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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. IRS employees are human. Precisely the opposite is true.

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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. The mission of the law school is to educate lawyer leaders for their communities, our state and nation,” said William Hubbard, dean of the Joseph F.

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Johanna Bond Appointed Dean of Rutgers Law School

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul. Johanna Bond Bond is currently the tenured Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Africana Studies and the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies programs.

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St. Thomas University Law School Named Benjamin L. Crump College of Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The College of Law at St. Crump College of Law, making the law school the U.S.’s Crump College of Law at St. Thomas University is the latest step in an effort to encourage bridge-building among the legal profession, law enforcement, and our communities," said David A. Brunetti Human Trafficking Institute.

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Murky Guidelines on Using AI Recording Devices in Classrooms

Inside Higher Ed

Lee Tremblay was concerned when Georgetown University Law Center announced last year it would be using Otter, an artificial intelligence–powered transcription service, instead of relying on the human note takers Tremblay had used for the previous two years of law school.

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Following a dream to the bachelor’s completion program at Georgetown

Coursera blog

Amanda finds the online learning she needs to prep for law school and mor e Amanda is a student in the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies program at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies. For Amanda, it’s clear what lies ahead: “After graduation, I plan to apply for law school.”

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Honoring Dr. King’s legacy with our actions and our impact

UW Presidential Blog

Our Center for an Informed Public works to strengthen democratic discourse, and our Evans School of Public Policy & Governance is collaborating with UWs Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center on the NextGen Civic Leader Corps to help students connect to civic engagement and public service.