Nelson’s crucial oral arguments on Wednesday sought to preserve the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. On Wednesday, ...
Clouds pass above the LSU Law Center on Monday, March 20, 2023, on Highland Road in Baton Rouge. (Matthew Perschall for Louisiana Illuminator) Alena Allen will step down as dean of the LSU law school ...
Roberts joined the LSU faculty in 2022. She succeeds Alena Allen, who served as the first Black law dean since July 1, 2023. Six Black leaders, including Allen, are no longer in positions of power at ...
The University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law school has paused a full-tuition scholarship program named for its first Black graduate and plans to close its office of “equal opportunity and engagement” ...
Thomas G. Sampson Sr., a pioneering attorney and co-founder of Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins — Georgia’s oldest Black-owned law firm — has died. He passed away on July 3, according to his family.