Social Movements & the Law

The diversity rule remains at the center of a major American Bar Association (ABA) review that could reshape law school accreditation nationwide. The ABA launch

I understand the reluctance to commute. I’ve been working from home since the pandemic first hit—and I love it. Laundry gets done more often, and my cat (sometimes) appreciates the extra cuddle time. Remote work has become the norm for many of us. Ontario courts continue to conduct remote and hybrid hearings, and legal professionals […]

In the U.S. legal sector, the state of law firm diversity rankings was presented via a comprehensive review of 50 active firms. The findings show a clear divide

State department proposes excluding 38 institutions from Diplomacy Lab partnership including Harvard and Yale

State-level mandates prompt changes and small acts of resistance at universities

The Libraries has an array of mental health resources, programs, and events to help students manage stress, burnout, depression, and anxiety.

Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack

Everything you need to know about the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education: what it is, who it affects, demands, implications for students & universities.

Today's guest post argues that academic libraries are an investment in the very foundation of quality scholarship and responsible publishing.

In the United States, book clubs are typically associated with the work of public or school librarians, due to their focus on extracurricular programs…

A relentless offensive against minority student recruiting and retention threatens more than Native American participation in school. Advocates for such outreach say it affects community well-being and even the health of Native citizens. We'll hear from proponents for Native student achievement about President Donald Trump's "Compact for Higher Education" and the latest trends in Native enrollment. Also in our discussion today is a harrowing story of survival. As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the storied wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior, there is another remarkable account of a group of Native fishermen caught in the same storm that day. We’ll hear from Interlochen Public Radio reporter Ellie Katz who talked to some of the men for the Points North podcast.

The University of Arizona and Casino Del Sol, an enterprise of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, announced a 20-year naming rights agreement for Arizona Stadium valued at more than $60 million, the largest such agreement in Big 12 Conference history.

The standard, which advises scientists and professionals how to record provenance for data about and from Indigenous Peoples' nations, communities and territories, is the first of its kind and takes effect during Native American Heritage Month in the U.S.

Exclusive: Trump administration proposal would exclude elite schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices

Universities have found themselves under pressure from President Trump – from blocked funds for research, to attacks on their admission policies and diversit...

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published an addendum (pages 30–31) to the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries (2012), providing updated guidance...

How chronic underfunding of tribal colleges and how states profit from Indigenous trust lands, highlighting failures in federal accountability.

What should be done about the small proportion of babies born with genitals that are neither typically male nor typically female? Many of those affected believe parents and doctors are often too quick to schedule operations

Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion.

A survey released this week from Indiana University found that among U.S. law students, about 20% reported that they have a disability of some kind—ranging from mental health conditions to physical disabilities—and often feel unsupported.

Nonprofit Common Crawl issued November 4 statement defending data collection methods, citing technical constraints preventing content deletion.

The renowned Navajo artist donated the lithographs to the university in the 1990s, with the intent to support Native American graduate students.

Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Eleanor Ball, Information Literacy & Liaison Librarian and Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Northern Iowa, as a new First Year Academic Librarian Experience blogger for the 2025-26 year here at ACRLog. I’m about as anti-AI as

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In this episode, Grace Khachaturian sits down with Rhea Ballard-Thrower, professor of law and dean of libraries at the University of Illinois Chicago, to share about her work teaching incarcerated individuals — a mission rooted in her belief in education as a catalyst for transformation.

"Written by a combat veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a former professor of US history at West Point, his alma mater, this book grew out of the lectures Sjursen produced for the survey course he taught to cadets. Sjursen challenges readers to think deeply and critically and to apply common sense to their understanding of our republic's history. Covering all of the major events, movements and figures in American history, Sjursen flips the lens, offering fresh insights and uncommon empathy"-- Publisher.