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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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Yale Law School Increases Need-Based Aid

Inside Higher Ed

The law school of Yale University has been known—and this is rare in law schools—for giving out all aid based on need. On Thursday, it announced an expansion of a full-tuition scholarship to students from families who earn up to up to 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

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Law Schools Should Abandon Merit-Based Scholarships

The Chronicle of Higher Education

News' rankings methods have encouraged the neglect of low-income students. News rankings methods have encouraged the neglect of low-income students. By Tamara F. Lawson and Heather K. Gerken Illustration by The Chronicle U.S.

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Duquesne Law School Receives $50M Gift

Inside Higher Ed

Kline has committed $50 million for “transformational support” of Duquesne University’s 111-year-old law school, which will now bear his name, the university announced Wednesday.

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

University Business

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

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. She’s a great leader.