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Texas educators seek clarification on Hopwood decision

Austin, Texas As African American admissions at Texas’s elite public universities go into a free-fall because of the Hopwood ruling, a free-for-all has ensued over the interpretation of the court decision that ended affirmative action in higher education in the state.

July 7, 2007

Students

Harvard scholars convene civil rights think tank – Cover Story

Cambridge, Mass. Recent court rulings against affirmative action have left some college admissions and financial aid officers asking, “If we can’t consider race as part of the admissions process, then how can we make sure Blacks, Latinos and other underrepresented ethnic groups are not shut out of higher education?”

July 7, 2007

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U.S. Supreme Court justices to spend part of summer teaching, traveling in Europe

WASHINGTON Here’s a proposition a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court can agree on, without rancor or regard for ideology: Europe is a good place to spend the summer.

July 4, 2007

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Program for aspiring law students seeks to boost minority lawyers

GREENSBORO N.C. Twenty college students from across the state are giving up a month of summer vacation to learn about law school as part of a program aimed at increasing the number of minority attorneys.

July 4, 2007

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Race is the talk of small Louisiana town

JENA La. It’s not yet 8 a.m. but there’s a line of men waiting for a $10 haircut at Doughty’s Westside Barber Shop.

July 4, 2007

Disabilties

Blind people march in Atlanta to call for better access to jobs and education

ATLANTA Hundreds of people, most tapping the ground with white canes, marched from a downtown Atlanta hotel to a city park more than half a mile away Tuesday to make a point: Blind people can do what other people do.

July 2, 2007

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Ohio Justices Attend Science Training Seminar at University

COLUMBUS Ohio Judges trying to keep up with scientific advancements say they face difficult decisions in determining what kinds of evidence to allow into courtrooms. As gatekeepers over what testimony is heard by a jury, judges must decide which experts are relevant and which are truly experts.

July 1, 2007

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Race and the Roberts Court

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last Thursday to limit the use of race in public school integration programs will not halt integration entirely, but does create setbacks for communities aiming to promote diversity in public schools, says Charles J. Ogletree Jr., a Harvard law school professor.

July 1, 2007

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$3 Million Pledge to LeMoyne Owen by City of Memphis OKed by Judge

MEMPHIS Tenn. A Memphis judge is allowing the city council to pay the first installment of a $3 million pledge to struggling Lemoyne-Owen College, after hearing arguments from a citizen against the gift.

June 29, 2007

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ABA Conference the Stage for Affirmative Action Debate

BOSTON Is the dearth of minority lawyers at elite law firms a result of racism or of faulty affirmative action programs? In a debate yesterday, David B. Wilkins, a Harvard University law professor, and Richard H. Sander, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, sought to address the reasons for Black underrepresentation in elite law firms. In 2005, non-White attorneys made up only 4.6 percent of partners at the nation’s largest law firms, according to the National Association for Law Placement.

June 28, 2007

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South Dakota’s Bar Exam To Cover Indian Law

PIERRE S.D. For the first time in state history, people wishing to become lawyers in South Dakota will have to be educated on the basics of American Indian law.

June 27, 2007

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Journey to Justice. – book reviews

As a reluctant spectator of the year-and-a-half-long O.J. Simpson murder trial, one of the most difficult tasks for me was to keep my personal distress over this particularly disturbing case separate from my regard for the many fine African-American attorneys involved on both sides of the bar.

June 23, 2007