Julie Helling
Julie A. Helling has been the director of the Law & Diversity Program at Fairhaven College since 2000. A former Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, West Africa, she was a domestic violence prosecutor in the city of Minneapolis and an employment discrimination investigator for a Minnesota state agency. She has a B.A. in English from the University of Iowa and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.The Importance of Diversity in the Legal Profession
Underrepresented groups face many obstacles in the legal profession. In the American legal system, there is a current lack of diversity; only 10 percent of U.S. lawyers are people of color. Since 1991, Fairhaven College’s undergraduate Law & Diversity Program has been helping students in underrepresented groups overcome these obstacles. In this workshop, led by Julie Helling, you will learn what the obstacles are, identify possible solutions and examine how a multiplicity of voices strengthens the legal system for everyone.
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