Black Law Students Association
National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) er en nasjonal organisasjon i USA. Den ble dannet i 1968 ved det juridiske fakultetet på New York University,[1][2] med det formål å artikulere og fremme behovene og målsetningene til afroamerikanske jusstydenter og effektuere endringer i det juridiske fellesskapet.
Som den største studentorganisasjonen i USA for jusstudenter[3] med mer enn 6,000 medlemmer, har NBLSA også avdelinger i seks land, deriblant Bahamas, Nigeria og Sør-Afrika.
Referanser rediger
- ^ Dunham, Mark A. (30. oktober 2017). «NBLSA National Chair's Mid-Year Message». National Black Law Students Association. Arkivert fra originalen 29. august 2020. Besøkt 29. august 2020.
- ^ Weaver, Kendall (1. februar 2016). Ten Stars: The African American Journey of Gary Cooper—Marine General, Diplomat, Businessman, and Politician. NewSouth Books. s. 118. ISBN 9781603064149. «At its fortieth anniversary convention, in Detroit, Jay reflected on its formation and its future: We organized at NYU during the halcyon days of the late '60s, in the midst of riots, and our mission was contemplated, debated, discussed, agreed upon, refined and re-refined as only law students can do. But finally we decided that our mission was to articulate and promots professional needs and goals of African American law students ...to initiate a change within the legal system that would make it more responsive to the needs of the African American community.»
- ^ «Many of This Year's Competition Successes Were Unprecedented». UB Law Forum. University at Buffalo School of Law. 28 (2). Våren 2014. «The Douglass competition is a national appellate advocacy competition organized by the Nation Black Law Student Association, the largest law students organization in the United States.»
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