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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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Best law schools: US News is revising rankings after list dropouts

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After some of the nation’s most prestigious institutions dropped out of its best law schools rankings, U.S. News & World Report’s best law schools. Yale University, which regularly lands at the top of the list, kicked off the exodus when law school Dean Heather K. Best law schools overhaul.

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Using the Law to Help Shape Public Policy - Jamelia N. Morgan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Tenured: Yes Age: 38 Education: B.A., political science, Stanford University; M.A., sociology, Stanford University; and J.D., I definitely didn’t think I was going to be a law professor, but I always wanted to be a teacher,” she says.

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For HSIs, “Servingness” is a Journey, Not an Endpoint

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On my father’s side of the family, I’m a third-generation college graduate whose aunt was a law school professor. But for an unlikely invitation to attend a “diversity day” at Colorado Mesa University, my path might have led to a much different place. She went on to become a law professor at the University of New Mexico.

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Strategic Affiliation in Higher Education: What Colleges Can Learn from the Colleges of Law and TCS Education System: Changing Higher Ed podcast 258 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Matt Nehmer

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Matt Nehmer, president of the Colleges of Law, shares what the affiliation has meant for the institution, how governance and operations evolved, and what other institutional leaders should consider when evaluating a similar strategic affiliation model. in Communications from Western Michigan University, an M.A. Dr. Nehmer holds a B.S.

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Students Weigh Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in College Decisions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Reagan Gonzalez began applying to law schools, she didn’t imagine that she would have to research the laws of the states to which she was thinking about moving. But now, after each state passed laws restricting LGBTQ+ rights, Gonzalez plans to cross them off her list. “I

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WI State Bar Reaches Partial Settlement in Diversity Lawsuit

Insight Into Diversity

The State Bar of Wisconsin agreed to change the definition of ‘diversity’ in its language for a program designated for underrepresented law students following a lawsuit by a conservative-backed organization.