Tag: legal profession

A new report from the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) finds significant racial disparities in employment rates for students who graduated from law...

On the anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in May, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced the names of...

Lawyers are often charged with protecting the rights of the nation’s most underrepresented populations, and yet the legal profession remains one of the least...

Shayla Parsons, a student in the University of Cincinnati Clermont College’s (UC Clermont) Paralegal Program, has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to improving access to...

Law schools have the opportunity and responsibility to create stronger and more culturally responsive legal education. Doing so should involve a robust focus...

According to the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), which administers the law school admission test (LSAT), the mean score of African American test-takers in...

As the majority of law schools struggle to diversify their student bodies, there are some that stand above the rest, eclipsing even the national...

When Nima Eshghi, JD, chose Northeastern University School of Law to pursue her legal degree, she did so knowing that the school was recognized...

There are many things to consider when making the decision to go into law. The state of the job market, type of position you...

INSIGHT’s discussion with chief diversity officers of three U.S. law firms  INSIGHT Into Diversity recently spoke with three chief diversity officers at law firms across the country...

Challenges and Recommendations to Addressing Diversity in the Legal Profession According to a 2014 review by the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession (IILP)...

INSIGHT Into Diversity spoke with Paulette Brown, president-elect of the American Bar Association, for our July/August issue. In this online-only portion of the conversation, she...