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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Law Deans on Legal Education Blog
Dean Frank Wu on Faculty Hiring: “What I Don’t Do”
This post is by Dean Frank H. Wu, who is Chancellor & Dean of University of California Hastings College of the Law.I write to share a policyI have adopted that has proven effective.…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
City to tweak hiring rules for diversity
The title of this post comes from this article in today's Columbus Dispatch highlighting new efforts by the City of Columbus to increase new hirings of minorities in police and…
Texas Bar Blog
State Bar of Texas Minority Director Sought
Nominations are now being accepted for minority director for the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors.
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Opponents of MI’s Prop. 2 claim dwindling diversity diminishes classroom discourse
Opponents of Michigan's ban on race-conscious college admission policies claim that diversity benefits everybody's academic experience by enriching classroom discussions. According to the ACLU: In 2006, the ACLU, NAACP, NAACP…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New in print: Symposium, Gender and the Legal Profession’s Pipeline to Power
By Tracy Thomas
Brenner, Hannah and Renee Newman Knake. Gender and the Legal Profession's Pipeline to Power. 2012 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1419-1431. Greenhouse, Linda. Keynote speech at the Spring 2012 Pipeline to…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Most Major Companies Still Run by Men
By Tracy Thomas
USA Today's article on Janet Yellen and the continued lack of women in top leadership positions.On average, women hold fewer than 20% of leadership positions at 500 U.S. for- and not-for-profit…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Program Announcement: Learning to Lead, What Really Works for Women in Law
By Tracy Thomas
Coming out of the ABA's Commission on Women and Young Lawyers' Division. More leaning in? http://www.americanbar.org/groups/young_lawyers/events_cle/learning_to_lead_what_really_works_for_women_in_law.html
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
AALS ANNUAL MEETING GENDER & LAW LINEUP
By Tracy Thomas
FRIDAY, JAN. 3, 20148:30am Service Project: Hour Children, “a multi-faceted family service organization that provides housing, permanent and transitional, and a wide array of supportive services that transform the lives…
Education Law Prof Blog
Departments of Education and Justice Reaffirm Position on Diversity after Fisher
By Derek Black
Over the summer, scholars and advocates poured over the question of whether and how much the Court's opinion Fisher v. Texas changed the legality of affirmative action. According to the Departments of…
Timely disclosure
The OSC announced a Roundtable to discuss the OSC Staff Consultation Paper 58-401 Disclosure Requirements Regarding Women on Boards and in Senior Management
On September 23, 2013, the Ontario Securities Commission announced a roundtable to discuss the OSC Staff Consultation Paper 58-401 Disclosure Requirements Regarding Women on Boards and in Senior Management. The…