November 09, 2021 While law schools continue making efforts to improve their capacity for recruiting and supporting their Native students, major gaps remain in the diversity, inclusivity, and support of Native law students.
October 14, 2021 Being a law student is considered one of the most challenging and stressful times during the path toward the practice of law. For first-generation law students, however, law school presents additional hurdles on their path toward a career in law.
June 09, 2021
As lawyers we like to believe that our profession is a true meritocracy, but the legal profession is still, despite decades of improved law student diversity and more inclusive associate hiring practices,
April 07, 2021
Navigating through law school can be a challenging experience for everyone; often, advice about how best to navigate law school is not uniquely tailored to students of color generally, or to women of color's experiences. In honor of Women's History Month, join us as women attorneys of color
February 04, 2021
The cost of a private law school education has grown by an astronomical 175% since 1985. More than 75% of new or young lawyers surveyed by the American
January 01, 2021
What does the ABA Diversity and Inclusion Center do? The better question might ask what doesn’t it do. Between awards, scholarships, programs, CLEs, webinars, networking events, and pipeline programs, the center’s entities work to strengthen networks of attorneys and civil rights professionals inside and outside the ABA.
October 13, 2020
A
recently released national survey of law student
perceptions and experiences on issues of diversity and inclusiveness revealed that
law schools have more work to do if they want to make all of their students
feel valued.
This year’s
July 08, 2020
Federal
clerkships, for better or worse, are often seen as a gateway to many of the
country’s top-tier legal jobs. Sadly, it comes as no surprise that diversity
among law clerks in the federal judiciary is disproportionately low. Even
though minorities increasingly make up a growing percentage of law school graduates
nationwide, and
July 01, 2020
The killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Tony McDade brought long overdue conversations about anti-Black racism—and police brutality against Black communities—into the mainstream.
But at the
University of Michigan Law School and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, it
took hundreds of emails from
June 29, 2020
We’ve all been there. The social version of a “cold call.” Your friends ask about a headline you haven’t had any time to read about. Maybe you were working, or maybe you were just enjoying time away from reading lengthy opinions.
Whatever the reason
June 29, 2020
July 5, 2019, I came to the striking realization that
I’m a trans woman.
And since that day I’ve lived the life I’ve always wanted to live. Albeit sober and in law school—which are challenges in and of themselves. So. Yay me. Starting London Tipton.
June 17, 2020
Bright students pay on average $43,020 dollars annually to become
the world-changing attorneys they see in the news—those creating stay-at-home
orders to halt the spread of COVID-19 or calling for the end of the qualified
immunity doctrine to reduce police brutality against communities of color. To
get into law school, these students
June 12, 2020
I’m your classmate, and I’m Black. I was Black before I enrolled, and I will be Black after we graduate.
Can you count how many Black classmates you’ve had throughout the years? Can you name them? I can count how many Black students I’ve
February 21, 2020
The words “diversity” and
“inclusion” (as well as “equity” and “justice”) are often buzzwords in today’s
workplace, on social media, and in classrooms across law and other graduate
schools across the country. For those who come from historically (and
currently) marginalized backgrounds, especially people of color, women, LGBTQ+
people, and people with disabilities,
January 01, 2020 How I’ve learned and been motivated by those who break from tradition.
September 09, 2019
As a first-generation college graduate, I did not know what kind of doors a college degree or a graduate degree could open. Coming from an economically disadvantaged background, I did not have the resources or the tools to leverage a college degree or graduate degree. At my local
July 29, 2019
The ABA Law Student Division is proud to announce the winners of the yearly Law Student Division Awards.
Congratulations to this year's winners, who will be recognized at our ABA Annual Meeting awards breakfast held in conjunction with the Young Lawyers Division on
March 19, 2019
As bar leaders, lawyers can successfully integrate diversity into your bar, into your leadership, and into your future plans for your organization.
Today, I’m happy to talk about how you as bar leaders can successfully integrate diversity into your bar, into your leadership, and into
February 28, 2019
For the third year in a row, women once again outnumbered men in law school classrooms across the country in 2018, according to the most recent data released by the American Bar Association.
At Enjuris,
February 14, 2019
What unique challenges to people of color face in the legal profession and what can be done to effectively address these issues? In this episode of the ABA Law Student Podcast, host Kristoffer Butler talks to Jerome Crawford and Tiffany Buckley-Norwood about how the legal profession can become more welcoming for
November 29, 2018 How does one tell if a firm is truly committed to diversity and inclusion? While many firms tout their commitment to service, diversity and inclusion, and professional development of its junior attorneys, law students should consider the following tips when evaluating a firm’s culture to determine if it is the right fit.
August 07, 2018 All ABA presidents are sworn to follow the policies of our Association, adopted by our House of Delegates. We value due process and democratic input with the consensus of state and local bar associations from every state, plus specialty bar associations and the ABA’s full range of expertise from all our sections and divisions. Yes, we are driven by ideology, but let’s be clear what our ideology is.
August 02, 2018 Learn all about "Increasing Diversity Competence: How Office Culture Promotes Good Working Relations" on Friday morning at 9 a.m. during annual meeting events with the Law Student Division.
Come and listen to this panel of attorneys talk about their experiences with diverse workplaces, office relations, client connections, and how the legal
May 29, 2018 Let me tell you a story about implicit bias. In 2009, I married a man I met the first day of law school. He is white. I am black. In 2010, we moved to Chicago. By various measures, Chicago is the most segregated city in the United States. Specifically, for
May 29, 2018 Implicit bias is pervasive. It is a consequence of our brains’ quest for efficiency. Instead of laboring over every decision we need to make each day, our brains take shortcuts when making routine decisions. For example, each time you stop at a red light you don’t contemplate what that means