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"Following a recent talk at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, I
shared lunch with several students from First Generation Professionals, the
sponsoring organization. I was eager to explore commonalities between their
experiences and those of my own students at the City University of New York,
about half of whom are the first in their family to attend college.
We identified many similarities, but more differences, which confused me, until
someone explained that Penn uses the American Bar Association definition of
“first generation,” which is that a student is the first in their family to
attend
law school not college.
“That would mean someone from a family of doctors would qualify as first gen,”
I said, laughing.
It’s true, though. While the ABA hasn’t adopted an official policy, its website
says that “generally speaking, a first-generation law student attorney is an
individual who does not have an immediate family member in the legal
profession.”
This story didn’t surprise Rashné Jehangir, a professor at the University of
Minnesota-Twin Cities, whose research focuses on first gen students. Jehangir
recalled attending a meeting at a graduate school where the facilitator
identified first gen students by asking them to raise a hand if their parents
hadn’t gone to graduate school.
“I was like, ‘what?’ That’s going to be 90 percent of the people here,” she
said."
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
