Sentences with phrase «law students of color»

We also host an annual resume workshop for local first - year law students of color.

January 21, 2015 — For the 10th consecutive year, Goodwin Proctor LLP is offering «its 2015 Public Interest Fellowships for Law Students of Color program, which provides awards of $ 7,500 to law students of color who demonstrate outstanding academic performance, leadership skills and a commitment to community service.

Member organizations pre-select and interview applicants from a nationwide pool of qualified law students of color.

Eligibility is limited to 100 first and second year law students of color from Boston area law schools.

First and Second Year Law Students of Color.

Not exact matches

Waldorf School of Princeton welcomes students and employees of any color; race; sexual orientation; ethnic, national, cultural, social, or religious backgrounds; and any other characteristic protected by law in its admissions and employment practices, as well as in participation in its programs and events.

The protests peaked on 14 November when L'Onda (The Wave), the Italian student group that instigated the protests and now gives its name to the movement against the new laws, «invaded the city of Rome with colors and singing,» as Ravaglia, who took part in the march, puts it.

In August 2016, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)-- supported by nearly 40 other public interest groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)-- sent a letter to Education Secretary John King demanding the department track and remedy the disproportionate consequences of student loan debt for borrowers of color.

That seminal law explicitly states that «desegregation» means the assignment of students to schools «without regard to their race, color, religion, or national origin,» and shall not be interpreted to mean «the assignment of students to public schools in order to overcome racial imbalance.»

Gabrielle (Gabby) Pingue Education Policy and Management Hometown: Cambridge Then: Teacher and law school student Now: Education law attorney representing low - income students of color (future plan)

Twenty - five years after the first charter law was enacted in Minnesota, the public charter school sector has helped spark significant public education improvements, particularly for urban students and students of color.

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Despite the Court of Appeal's flawed ruling, the laws challenged by Vergara harm our kids — especially low - income students and children of color — while pushing passionate, hard - working teachers out of the classroom.

We further believe that while education systems should be attuned to the needs of all students, including high - performing students and students raised in middle - and upper - income homes, policy makers must be particularly sensitive to the needs of student groups whose choices have historically been limited by law or by circumstance, including students of color, students raised in low - income homes, students with English language needs, and students with disabilities.

Recognizing that disparities in disciplinary rates may be caused by a range of factors, the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice said in a joint letter that these differences can not be explained by more frequent or more serious behavior by students of color, but rather, «schools may be engaging in racial discrimination that violates the federal civil rights law.»

The students the laws were most meant to assist — students of color, students with disabilities, girls and women — have shown great improvement, proof that the intent of federal involvement is achieving its purpose.

Armed law enforcement officers are not educators, social workers, or counselors, and overwhelming evidence shows that when schools involve law enforcement in minor, non-violent behavioral infractions, students of color are disproportionately impacted.

Armed law enforcement officers are not educators, social workers, or counselors, and overwhelming evidence shows that when schools involve law enforcement in minor, non-violent behavioral infractions, students of color are disproportionately impacted.1 In our 2015 policy paper, Climate Change: Creating Safe, Supportive Schools for All Students, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than school counselors in New York City schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school coustudents of color are disproportionately impacted.1 In our 2015 policy paper, Climate Change: Creating Safe, Supportive Schools for All Students, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than school counselors in New York City schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school couStudents, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than school counselors in New York City schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school counselors.

A new report from The Alliance for Quality Education, Education Law Center and the Public Policy and Education Fund finds that the state's 2016 budget underfunds 81 percent of high needs schools in New York, including in 30 of the 33 districts serving high numbers of students of color.

The impact is greater in schools that serve low - income youth, particularly students of color, whose education these laws and policies were supposedly designed to improve.

NYT: Once again, push for gun control collides with political realities USAT: Since Columbine schools are locked tightly, research shows Mic: The devastating effects law enforcement can have on black and brown kids The Intercept: Children of color already face violent discipline in schools WashPost: Students set to return to shattered Florida school NPR: As Stoneman Douglas Resumes Class, Survivors Become Students Once More

While many students, particularly students of color and economically disadvantaged students, made progress under the NCLB, the law nevertheless needs to be improved to better serve all students.

Unless exceptions are made, students most likely to suffer from these laws are students of color, students living in poverty, English language learners, and students with special needs.

The groups argued these regulations will help schools «faithfully implement the law» and «meet their legal obligations to historically marginalized groups of students including students of color, students with disabilities, and...

The very educational policies that the Gates Foundation has influenced into law, are the very barriers that are failing students of poverty and color from having equal access for graduation.

The law requires voucher schools to be accountable and accountability is needed also for state schools to address the pervasive achievement gap between white kids and students of color and to prepare all state students to compete in a global employment market, Pertl said.

Yet these laws are not the only barrier to the success of students of color and low - income students.

«It will be very difficult for Democrats to make the case that they are on the side of civil rights and social justice if they are defending unconstitutional laws that objectively harm poor kids and children of color,» said Austin, who serves on the board of Students Matter, the organization that brought the lawsuit.

Rather, Relay affirms that it admits students, and selects employees regardless of their race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, disability or any other criterion specified by federal, state or local laws and thereafter accords them all the rights and privileges generally made available to students or employees at the school.

If Trump steps back from enforcement of civil rights laws in K - 12 schools, students from low - income families, LGBTQ students, female students, and students of color will surely feel the effects.

His work at the civil rights project kernels the impact of federal, state and local education law and policies on students of color.

The data show that students of color and students with disabilities continue to be disproportionally pushed out of school, and referred to law enforcement, for disciplinary reasons.

-- The proposals come amid concerns from civil rights groups about the potential harm of heightened law enforcement for students of color and those with disabilities.

Although longstanding federal law — the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act — requires the inclusion of students with disabilities, data show that disparities persist in the frequency that students of color with disabilities are removed from the classroom due to discipline issues compared to their white peers.

In addition, when asked during the hearing if he would intervene as Assistant Secretary if Black students in a school district were receiving lower quality teachers, fewer books, fewer AP classes and fewer educational resources than White students, Mr. Marcus would not commit to addressing this clear violation of civil rights laws that prohibit districts from providing students of color with inferior resources.

PCSD affirms its commitment to provide a physically and emotionally safe environment for all students, regardless of race, religion, national origin / ethnicity, color, sex / gender (including sexual orientation and gender identity), pregnancy, age, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Families in Louisiana are calling for an end to zero - tolerance policies and suspension laws because they do not address student behavior and disproportionately target poor people and students of color.

WASHINGTON — «Amidst all the celebration of a «return to state and local control» surrounding the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, today's proposed regulations are an important reminder that the U.S. Department of Education still has a critical role to play in advancing the law's core purpose: resources and expectations for low - income students, students of color, students with disabilities, and English learners.

The new law means Destiny Middle School in Tacoma will be re-instated as a public charter school and move forward on its plans to offer a full 6th and 7th grade program.The new law ensures that Destiny will continue to serve its diverse student population of 86 percent students of color, 83 percent students in the Free or Reduced - price Lunch program and 22 percent students with special needs.

* For readers who think that districts should be able to vote for charter school approvals, a position advocated for by Save Our Schools - NJ, imagine this scenario: an application is submitted for a charter school devoted to the needs of students of color in Lakewood and, per N.J.'s charter school funding law, Lakewood Public Schools would pay up to 90 % of tuition.

Since I spent much of my career seeing how the sausage gets made in the education sector, I try to keep a watchful eye on Tennessee's efforts to provide equitable education and accountability to low - income kids and students of color, especially as the state complies with the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice (Departments) are issuing this guidance to assist public elementary and secondary schools in meeting their obligations under Federal law to administer student discipline without discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin.

Research from MIT, Stanford and Harvard have repeatedly documented that in states with comprehensive charter school laws, public charter schools outperform traditional public schools, especially those serving students who are low - income, living in urban communities, are children of color and are English - language learners.

One of the few good things that the passage of the No Child Left behind law created was the annual tracking of deserving students (e.g. students of color and ELLs) to make sure that districts could not ignore these neglected communities.

We talk the talk, with BigLaw firms hiring «diversity coordinators» and law schools attempting to make efforts to recruit students of color, but we're failing, and we're failing hard.

In addition, our Eversheds Sutherland Scholars program has afforded us an opportunity to meet students of color heading to law school and to remain in contact with them during their law school careers.

Ms. Aguilar also serves as a mentor to first - year law students through Boston Lawyer's Group, whose mission is to support the efforts of its member organizations to identify, recruit, advance and retain attorneys of color.

We regularly sponsor and participate in conferences and job fairs organized by minority law student groups and other organizations dedicated to addressing the issues of recruitment, retention, and promotion of lawyers of color.

Chicago - Kent College of Law of the Illinois Institute of Technology provides equality of opportunity in legal education for all persons, including faculty and employees, with respect to hiring, continuation, promotion and tenure, applicants for admission, enrolled students, and alumni, without discrimination on the ground of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.