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  Trump Blamed Democrats for Causing DC Plane Crash With DEI Program He Himself Launched in First Term: Report

  President Donald Trump blamed the plane crash in Washington, DC, on a diversity, equity and inclusion program he actually launched himself in his first term

• Diversity And The Future Of Law

  The CodeX FutureLaw conference last year included a very white and male panel for the event. The diversity issues raised concerns about the future of legal sphere.

• New CLE Policy To Enhance Diversity, Promoting Healing For The Legal Profession

  As ABA acknowledges a new policy, CLE providers have a significant role to play in changing the face of the legal profession.

• Business Case For Diversity, An Interview With Women Leaders Forum Co-Founder

  Kim Stuart, the founder of Key Group and co-founder of the Women Leaders Forum, spoke about the business case for diversity and inclusion for women.

• More Than 50 Companies Support Transgender Teen In Supreme Court Case, Could It Be A Hidden Agenda?

  More than 50 companies have signed on to a Human Rights Council brief supporting 17-year-old transgender Gavin Grimm to settle a pending case around gender identity and bathroom use.

• ‘Viewpoint Diversity’ In The Hiring Process

  Conservative law professors need to knock off the “viewpoint diversity” reappropriation, as they explain its importance in the context of hiring.

• Report Reveals LGBT Characters Were Underrepresented in 2015 Hollywood Movies

  A recent GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index report has revealed that LGBT characters are still underrepresented in Hollywood movies. The statistics for 2015 are worse than 2014’s, as no studios were rated “Good” according to the study’s standards.

• BBC pledges anonymous job applications to diversify workforce

  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is aiming to diversify its current workforce through anonymous job applications that no longer require names and universities. The broadcaster was recently criticized for underrepresentation of women, disabled and BAME groups.

• Princeton University to accept transfer students starting 2018 to embrace educational and social diversity

  Princeton University has announced that starting 2018, it will open up a limited number of slots for transfer students. It is the last Ivy League school to adopt a transfer policy.

• Byron Allen files $10B racial discrimination lawsuit against Obama’s FCC and Charter Communication

  Byron Allen is heading back to court. This time Allen and NAAAOM are filing a $10 billion lawsuit against FCC and Charter Communications for racial discrimination charge.

• University of Missouri president, chancellor out after race protest

  The University of Missouri's president stepped down on Monday and its chancellor moved aside after protests by the school's football team and other students over what they saw as soft handling of reports of racial abuse on campus.