Legal Education News

• Lewis & Clark Law Animal Law Litigation Clinic wins lawsuit against USDA over deregulation of slaughterhouses

  LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — With help from dedicated law students, the Animal Law Litigation Clinic has defeated the Government’s motions to dismiss two lawsuits challenging the Government’s deregulation of pig slaughterhouses and its failure to protect downed pigs.

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• University of Maine Law student Josh Rosen receives Shur-Frinsko Award for Municipal Law and Local Government

  UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Josh Rosen, a rising third year student at the University of Maine School of Law, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Shur-Frinsko Award for Municipal Law and Local Government.

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• University of Maine Law Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic complaint leads to federal settlement with Lewiston Public Schools over use of shortened school days

  UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW — A complaint filed by Disability Rights Maine, in coordination with the ACLU of Maine, Kids Legal at Pine Tree Legal Assistance, and the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic initiated the DOJ investigation.

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