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The SRC, Ghana School of Law launches digital newsletter

The Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana School of Law, in anticipation of the International Women’s Day celebration, launched its maiden digital newsletter.The newsletter which is the first among a monthly series is aimed at promoting the habit of reading wide among students. In addition, the newsletter aims to…

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Law school renamed after Florida civil rights attorney Ben Crump

A South Florida school has become only the second law school in the nation to bear the name of a Black attorney, and the first named after a practicing attorney. The first was the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, a part of Texas Southern University in Houston. The second is…

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Howard Law School Dean To Leave for Mount Holyoke Presidency

Dean Holley poses on the second floor of Founders Library. Photo Courtesy of The Dig. Dean Danielle Holley of Howard University School of Law was recently announced to be the first Black woman president of Mount Holyoke College. The announcement comes amidst the search for Howard’s next president, who President…

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UM names Gagliardi as new Law School dean

(Missoula Current) Two months after naming four finalists, the University of Montana on Tuesday named Elaine Gagliardi as the new dean of the Alexander Blewett III School of Law.Gagliardi, an alumna of Montana’s only law school, has served as interim dean since June 2022 and has been a faculty member…

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Benjamin Crump becomes first Black practicing attorney to have law school named after him

Benjamin CrumpOn Wednesday (Feb. 8), Benjamin Crump became the first Black practicing attorney to have a law school named after him. The College of Law at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida is now the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law.“The naming of the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law at St.…

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Student activists target Stanford Law School Dean in revolt over her apology

Jenny Martinez becomes the target of student ire for saying “I’m sorry” to besieged judge Kyle Duncan Hundreds of Stanford student activists on Monday lined the hallways to protest the law school’s dean, Jenny Martinez, for apologizing to Fifth Circuit appellate judge Kyle Duncan, whom the activists shouted down last…

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Stanford law school students plaster dean’s classroom with signs after she apologized to judge

Stanford law students who last week heckled a conservative judge who had been invited to speak at the school vandalized the classroom of the dean of students last night as payback for her apologizing to him.The students plastered the walls of Jenny Martinez's classroom, claiming they were entitled to free…

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UM selects Gagliardi to serve as law school dean

Elaine Gagliardi will continue to lead the University of Montana’s Alexander Blewett III School of Law, where she has served as the program’s interim dean since last spring following a failed first search for a leader.Gagliardi was selected from a pool of four finalists, including UM general legal counsel Lucy…

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