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¦ From RECORD on PAGE 13 each had four Black editors-in-chief, Parks’ data
racial awareness among whites in ways you haven’t shows. (It’s worth noting that the Yale Law Journal
seen before.” has come under renewed scrutiny by students who
According to Baynes’ data, which is not yet com- say it’s not effectively fostering diversity among its
plete, there are 13 Black students poised to take the membership.) The upward trend is a positive sign,
top leadership role at their schools’ flagship law re- Parks said.
views next year. That figure includes law schools that “I think it should be inspiring to other Black
have already had at least one Black student in the students—that you can be competitive for getting
role. Altogether, Baynes has thus far identified 133 on the flagship law journal because here is someone
Black editors-in-chief, though 40 of them are from a who looks like you who is the [editor-in-chief],” he
single HBCU law school. (He is awaiting data from said.
the five other law schools at HBCU, which should ¦

add considerably to the overall number.) Karen Sloan is the Legal Education Editor and Se-
The data show that some flagship law reviews nior Writer at ALM. Contact her at ksloan@alm.
are still awaiting their first Black editor-in-chief, com. On Twitter: @KarenSloanNLJ Sign up for
while others have significantly better records. The Ahead of the Curve—her weekly email update on
top journals at Yale, Stanford, Harvard, New York trends and innovation in legal education—here:
University and the University of Pennsylvania have https://www.law.com/briefings/ahead-of-the-curve/

Connecticut-born Peter W. Hall
Of Second Circuit Dies at 72

By Tom McParland

Former clerks and colleagues of Peter W. Hall re- as a “thoughtful and humane jurist,” always “gen-
membered the late judge this week as a warm erous with his colleagues and ever considerate in
and gracious man who occupied a unique place matters both big and small.”
on the U.S. Court of Appeals for “Peter Hall lived a life of fidelity
the Second Circuit. to principles, kindness to individ-
Hall, the court’s only jurist from uals, and service to the human
Vermont who served nearly 17 community,” she said. “He will be
years on the Second Circuit, died Hall, often the swing vote greatly missed.”
Thursday in Rutland, Vermont, on contentious issues, was
just one week after he quietly took Connecticut-born but one Second Circuit Judge Robert A.
senior status. He was 72. ex-law clerk remembered Katzmann, who finished his seven-
year term as chief judge in August,
A former federal prosecutor, him as “Mr. Vermont,” echoed those sentiments Friday in
Hall also served three years as Ver- a judge in love with the his own statement to the Law Journal.
mont U.S. attorney before his 2004
outdoors. “He was a complete team player,

nomination by former President always concerned about others
George W. Bush to serve on the and the court, never about him-
Manhattan-based appeals court. self,” Katzmann said.
His death was announced Thursday by Chief Judge “He was our IT expert who helped our court
Debra Ann Livingston, who described her colleague understand this new technological world. He will

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