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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

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Williams from its law school, Williams’s descendants were irate. Richmond president Kevin Hallock broke the news to Robert Smith, Williams’s great-great-grandson and a graduate of the law school, over the phone. “History and posterity will judge the University and the Board.”

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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

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South Royalton’s main claim to fame, however, is that it is home to the Green Mountain State’s only law school. Vermont Law School has doled out juris doctor degrees to students from across New England and beyond since 1972. Vermont Law School is no different. Interest in J.D.

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Veteran Sues U.S. Government, Alleges Racial Discrimination Against Black Vets

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28 by the Yale Law School Veterans Legal Service Clinic on behalf of Conley Monk Jr. There is a statistically significant difference in determinations for VA disability benefits 2001-2020, according to the legal clinic. A Marine Corps veteran is suing the U.S. The suit – filed Nov. claims that Monk Jr.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

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Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history. In 2022, he earned a Diversity and Inclusion Award from Minnesota Lawyer and made the Lawyers of Color ‘s “Power List” in 2020 and 2023. News Ranking’s public law school ranks 18 spots to #6.

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Belmont plans to hire Jewish faculty for the first time

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” The university plans to recruit Jewish faculty members to teach in the university’s law school, pharmacy school and new medical school, scheduled to open in 2024. It also can lead to a lack of consensus on things like this.”

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700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Here’s what that could mean for your institution

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The History of Higher Ed for Incarcerated Students. Thanks to countless justice initiatives and the Second Chance Pell experiment program (2020), the American Department of Education announced all eligible incarcerated students will once again be able to receive Pell Grant funding starting July 1 st , 2023. November 14, 2022.

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American U staff strike for higher wages

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The union, organized by SEIU Local 500, won its election in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, riding a wave of collective organizing in higher education. He said that while there is a long history of union organizing among professional staff at colleges and universities, militant tactics have become more common in recent years.