Editorial Tags: Live Updates Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?:

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University Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

News & World Report’s rankings of the best law schools. The movement was initiated by Yale University last Wednesday when the school’s dean announced that the institution will no longer submit its data for review. News will therefore continue to rank the nearly 200 accredited law schools in the United States.”

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 3, 2023

News & World Report announced Monday that it would change its law school rankings, in which many top law schools have announced they will no longer participate. ” In addition, “Some law schools that are able to offer fellowships felt they were being undervalued, thus discouraging public service careers.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The murals couldn’t be taken down without destroying them, and Kerson sued to stop administrators from permanently covering them under an obscure law that prevents certain “modifications” of artists’ work, according to the Times. It proved harder than expected.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2024

The percentage of recent law school graduates employed in full-time, long-term Bar Passage Required or J.D. This dip was likely due to the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the legal market, cancelations and delays to bar admission exam administrations, and an approximately 1.4% for the Class of 2020.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Davidson has been appointed president and dean of Southern Illinois University’s Mitchell Hamline School of Law, effective July 1. Davidson serves as professor of law at the law school and has served as dean at SIU Law since July 2020. from Georgetown University Law Center.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 23, 2023

A Stanford University law school dean at the center of a free speech controversy has been placed on leave amid continuing criticism of the March 9 event, at which students shouted down federal judge Kyle Duncan, an anti-LGBTQ+ conservative, who had been invited to speak on campus. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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FIRE

OCTOBER 19, 2022

At a law school especially, students must learn that persuasion comes from improving your argument, not by yelling over your adversaries. UC Hastings, a public law school fully bound by the First Amendment, pledged to revise its policies to better protect student free speech rights.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

(Photo courtesy of the University of Kentucky) As part of a recently established partnership between Simmons College of Kentucky, a Louisville-based HBCU, and the University of Kentucky (UK), the institutions are creating a pre-law constitutional studies program at Simmons, which has not had a law school since the 1930s.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

He championed the role of Community Colleges, connected them to the needs of today's workforce, and helped lead the effort across the administration to lift up young men and boys of color through President Obama's My Brother’s Keeper initiative," said Valerie Jarrett, CEO of the Obama Foundation.

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FIRE

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In the message to Yale Law alumni, Dean Heather Gerken outlined the “concrete steps” the law school has taken, beyond what the broader Yale administration has done , “to reaffirm our enduring commitment to the free and unfettered exchange of ideas.” . Almost 1,500 people have signed it to date.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Kansas Supreme Court justice Caleb Stegall is leaving his adjunct position at the University of Kansas, rankled by the way administrators handled a controversy over a conservative speaker. Stegall, who earned his law degree at KU, taught appellate advocacy at the law school. Hide by line?:

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University Business

OCTOBER 17, 2024

When I went to law school right out of college, I was the youngest person in my law school class; however, my best friend turned out to be the oldest. Together our unique strengths and weaknesses complemented each other, helping us navigate the demands of law school. Options are key.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

A full recording has emerged of students at Stanford University law school disrupting a talk by Judge Kyle Duncan of the U.S. ” Ad keywords: administrators studentaffairs Is this diversity newsletter?: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Duncan was a target because he has a history of anti-LGBT activism. Hide by line?:

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne , associate dean for faculty and intellectual life at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, has been named president and dean of Albany Law School, in New York. Danielle Ren Holley , dean and professor of law at the Howard University School of Law, in Washington, D.C.,

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

Moreover, an instructional designer with administrative privileges, such as senior ID, director, or assistant dean, can work collaboratively with faculty and administration to create important policies and procedures, promote one-stop-shop modalities, and recommend innovative and transformative practices for learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Under her leadership, the law school increased its national profile, created new programming and pulled in more funding and resources. Dean Holley has led the law school to unprecedented heights, establishing the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center and driving applications to all-time highs.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

He has been president since 2020, and he has been with Wabash as a professor of chemistry and administrator since 1998. As a major employer, the college provides jobs to faculty, administrative staff, and support personnel. Alumni The majority of Wabash students enter graduate or professional school within five years of graduating.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 2, 2024

Students and faculty at Stanford Law School are leading advocacy efforts in intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD) law and policy by developing new resources and increasing awareness of, and access to, existing services and supports. People can use this information to prepare for their own proceedings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

On my father’s side of the family, I’m a third-generation college graduate whose aunt was a law school professor. Investing in diversity among faculty, staff and administrators is a critical component. Margaret Montoya, my father’s sister, was the first Latina to be accepted to Harvard Law School.

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University Business

AUGUST 2, 2023

Today, the university’s law school announced that it would soon promote the use of AI tools for students crafting their admissions materials, believing that allowing students to use it might promote accessibility among college applications, according to AZ Central.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Yale Law School’s decision to stop participating with the seminal college ranking service in November prompted a wave of other prestigious graduate programs to follow through; at least a dozen medical schools and 40+ law schools quit participating. Coming into 2023, U.S. News found itself in on the back heel.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

Pattee Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, has been chosen as president of Bates College, in Maine. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?: Jenkins , dean and William S. Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The president-elect currently serves as co-chair of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and sits on the board of the Law School Admissions Council. She also earned awards with the Association of American Law Schools and the National Bar Association, to name a few honors. “I

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 12, 2022

It will be his second position in the windy city, after serving as dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 2010 to 2015. Before that, he was dean of the UCLA School of Law. " Ad keywords: administrators executive Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The university will continue to offer in-person courses at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and at its law school, in California. Ad keywords: administrators Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?: Trending: Live Updates: liveupdates0

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2022

Ad keywords: administrators diversity Is this diversity newsletter?: “The demand for diversity statements enlists academics into a political movement, erasing the distinction between academic expertise and ideological conformity. It encourages cynicism and dishonesty.” Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

“This will result in both academic and administrative staff changes. ” Of the eight professors laid off, Manhattanville says three will take on other administrative roles and five will leave after the spring term.

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EAB

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Honorable Mention: Business Administration. The qualification “Master of Business Administration (MBA)” ranked second among fundamental skills. 2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them. Here are the top three programs (and one honorable mention) that confer in-demand skills in reverse order.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

Campus administrators and some members of the local Jewish community celebrated the shift as a step toward greater interreligious inclusion, aligned with recent Jewish-Christian interfaith efforts at Belmont. The Board of Trustees and Faculty Senate also plan to consider a similar decision at the undergraduate level later this year.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 23, 2022

They are demanding higher wages in contract negotiations, which started in May 2021 and came to a standstill this summer after the administration made concessions on benefits and working conditions but failed to meet them on pay. “I think it looks really bad for the AU administration,” Bahry said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

and Grace Stokes professor at New York University Law School. Murray believes that such a ruling will only be the beginning of battles about how race can factor into the operations of a school, in areas such as the administration of scholarship money and the hosting of affinity groups. You can bet money on it.”

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