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The ABA Just Made Exclusion Official.
What Eliminating DEI in Law Schools Means for All of Us By Dr. Lisa Marie Lee | #BLKLIN It is time to strip away the sanitized framing and name the reality of this latest maneuver. In May 2026, the American Bar Association voted to eliminate Standard 206, the rule requiring law schools to demonstrate a concrete commitment to diversity in admissions, recruitment, faculty hiring, and student programming. The rule had already been suspended since February 2025 under pressure fro
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Jun 66 min read
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5 Ways to Protect Your Peace Without Losing Your Paycheck
(And Why Fear Is the Real Reason You Haven't Done It Yet) By: Dr. Lisa Marie Lee Image created with Perplexity - Sonar 2 I'm going to say something that most people in your feed won't. You already know what your boundaries are. You already know which meetings drain you, which manager talks over you, and which projects ended up on your plate because nobody else wanted them and you were too afraid to say no. You know. This isn't about information. You have enough of that. This
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May 196 min read
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What Michael Jackson Can Teach Us About Competence and Consent NOT to Overwork
Ok, let’s call a thing a thing. Right now, it feels like the internet belongs to Michael Jackson. Between the excitement around the biopic Michael, the dance reenactments flooding social media, and longtime fans revisiting the music, people are once again talking about what made Michael Jackson unforgettable: the level of excellence he brought to his craft. The precision. The discipline. The ability to make difficult things look effortless. And honestly? A lot of BIPOC profes
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May 192 min read
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