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African-American
The Soul of David Levering Lewis
The Soul of David Levering LewisAward-Winning Scholar Contemporizes Black Intellectual TraditionBy Ronald Roach At the 20th anniversary gala of Black Issues In Higher Education this past June, Dr. David Levering Lewis was honored with an inaugural John Hope Franklin Distinguished Contributor to Higher Education award. Lewis’ prize-winning scholarship played no small part in his selection […]
December 29, 2004
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Events
JANUARYJan. 5-8Association of American Law Schools (AALS)Annual Meeting“Engaged Scholarship”San FranciscoWeb: www.aals.org/amJan. 6-9National Black Student Leadership ConferenceThe Hyatt Regency-Crystal CityArlington, Va.Phone: (757) 220-7321Web: www.selg.com Jan. 11Anne Arundel Community College Juvenile Justice Conference of Maryland“Charting a New Course for the Future: Moving from Out-of-Home Placements to At-Home Treatment Supported by Wraparound Services”Pascal Center for Performing ArtsArnold, Md.Web: […]
December 15, 2004
Native Americans
Leading The Way
Leading The WayCelebrating 25 years in 2005, Philadelphia-based program seeks innovative ways to expand outreach effort for talented minority students in business and other disciplinesBy Ronald RoachAs a teen-ager from a working-class family in South Side Chicago, Charles Crockett had dreams of attending law school and becoming a corporate lawyer. In the summer of 1982 prior […]
December 15, 2004
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NAACP to Search For New Leadership
NAACP to Search For New LeadershipBALTIMORENational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) President Kweisi Mfume said Nov. 30 that he’s stepping down as the head of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights group to spend more time with his family.The organization’s legal counsel, Dennis Hayes, will serve as interim president while a […]
December 15, 2004
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Ayers Case Ends After Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal
Ayers Case Ends After Supreme Court Refuses to Hear AppealJACKSON, MISS.The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a Mississippi college desegregation lawsuit, ending a 29-year-old legal battle over state support of three historically Black universities. Officials say the state can now enforce a $503 million settlement designed to correct past neglect […]
November 3, 2004
Faculty & Staff
Alvin Chambliss Joins Indiana University Faculty
Alvin Chambliss Joins Indiana University FacultyAttorney fought Mississippi desegregation case for 30 yearsBLOOMINGTON, Ind. Growing up poor as one of 12 children in Columbia, Miss., Alvin O. Chambliss Jr. sometimes went hungry but never lost his appetite for knowledge. “I can say that some of the times during my high school years I was hungry,” […]
October 20, 2004
Leadership & Policy
Breaking Down the Walls
Breaking Down the WallsN o one was surprised when Dr. Marcus Cox’s Ph.D. in history from Northwestern led to job offers from Ohio State and Illinois State universities. But it came as quite a surprise to his friends when Cox passed on those schools to go to The Citadel — a small Southern military college […]
September 8, 2004
Faculty & Staff
American Indian Law Program Opens at Michigan State Law School
American Indian Law Program Opens at Michigan State Law SchoolEAST LANSING, Mich.Michigan State University (MSU) College of Law is launching the most comprehensive American Indian Law Program in the Midwest. MSU will offer one of only two formal programs east of the Mississippi River and one of the most comprehensive programs in the nation among […]
September 8, 2004
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‘A New Mountain to Climb’
‘A New Mountain to Climb’As the new dean of UC-Berkeley’s law school, Christopher Edley Jr. plans to continue the civil rights and social justice agenda work for which he has become well knownOn July 1, Christopher Edley Jr. became the dean of the University of California-Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law. The first African American to […]
July 28, 2004
Faculty & Staff
College of Charleston Law School to Open in August
College of Charleston Law School to Open in AugustCOLUMBIA, S.C. The Charleston School of Law can begin offering classes in August now that the state Commission on Higher Education has issued the school a license. The 13-member commission unanimously approved the fall opening of the private law school. Dean Richard Gershon said the school has […]
July 28, 2004
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Supreme Commentary
Supreme CommentaryQ: Do you think the Supreme Court’s decisions in the University of Michigan cases provide clear and specific guidance to colleges and universities on the use of race in academic admissions? Why or why not?”The court’s decision does not provide clear guidance on how to admit students, but it does make it clear that […]
July 16, 2004
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FAMU College of Law Nears Provisional Accreditation
FAMU College of Law Nears Provisional AccreditationORLANDO, Fla. Just two years after opening and one year before its first class will graduate, Florida A&M University College of Law is just one step away from being granted provisional accreditation.The American Bar Association (ABA) Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted […]
June 30, 2004
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