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The Brief (Edition #17, April 2022), William & Mary Law School Apr 2022

The Brief (Edition #17, April 2022), William & Mary Law School

The Brief

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U.S. News Rankings Get It Right On Law Libraries, Amanda Runyon, Leslie A. Street, Amanda Watson Mar 2022

U.S. News Rankings Get It Right On Law Libraries, Amanda Runyon, Leslie A. Street, Amanda Watson

Library Staff Publications

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The Brief (Edition #16, March 2022), William & Mary Law School Mar 2022

The Brief (Edition #16, March 2022), William & Mary Law School

The Brief

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The Brief (Edition #15, February 2022), William & Mary Law School Feb 2022

The Brief (Edition #15, February 2022), William & Mary Law School

The Brief

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Law Schools Must Do More To Retain First-Generation Students, A. Benjamin Spencer, Charleigh Kondas Feb 2022

Law Schools Must Do More To Retain First-Generation Students, A. Benjamin Spencer, Charleigh Kondas

Popular Media

Law schools must do more to encourage, mentor, and engage first-generation law students to not only improve graduation rates, but also to improve law firm diversity, say William & Mary Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer and second-year law student Charleigh Kondas. They explain the work of the school’s First Generation Student Alliance, created as a place where students can freely discuss any struggles and questions.


The Brief (Edition #14, January 2022), William & Mary Law School Jan 2022

The Brief (Edition #14, January 2022), William & Mary Law School

The Brief

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The Need For Social Support From Law Schools During The Era Of Social Distancing, Michele Okoh, Inès Ndonko Nnoko Jan 2022

The Need For Social Support From Law Schools During The Era Of Social Distancing, Michele Okoh, Inès Ndonko Nnoko

FIU Law Review

Law students have been faced with unparalleled stress during the syndemic. They must cope with being students during the COVID-19 pandemic but also must deal with stress related to social and political unrest. This essay recommends that law schools apply social support theory in developing interventions to effectively address the needs of law students now and in the future. Social support theory focuses on the value and benefits one receives from positive interpersonal relationships. These positive relationships impact both mental and physical health and promote beneficial short and long-term overall health. However, not all supports are the same, and social …


"Blood, Sweat, Tears:" A Muslim Woman Law Professor's View On Degenerative Racism, Misogyny, And (Internal) Islamophobia From Preeclampsia And Presumed Incompetent To Pandemic Tenure, Nadia B. Ahmad Jan 2022

"Blood, Sweat, Tears:" A Muslim Woman Law Professor's View On Degenerative Racism, Misogyny, And (Internal) Islamophobia From Preeclampsia And Presumed Incompetent To Pandemic Tenure, Nadia B. Ahmad

FIU Law Review

From classical literature, popular press, law, everyday conversations, and social media rampages, society scrutinizes visible Muslim women even though they are a part of a vast global population. From E.M. Forrester’s A Passage to India—the Orientalist summer reading I endured in high school—to the incessant online attacks on U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the hatred has no end and no bounds. Visible Muslim women are accustomed to erasure and censure for simply existing. In France, legislators sought to expel visible Muslim women under the age of eighteen from the public space. Women’s rights have been used as a pretext to invade …