Diverse checks in with some of the nation’s women law school deans, including the only five who are Black. Despite tremendous gains made by women in our nation’s leading law schools, the numbers reveal that there is still room for improvement. As of the 2006-2007 academic year, 47 out of the 200 American Bar Association-approved U.S. law schools were being led by women, according to the ABA. Here, the deans we caught up with, many of them the first women to lead their respective institutions, reflect on everything from first lady Michelle Obama’s impact on the image of Black women lawyers to diversifying the legal profession. For more on their backgrounds and other reflections, visit www.diverseeducation.com/womenlawdeans.
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On her career highlight: “The highlight of my career happens every May when students graduate and what they have been working so hard to accomplish is realized. Knowing I had a hand in that makes me feel very proud. Also, having a professor (Joe Biden) who becomes the vice president of the United States is exciting as well.”
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