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Abyan Gurase knew where she wanted to go; she just didn鈥檛 know how to get there. 鈥淚 always knew I wanted to go to law school,鈥 says Gurase, who was born in Somalia and came to the United States as a refugee when she was a young child. 鈥淏ut maybe back then, I didn鈥檛 know what it meant to be a lawyer.鈥
Being the first person in your family to attend law school鈥攊n other words, a 鈥渇irst-gen鈥 student鈥攃omes with a unique set of challenges. Here, Camille deJorna shares her thoughts about first-gen students and 精东影业鈥檚 work expanding access and equity in education.
I am thrilled to announce that Kent Lollis, a longtime co-conspirator for equality and now my colleague, has agreed to serve as 精东影业鈥檚 vice president and chief diversity officer.
With the growing need for 鈥渓egal engineers鈥 who can harness technology, automation, data analytics, and more to augment their core knowledge of the law, a small but rising number of law schools are taking notice鈥攁nd action.