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Leadership & Policy

Black Trustee Flap Sparks S.C. Football Boycott Effort

South Carolina Black lawmakers are urging Black football recruits to reconsider playing for the University of South Carolina because the school could lose its lone Black trustee.

March 24, 2010

Students

A Cut Below

California students and faculty grapple with the effects of a state budget crisis in postsecondary education.

January 20, 2010

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LAST WORD : RACE-BLIND COLLEGE ADMISSIONS – BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD

If higher education is to successfully promote diversity enrollment, it will take a combination of targeted programs. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has called herself “the perfect affirmative action ba

January 6, 2010

Students

LAW : Challenging Tradition

As a young Indian-American growing up in mostly White southern New Jersey, Madhavi Sunder’s most vital links to her cultural heritage included her uncles, aunts and cousins who emigrated from India to the United States.

January 6, 2010

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Bishops Discuss Authority over Catholic Colleges

Fallout continues from the summer controversy over the University of Notre Dame awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights.

November 19, 2009

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Scholar’s Documentary Leads to S.C. Pardon for Tom Joyner’s Great-Uncles

Research by Dr. Henry Louis Gates and a legal scholar uncovered the innocence of four Black men, including two great-uncles of radio personality Tom Joyner, wrongly executed in 1915 for murder.

October 14, 2009

Latinx

Sotomayor Ushers In New Era for Latinas in Legal Profession

Today’s start to the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term with Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the bench represents for many female Hispanic lawyers and aspiring lawyers a new era regarding their place in the legal profession.

October 4, 2009

African-American

The Constitution, From a Black Perspective

Sept. 17 is the date the U.S. Congress chose for America to turn up the volume on one of Gloria J. Browne-Marshall’s favorite topics: the U.S. Constitution. Under guidelines from the Department of Education, all institutions across the country receiving federal funds are to have some activity on Constitution Day, Sept. 17, to focus on […]

September 16, 2009

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Downturn Dims Prospects Even at Top Law Schools

The economic recession is having a big impact on the legal profession. According to the New York Times, this fall, law students are competing for half as many openings at big firms as they were last year in what is shaping up to be the most wrenching job search season in over 50 years. Even […]

August 26, 2009

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Law School at Historically Black Southern University Unveils Expansion

The Southern University Law Center officially unveiled its completed expansion late last week.

August 24, 2009

HBCUs

FAMU Law School Granted Full Accreditation

The Florida A&M University College of Law reached a milestone accomplishment last week when the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions granted full accreditation to the Orlando-based law school.

August 4, 2009

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What to Learn in Obama’s ‘Teachable’ Race Moment?

You can’t solve a problem if you don’t discuss it.

July 30, 2009