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

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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. Samantha Maltais, an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, is the current scholarship recipient.

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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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University of Virginia Law Establishes Education Rights Institute

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The University of Virginia School of Law is launching a new Education Rights Institute to enhance understanding, scholarship, and resources for K-20 schools and disadvantaged students. Department of Education. She previously served as an attorney with the General Counsel’s Office of the U.S.

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In Equity Efforts, Where Does Title IX Truly Stand?

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This included a disproportionate number of athletic opportunities for male athletes and a shortfall in investment in women’s athletic programs, including athletic scholarships, recruiting, and coach compensation. She says she would like to see the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, act on some of the sports-related issues.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

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to offer scholarships to DACA students. In the past year, MHC created a land acknowledgement policy, established two full-tuition scholarships for Native American/American Indian students, expanded and rededicated the Indigenous cultural center, and hosted MHC’s second annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Teach-In.

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Struggling to set graduate enrollment goals? Here’s our step-by-step guide.

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At the grad level, enrollment goals could be set at the college, department, or even program level. You’ll also need to consider discounts, such as scholarships and grants. 2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them. Faculty Influence. Learn more. Get more insights. November 9, 2022.

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Rankings and the line of best fit – the ultimate guide or a blunt instrument?

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As the marketisation of higher education continues, marketing departments often turn to rankings to sell courses and programs. Rhode Island School of Design has recently joined a handful of US law schools and medical schools to have withdrawn from consideration for the US News ranking.