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Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles LGBT Center to Launch Legal Lifeline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tess Feldman Southwestern Law School is collaborating with the Los Angeles LGBT Center in launching the Asylum Law Clinic to better equip future lawyers in providing legal support to asylum seekers in the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

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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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Retired Navy Vice Admiral to Lead Texas Southern

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Throughout this process, I have learned so much about Texas Southern University, and I am honored to join this esteemed institution with such a rich history,” said Crawford. “I Crawford III was selected as the sole finalist for president of Texas Southern University. Crawford retired after 30 years with the U.S.

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An Outsider’s View, Self-Worth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2018, Chua and her husband, fellow Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld, were investigated for allegedly telling students to dress like models for a better chance at winning a clerkship with Brett Kavanaugh, now a U.S. It wasn’t just because her interests focused on a lesser-studied subset of law focusing on developing countries.

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

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Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history. His experience and notoriety made him a sought-after speaker to address anti-racism and racial justice in law school curricula and hate speech on college campuses. News Ranking’s public law school ranks 18 spots to #6.

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Panelists Discuss What a Post-Affirmative Action America Would Look Like

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

and Grace Stokes professor at New York University Law School. Murray said that she didn’t feel that the absence of affirmative action removed any stigma from minority students, as some advocates of ending the practice have said would occur. The participants were not optimistic. “To You can bet money on it.”

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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. He’s been advocating for this policy change for years and believes it will benefit the local Jewish community.

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