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A look at the Environmental Justice Clinic at the University of Miami Law
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s Environmental Justice Clinic, building on the environmental justice and climate change movements, is collaborating with community partners, such as the Miami Climate Alliance, to further the “energy justice” movement.
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Michigan State University Law hosts webinar on election legal challenges
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LAW — The conversation was shaped by the dozens of questions submitted by alumni in advance and in the webinar’s live chat, making the discussion uniquely responsive to the concerns of lawyers, and it was co-sponsored by the Washington, DC, branch of the MSU Law Alumni Association.
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Northeastern Law receives gift to fund Elizabeth Zitrin Justice Fellowship
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — To combat racism and create meaningful reforms in the criminal legal system, the Zitrin Foundation of San Francisco is establishing a $2.5 million endowed fund at Northeastern University School of Law to support the Elizabeth Zitrin Justice Fellowship.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- The Next 50: Looking To the Future of Criminal Justice Ethics — Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University — November 16, 2020
- Lynching: Reparations as Restorative Justice — Northeastern University School of Law — November 17, 2020
- Liability in the Face of a Changing Climate — William & Mary Law School — November 18, 2020
- Autonomous Systems Failures: Who is Legally and Morally Responsible? — Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law — November 18, 2020
- ACLU Advocacy in Turbulent Times — Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law — November 18, 2020
- Diversity Scholar Series: Police Reform — University of Chicago Law School — November 19, 2020
- Mental Health Law Symposium — Texas Tech University School of Law — November 20, 2020
- Business Law in Transistion — University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law — November 20-21, 2020
- Race and the Law Speaker Series 2020-2021 — Boston University School of Law — December 3, 2020
- Criminal Defending Conference — University of Illinois College of Law — December 3-4, 2020