The Minority Corporate Counsel Association along with its President & Chief Executive Officer Joseph K. West will be honored by the Black Entertainment & Sports Lawyers Association with the association’s Beacon of Diversity Award during BESLA’s upcoming conference in October. Read More
The Associated Press just published an article entitled, “In entire court term, justices see 1 black lawyer” which addresses the scarcity of African-Americans who end up advocating before the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More
NYU Law recently hosted a forum which discussed faculty diversity at the nation’s top law schools. Read More
The deadline to submit applications to The Judicial Resources Committee and Just The Beginning Foundation third annual Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project has been extended to January 11th, 2013. Read More
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue has announced the appointment of Judge Cheri Beasely to the North Carolina Supreme Court, replacing retiring justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson. Read More
Here’s a list of some stories we bookmarked and we felt worth giving a read early this A.M. Read More