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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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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of South Carolina has announced that former South Carolina Gov. Rice School of Law. David Beasley Beasley receives the full-time appointment, effective March 1, as Distinguished Professor of Practice and Public Service in the law school’s Department of Legal Studies. Rice School of Law.

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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

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Image: When the University of Richmond’s Board of Trustees voted last fall to remove the name of alumnus and donor T. Williams from its law school, Williams’s descendants were irate. Smith responded with a letter denouncing the decision and accusing the university of hypocrisy and ingratitude.

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Patricia Timmons-Goodson Appointed Dean of North Carolina Central University School of Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Patricia Timmons-Goodson will become dean of the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School of Law , effective Jul. Timmons-Goodson’s work has earned her accolades and recognition as the Advocates for Justice- Appellate Judge of the Year; Order of the Long Leaf Pine; the UNC William R. Jackson, Jr.,

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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chris Edley was a smart, caring, determined advocate for justice who could move easily and powerfully through the mazes of top levels of law, politics, and research,” said Orfield, who is Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA Graduate School of Education and co-director of The Civil Rights Project at UCLA. Orrick, Jr.

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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. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass; Coretta Scott King; Randall Robinson Born 1941 in Richmond, Va., Robinson was one of the leaders of the anti-apartheid Free South Africa Movement. Robinson – he held a J.D.

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Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Creates LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kara Ingelhart “We are extremely excited to welcome Professor Kara Ingelhart as a clinical assistant professor of law and the inaugural director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s new LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic,” said Northwestern Pritzker Law Dean Dr. Hari Osofsky. Ingelhart will serve as a clinical assistant professor.

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