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Breaking Thurgood Marshall’s promise – declining minority enrollment in higher education

Out of 268 first-year students enrolled at the law school of the University of California at Berkeley, only on is African American. Out of 468 at the University of Texas School of Law, only four are. Embedded in these cold facts is a personal story of how, forty-seven years ago, I witnessed the birth of racial justice in the Supreme court and how now, after forty-five years as a lawyer, judge, and law professor, I sometimes feel as if I am watching justice die.

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The evolving HBCU niche – historically Black colleges and universities

In recent years, much has been written about the challenges confronting American higher education. There is a growing interest in applying standards of accountability, and many states have reduced financial support, as colleges and universities find themselves competing with prisons and health care for the public treasury. On a variety of fronts, the nation’s colleges and universities are re-examining themselves and their value to society.

July 11, 2007

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Mischief makers: the men behind all those anti-affirmative action lawsuits – includes news analysis on court decisions that affect diversity in higher education

When a group of Republican state lawmakers last summer mounted a public campaign to find potential plaintiffs for a class-action lawsuit against the University of Michigan’s affirmative action admissions policies, Jennifer Gratz responded immediately. Gratz, a policeman’s daughter and former high school homecoming queen, had been rejected by Michigan in 1995 despite strong grades and high standardized-test scores.

July 11, 2007

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Derrick Bell: keeper of the flame – author of ‘Confronting Authority’ and Afro-American law professor at New York University

Editor’s note: No discussion of a commitment to diversity in higher education would be complete without talking to Derrick Bell. Unfortunately, as Black Issues was preparing the following article, Professor Bell fell ill and was unavailable for an interview. Black Issues is happy to report that at press time he was reported as doing better.

July 11, 2007

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Bar association grants UDC law school reprieve; accreditation is withheld, but some call decision “positive.” – American Bar Association; University of the District of Columbia School of Law

The troubled University of the District of Columbia (UDC) School of Law failed to win provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association (ABA) during its summer meeting held earlier this month in San Francisco. UDC Law School officials, however, will be given another chance to make their case for accreditation when the ABA reconvenes in January 1998.

July 11, 2007

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Cause for Action

Advocates for a more inclusive legal profession are worried about the decline in Black law student enrollment

July 11, 2007

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A Conversation With Cynthia E. Nance

Cynthia E. Nance was appointed last year as dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, joining a small but elite club of Black law school deans.

July 11, 2007

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Cause for Action

Advocates for a more inclusive legal profession are worried about the decline in Black law student enrollment

July 11, 2007

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FAMU Law Student, Son, and Three Others Mourned After Florida Plane Crash

SANFORD Fla. First year law student Janise Joseph-Woodard was supposed to be sitting in her criminal law class. Instead, there was an empty seat when her class met Tuesday night. Florida A&M University professors had to console her classmates after a small plane plowed into her home, killing Joseph-Woodard, 24, her 6-month-old son and three others.

July 10, 2007

Students

Clouded optimism: graduate and professional degree rate among minorities outpaces that of whites, but experts predict surge will end if affirmative action backlash continues – Special Report: Top 100 Graduate & Professional Degree Producers

The numbers of African Americans earning graduate degrees at American colleges and universities from 1991 to 1995 increased at rates more than double the general graduate student population.

July 10, 2007

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Law schools, measures of merit and the public’s perception of the legal profession

I see the affirmative action debate and the role of the LSAT (Law School Admissions Test) in that debate as the major challenges facing this organization – and legal education – over the next several years.

July 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Former Texas Southern U. President Wants Trial Moved Out of Houston

HOUSTON Defense attorneys for the former president of Texas Southern University want her trial on charges of misusing university funds moved, saying heavy media coverage will prevent finding a fair jury.

July 9, 2007