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Clarence Thomas Will No Longer Teach George Washington University Law Seminar

This week, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas informed George Washington University (GWU) that he will not return in the fall to teach a constitutional...

Illinois Law School, Minority-Serving Institution Create Undergrad JD-Pathway Degree to Increase...

Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Law (SIU Law) and Governors State University (GSU), a Minority-Serving Institution near Chicago, recently announced a joint degree...

University of Houston Law Center Dedicates DEI Efforts to Supporting Students...

Diversity Champions exemplify an unyielding commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout their campus communities, across academic programs, and at the highest administrative levels. INSIGHT...

American Bar Association Looks to Increase DEI in Law Schools Through...

The American Bar Association (ABA) has become a leading voice in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the legal profession and in law...

Cardozo Law School Project Helps Underrepresented Inventors Navigate the U.S. Patent...

Multiple studies have proved that diversity is a critical component in driving innovation. Yet when it comes to applying for patents in the U.S.,...

Haley Taylor Schlitz Becomes America’s Youngest Black Law School Graduate

Nineteen-year-old Texas native Haley Taylor Schlitz recently made history as the youngest Black American to ever earn a law degree when she graduated from...

Documentary Details Struggles and Successes of First-Generation Black Law Students

In 2021, documentary filmmaker Evangeline M. Mitchell released “Becoming Black Lawyers,” a short film that highlights the law school experiences of five first-generation African...

Two Prestigious Law Schools Eliminate Tuition for Low-Income Students

Yale Law School (YLS) and Stanford Law School (SLS) each recently announced that they are eliminating tuition for low-income students, making them the first...

Mitchell Hamline Welcomes First Incarcerated Law Student

Mitchell Hamline School of Law recently announced that Maureen Onyelobi, who is serving a life sentence in a Minnesota women’s prison, has been accepted...

Texas Law School, Houston NAACP Seek Clemency for Black Soldiers in...

The South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) and a local NAACP branch recently signed a legal agreement pledging to push for clemency...

Colorado Law School to Search for Wrongful Convictions Among 51 Criminal...

The University of Colorado Law School’s Korey Wise Innocence Project (KWIP) recently announced it is working with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to...

10 Law Schools to Guarantee Admission to Underrepresented Students

A new post-baccalaureate program aims to provide law schools with a means of offering deferred admission to first-generation and underrepresented applicants who may need...

Law Schools Support Criminal Justice Reform by Empowering Inmates

May 2020 marked the first time in the Law School Admission Test’s (LSAT) 73-year history that law school hopefuls could complete the exam from...

Law Students Learn to Represent the Underrepresented

Gaining hands-on experience is a critical part of becoming an effective lawyer, which is why many law schools around the nation offer clinical programs...

NYU Professor Makes History as First Black ACLU President

Deborah Archer, a New York University (NYU) School of Law professor, was named the eighth president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on...

LSAT Moves Online Due to COVID-19

While some higher education institutions have made the decision to waive ACT and SAT test requirements for the incoming class of 2020 due to...

Law Schools Have Started a Criminal Justice Reform Movement

Criminal justice reform is one of the most pivotal and divisive issues in the U.S. today. Mass incarceration, overworked public defenders, and a lack of rehabilitation...

Law Students Serve as the Frontline of Protection for the Undocumented

Kathryn Redmond, JD, spent spring break of her final year of law school in a San Antonio bus station. As a student volunteer with...

Environmental Law Students Are Behind a Movement to Protect Underrepresented Communities

The impact of climate change hits politically, socially, and economically disadvantaged communities first and hardest. After a decade of recession in Puerto Rico, where almost half...