{"id":29634,"date":"2019-11-15T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=29634"},"modified":"2020-09-29T16:06:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T20:06:41","slug":"college-of-law-and-dean-recognized-for-diversity-at-national-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2019\/11\/15\/college-of-law-and-dean-recognized-for-diversity-at-national-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"College of Law and dean recognized for diversity at national conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dean_at_conference-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Dean Mich\u00e8le Alexandre received the John Mercer Langston Legal Education Leadership Award at the 15TH Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair at Columbia Law School in New York in early November.\" class=\"wp-image-29635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dean_at_conference-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dean_at_conference-scaled-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dean_at_conference-scaled-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dean_at_conference-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dean_at_conference-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dean_at_conference-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dean Mich\u00e8le Alexandre received the John Mercer Langston Legal Education Leadership Award at the 15<sup>TH<\/sup> Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair at Columbia Law School in New York in early November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award is named for John Mercer Langston, the founding dean of the Law Department at Howard University and first black law school dean in 1869. Today, 150 years after Langston\u2019s achievement, we have reached the largest number of black law school deans serving at American law schools in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also during the conference, Stetson University College of Law was honored with a Diversity Outreach Champion Award. The award recognizes Stetson Law\u2019s demonstrated commitment to recruiting black law students.\u00a0The conference previously recognized Stetson Law as a Diversity Outreach Champion in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dean Mich\u00e8le Alexandre received the John Mercer Langston Legal Education Leadership Award at the 15TH Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair at Columbia Law School in New York in early November. 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