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Jun
4
News Updates: Jim Crow Juries, Wrestling Attorneys, Supreme Actors
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The Birmingham, Ala.-based nonprofit released “Illegal Race Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy,” which revealed the systematic exclusion of black jurors from Southern juries. TheRoot
In ‘Thurgood,’ Laurence Fishburne approaches the bench mark. Catch the act at Washington’s Kennedy Center. WaPo
This defense attorney really is kick-ass! ATL
Groundbreaking retired judge, Damon Keith, gets facility groundbreaking with AG on hand. FreePress
Pa. court: Black lawyer rejected by Pa. bar in 1847 because of race admitted posthumously. GeaTimes
N.J. Senate president blasts Christie for not reappointing Supreme Court Justice Wallace, only Af Am judge. NJ.com
Dec
4
Law prof to geneticists: keep racism out of science. The professor hypotheses that “If their research oversimplifies racial study groups, he says, that could legitimize the idea that skin colour determines differences.” Like, duh… Canada
Did you know the breathalyzer discriminates against black people? ConnPost
Endangered Species: Is There a Future for Black Republicans? TIME
New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress may have injured his thigh, but he really shot himself in the foot: NYTimes
Nov
24
Louisiana company settles discrimination lawsuit. A company spokesman said Hunt Forest Products has a longstanding policy against discrimination and decided to settle to avoid the expense of a court fight and as a gesture of good faith. Rrriiiight… KSLA
A mother’s suit against her daughter (a black British barrister) over a memoir is of great interest to our founder, who in addition to penning a family memoir herself is completing another on her failed interesting legal career. CANADA.COM
You’ve heard the expression, “Don’t mess with a black woman’s hair.” Well, JCPenney took this literally. BlackVoices
Bob Jones University apologizes for breaking the law. AZCentral
Outgoing NAACP Chair, Julian Bond, says civil rights leaders won’t give President-elect Obama a free ride. We must ask: Are there any civil rights leaders left? USNews
Nov
20
Notices
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Columbia Law School and the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) call decline in African American and Mexican American law school enrollment “disturbing,” but we find the law school tab more so. See numbers here.
For a look at “The Whitest Law School Report” go here.
Minority law firms are standing at The Department of Treasury’s front door with buckets to “help” with the bailout. The American Lawyer
Consider the irony: MLK’s kids are fighting over King’s love letters to their mother. AJC
Nov
12
For 10 years, UC Berkeley School of Law researchers have been trying to design a testing apparatus that will better predict a potential law student’s future effectiveness as a lawyer. Few seem to believe that LSAT scores and grades do the job. Top schools like Yale, Harvard and Stanford are opting out of grades and class rankings in favor of varying honors/pass/fail systems. Now law professor Marjorie Shultz and other researchers have unleashed a 100-page manifesto report, that makes the case that in addition to one’s cognitive testing indicators, creative, negotiation, problem-solving and stress management skills should also be taken into consideration (and dare I say social connections, generational wealth and corporate client diversity demands). From The Recorder:
“We know that many times minority students in school don’t perform as well as whites if you look at it as a group, if you look at test taking and grades. But there don’t appear to be significant racial differences in performing in factors like problem-solving, negotiation or advocacy based on our sample data,” Shultz said. “Our test shows that, and earlier research in the employment field also supports that.”
