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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of South Carolina has announced that former South Carolina Gov. Rice School of Law. 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. Rice School of Law.

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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

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Image: When the University of Richmond’s Board of Trustees voted last fall to remove the name of alumnus and donor T. Williams from its law school, Williams’s descendants were irate. Smith responded with a letter denouncing the decision and accusing the university of hypocrisy and ingratitude.

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Acting Temple University President, DEI & Civil Rights Advocate Dies Suddenly

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JoAnne Epps, the acting president of Temple University, died suddenly on Tuesday after she fell ill during a memorial service for Charles L. Blockson, historian and curator of the Blockson Afro-American Collection, at the university. according to the university. according to the university.

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Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Creates LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic

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Kara Ingelhart “We are extremely excited to welcome Professor Kara Ingelhart as a clinical assistant professor of law and the inaugural director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s new LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic,” said Northwestern Pritzker Law Dean Dr. Hari Osofsky. Ingelhart will serve as a clinical assistant professor.

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Forward Motion, Olivia Womack, 2024 Female Winner

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School: University of Mississippi Year: Senior Major: Legal Studies Outdoor track & field season brought University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) sprinter Olivia Womack to the realization that every moment counts. Female Sports Scholar is bound for law school in the fall. The 2024 Arthur Ashe Jr.

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Patricia Timmons-Goodson Appointed Dean of North Carolina Central University School of Law

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Patricia Timmons-Goodson will become dean of the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School of Law , effective Jul. Timmons-Goodson’s work has earned her accolades and recognition as the Advocates for Justice- Appellate Judge of the Year; Order of the Long Leaf Pine; the UNC William R. Jackson, Jr.,

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

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from Harvard Law School – also spent time teaching as a professor of human rights law at Penn State University. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass; Coretta Scott King; Randall Robinson Born 1941 in Richmond, Va., Robinson was one of the leaders of the anti-apartheid Free South Africa Movement. Robinson – he held a J.D.