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The Law School Hiring Market Undervalues Women, Minorities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The latest attack on efforts to support diversity comes in the form of a lawsuit targeting Northwestern University’s law school. The suit accuses the school’s faculty and administration of snubbing high-profile white male applicants. There are, in fact, lots of women tax law professors. Precisely the opposite is true.

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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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Veteran Sues U.S. Government, Alleges Racial Discrimination Against Black Vets

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

28 by the Yale Law School Veterans Legal Service Clinic on behalf of Conley Monk Jr. Monk’s applications for education, housing, and disability benefits for decades, before finally agreeing in December 2020 that he was, in fact, eligible all along,” a Yale Law School Veterans Service Clinic announcement read.

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Adult learners: 4 important ways to better support them

University Business

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.

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Rutgers Law Clinic to Represent Tenants in Building Mismanagement Case

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Rutgers Law School Housing Justice & Tenant Solidarity Clinic is representing members of 75 Prospect Street Tenant Association in lawsuits against companies owned or managed by Ron Kutas, alleging that he is responsible for a building’s deteriorating condition.

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Why the college essay will never be the same due to AI, related technologies

University Business

This kind of guidance, which echoes that of Arizona State University’s Law School , suggests it relies on a degree of honesty from its applicants. Tech companies, like ParaAI , are creating services that can refine AI-produced text to provide more sophisticated prose. ParaAI is a student startup at Colby.

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Student Law Society Offers Legal Support to LGBTQ+ Community

Insight Into Diversity

Zach Baumgarten, JD “[The tool kit is] mainly about educating folks on what the processes are, where you would go to do the things that you need to, what documents you can and can’t change, things like that,” says Zach Baumgarten, JD, staff adviser for OutLaw and program director of Bowen’s Veterans Pro Bono Services Center. “So