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The Department Of Education Finally Dropped The ‘No DEI By Proxy’ Shoe We Were All Waiting For

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Our speculation has largely been focused on what admissions in higher ed would look like — because that’s what the case was about — but a recent letter shows we should be just as interested in what’s happening in K-12 education. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.

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Law Schools Respond To The Executive Threatening To Cut Federal Funding Over DEI

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The Department of Education’s recent “Dear Colleague” letter threatened all schools that fail to whitewash their curricula with having federal funding snatched from them. The Antonin Scalia Law School took down its diversity page entirely. … Schools are facing a Feb. Louis School of Law.

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5 Thought Leadership Hacks Lawyers Should Know

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Types of Content to Consider Blogs: Written articles that provide education, legal updates, or case studies. By strategically outsourcing parts of the process to a content writer, social media manager, or SEO expert you can maintain a steady flow of high-quality content while focusing on your legal practice.

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ABA Suspends DEI Accreditation Requirements For Law Schools

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Law schools have been stuck between a rock and the Trump administration when it comes to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion on their campuses. It also didn’t hurt that the ABA required law schools to foster diversity if they intended to gain or keep their accreditation. Louis School of Law.

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Georgetown Law Student Group Calls Skadden Cowards, Opts Out Of Recruitment Event

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Earlier : Georgetown Law To Ed Martin: F All The Way Off Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.

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Most State Bars Will Have To Choose Between Diversity Or Dollar Signs

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Shortly after the Department of Education’s “Dear Colleague” letter , we got word of law schools scrubbing DEI mentions from their websites and that the American Bar Association decided to stop enforcing DEI accreditation requirements on law schools. Louis School of Law.

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Justice Sotomayor’s Optimism For The Rule of Law Under Trump Only Lasted A Month

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Once norms are broken then youre shaking some of the foundation of the rule of law, she added. Unexpectedly, she placed some of the fault on law schools: The fact that some of our public leaders are lawyers advocating or making statements challenging the rule of law tells me that fundamentally our law schools are failing, she said.

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