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College Fund Offers American Indian Law School Scholarship to Attend Harvard Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Indian College Fund has announced its third American Indian Law School Scholarship for a student entering Harvard Law School in the fall of 2024. She plans to be the first Wampanoag tribal citizen to graduate from Harvard Law School this spring.

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Johanna Bond Appointed Dean of Rutgers Law School

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul. Johanna Bond Bond is currently the tenured Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Africana Studies and the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies programs.

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U.S. News: Law school rankings will continue, even as more schools opt out

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News & World Report’s rankings of the best law schools. The movement was initiated by Yale University last Wednesday when the school’s dean announced that the institution will no longer submit its data for review. News will therefore continue to rank the nearly 200 accredited law schools in the United States.”

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Forward Motion, Olivia Womack, 2024 Female Winner

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Female Sports Scholar is bound for law school in the fall. She expects to attend the University of Mississippi School of Law, because she is impressed with the social justice mission of its legal clinics. The track coach saw her potential and said she could probably earn an athletic scholarship, so she went all in.

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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Danielle Ren Holley, president-elect of Mount Holyoke College. The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. Danielle Ren Holley is breaking ground. She will step into her role on July 1, 2023.

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WI State Bar Reaches Partial Settlement in Diversity Lawsuit

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The clerkship initiative is a 10-week paid summer employment opportunity where first-year Marquette University Law School and University of Wisconsin Law School students are matched with employers from a variety of law firms, departments, and agencies.

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Budget issues at UK law school cause it to fall out of compliance with American Bar standard - MONICA KAST, Lexington Herald Leader

Economics and Change in Higher Education

David Rosenberg College of Law is out of compliance with one American Bar Association standard for accreditation related to finances, the association announced this week. The University of Kentucky J.