Diversity has long been a fundamental tenet found at the heart of the mission statements of both the 每日大赛 and its College of Law. Now statistics are reflecting the impact of that commitment on a national level as La Verne Law has earned the No. 3 ranking among the nation\u2019s most diverse law schools.<\/p>\n
In its Winter\u00a02015 edition, preLaw magazine gave La Verne Law an A+ and placed it third on the publication\u2019s Best Law School\u2019s For Diversity ranking. Only top-ranked Texas Southern University\u2019s Thurgood Marshall School of Law and No. 2 University of the District of Columbia\u2019s David A. Clarke School of Law finished ahead of La Verne Law.<\/p>\n
Seven other California law schools were named to the list, but La Verne was the only one to receive an A+ grade and the lone California school included in the Top 10.<\/p>\n
A jump in faculty diversity \u2013 from 22.7% in 2012 to 33% this year \u2013 helped the College of Law move up from 19th<\/sup> in the publication\u2019s previous diversity ranking (released biennially) to the No. 3 spot. And only two schools among the top 28 had a higher percentage of Hispanic students enrolled than La Verne\u2019s 28.4%.<\/p>\n The recognition follows up La Verne Law Dean Gilbert Holmes being presented the very first Presidential Recognition Award during the State Bar of California\u2019s Annual Meeting last fall. The Access to Justice Award, presented by outgoing State Bar President Luis J. Rodriguez, honored Holmes\u2019 efforts involving tuition, diversity and access to justice.<\/p>\n When he started as Dean at La Verne Law, Holmes began gathering a group to establish what he calls the \u201cLa Verne Law Model of Legal Education.\u201d The values captured within the model mirror those tenets found in the University\u2019s mission statement.<\/p>\n \u201cThe notion of lifelong learning, of diversity and inclusivity, civic and community engagement, and ethical reasoning and decision making \u2013 those are things by which I have basically lived my life,\u201d Holmes said. \u201cThose are things in which I believe.\u201d<\/p>\n This latest national ranking underscores the progress of the College of Law and reinforces its aim to be the most unique law school in the nation.<\/p>\n \u201cI truly believe that La\u00a0Verne Law is in a position to provide leadership as an institution that produces graduates who will be successful in every aspect of the communities they serve, and as an institution developing and implementing innovative and effective ways to educate and train the lawyers and leaders of the future,\u201d Holmes said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" La Verne Law has earned the No. 3 ranking among the nation\u2019s most diverse law schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1549,237],"tags":[227],"class_list":["post-6857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events","category-regional-campus","tag-col","ulv_author-university-of-la-verne","legacy_tags-college-of-law-and-public-service","legacy_tags-diversity"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n