Each year for the past three years, the LexisNexis African Ancestry Network LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation Fellowship has awarded fellowships to promising law students to participate in research projects focused on eradicating racism in the legal system. This year, 15 students received fellowships of $10,000 each. These funds are allocated to facilitate nine months of research in one of five “cluster projects” that the fellowship program selected as potential impactful contributions.
The beneficiaries, all from law schools that are part of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Law School Consortium, recently published their thought-provoking findings in a publication titled: Advancing and Impacting Equity in the Legal System. In a recent edition of LawNext, two of these promising students joined the program to further elucidate on their work:
- Whitney Triplet, in her final semester at Southern University Law Center.
- Paul Campbell, a part-time student in his fourth year at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law.
In addition to the students, the show was also graced by the presence of Adonica Black, director of global diversity and inclusion at LexisNexis, who played a pivotal role in coordinating the fellowship program.
It should be noted that prior episodes of the podcast explored the work of students who participated in this program in 2021 and 2022. We express our gratitude to our sponsors for their unstinting support, and to our listeners who have enjoyed LawNext, we urge you to leave a review wherever you access your podcasts.
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