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College Fund Offers American Indian Law School Scholarship to Attend Harvard Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Indian College Fund has announced its third American Indian Law School Scholarship for a student entering Harvard Law School in the fall of 2024. Samantha Maltais Photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer The goal is to eliminate financial hurdles to earning a juris doctor degree at Harvard Law School.

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Study Investigates Racial Minority Student Law School Experiences

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Having meaningful relationships with law school faculty and staff is essential for underrepresented racial minority (URMs) students as they decide on law school options, adjust to academic environments, and negotiate in-school experiences, a recent study found. law schools. law schools.

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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

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South Royalton’s main claim to fame, however, is that it is home to the Green Mountain State’s only law school. Vermont Law School has doled out juris doctor degrees to students from across New England and beyond since 1972. Vermont Law School is no different. Interest in J.D.

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Law Schools Navigate the Shifting Inclusion Landscape

Insight Into Diversity

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. Kerii Landry-Thomas, JD The U.S.

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Announcing the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine is pleased to announce the 109 institutions of higher education selected as recipients of the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award — including those in the community college and law school categories — and the 62 winners of the 2023 Health Professions HEED Award.

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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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Harvard Eliminates Diversity Statements in Hiring

Insight Into Diversity

Moving forward, they will be asked to detail their plans to “strengthen academic communities” and foster a “learning environment in which students are encouraged to ask questions and share their ideas.” In an April op-ed in The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Law School professor Randall L.