Tag: Law: Page 105

Students

Recent Law School Graduates Face the Tightest Job Market in Years

But amid lingering industry wide uncertainties, officials at some law schools are scrambling to ensure that underrepresented minorities get jobs.

April 20, 2011

Recruitment & Retention

Perspectives: Desegregating the Legal Community

The lack of diversity in the legal field is grounded within America’s law schools.

April 18, 2011

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Breaking Through the Bar Exam With Prep Courses

Law schools take action to reverse embarrassing bar exam failure rates by offering bar prep instruction.

April 12, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Getting Prior Practice, Preparation for Law School

Pre-law programs at many schools are helping law-school-minded undergrads gain an upper hand in the admissions process.

March 28, 2011

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As Judicial Nominee, Law Professor Goodwin Liu Lingers in Limbo

A year after President Obama nominated him to the federal bench, it remains uncertain whether University of California, Berkeley law professor and associate dean Goodwin Liu will ever assume the post.

March 6, 2011

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Diversity Officer Charged With Broadening Agency’s Outreach and Hiring

Internal Revenue Service diversity chief says recruiting a diverse staff is no challenge at all, if hiring managers are looking in the right place.

February 8, 2011

African-American

U.S. Civil Rights Commission Announces Reports on HBCU Effectiveness, Minority STEM Pursuit

The commission announced Monday that it has released The Educational Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Encouraging Minority Students to Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Careers (STEM) briefing reports.

December 6, 2010

Students

Rev. Jackson Debunks ‘Post-Racial’ Idea at Minority Legal Scholar Conference

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who twice ran for president, mocks the notion that the mere fact that a Black person is sitting in the White House means the nation has entered a “post-racial” era.

September 12, 2010

Students

Against Steep Odds, HBCU Leaders Rebuild Trust in Their Institutions

At struggling schools, a number of HBCU presidents have surmounted the stigma of accreditation woes by communicating their vision to parents and prospective students.

August 26, 2010

Students

Federal Appeals Court Hears University of Texas Admissions Case

Two White students who were denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to rule that the school impermissibly uses race in its undergraduate admissions decisions.

August 3, 2010

African-American

Thurgood Marshall’s Legacy Takes Center Stage in Washington

Drawing upon an extraordinary legal career and an affiliation with Howard University, the one-man play “Thurgood”, starring actor Laurence Fishburne, has opened in the nation’s capital where much of the heroic life of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall unfolded.

June 8, 2010

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Legislation Aimed at Limiting Louisiana Law Clinics Dies

A Louisiana Senate committee scuttled a bill Wednesday aimed at shuttering the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic that critics say would have hampered operations at all the state’s law clinics.

May 20, 2010