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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Beasley Beasley receives the full-time appointment, effective March 1, as Distinguished Professor of Practice and Public Service in the law school’s Department of Legal Studies. The mission of the law school is to educate lawyer leaders for their communities, our state and nation,” said William Hubbard, dean of the Joseph F.

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Anti-Apartheid Advocate and Human Rights Activist Randall Robinson Dies at 81

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Renowned human rights activist and civil rights lawyer Randall Robinson died Mar. from Harvard Law School – also spent time teaching as a professor of human rights law at Penn State University. 24 at age 81. Robinson died of aspiration pneumonia, NPR reported. Left to right) Sen. Robinson – he held a J.D.

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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

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We love his warmth, candor, and willingness to put a human face on the challenges of higher education leadership. Leaders Are Human, Too President Sorrell believes that a leader's willingness to show vulnerability can become a strength. It's really important that we just be human." They provide professional development."

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Remembering Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. (1952-2023)

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“Professor Ogletree was a once-in-a-century kind of law professor,” said Amos Jones, a Washington, D.C.-based based attorney who served as Ogletree’s research assistant during his time as a student at Harvard Law School. “He After Stanford, he attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1978. Professor of Law.

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

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He will be arriving this July from Minnesota Law School where he served as dean and set a record-high $106 million in fundraising, mightily surpassing its $80 million target in 2021 and doubling the school’s endowment overall at the end of his tenure. News Ranking’s public law school ranks 18 spots to #6.

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Student Law Society Offers Legal Support to LGBTQ+ Community

Insight Into Diversity

State lawmakers around the country introduced over 525 anti-LGBTQ+ bills during the most recent legislative session, and more than 70 were signed into law, according to the Human Rights Campaign. I think it’s important to have OutLaw, just in the law school space, period,” says Arey.

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SCOTUS Delivers a “Well-Done” Decision: Rare Justice for Higher Education

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Jackson native and NAACP President Derrick Johnson, a Yale Law School graduate, condemned the Supreme Court’s decision while singling out Justice Thomas. We will remind children they possess the brilliance to be admitted into any institution while advocating against unfair legacy and standardized test-based admissions policies.