Fordham Law Parole Information Project improves public access to government documents
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The Parole Information Project makes tough-to-access documents accessible to families, the general public, and attorneys trying to obtain parole for clients. As the outcry over mass incarceration continues to grow, here’s why this crucial resource is ramping up and why it matters so much now.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On July 6, Fordham Law School launched this year’s annual Pre-Law and Summer Institutes. These programs are offered online, and both cohorts are combined for the first time.
Read More about Fordham Law Pre-Law and Summer Institutes combined and offered onlineGeorgetown Law students and professor Brian Wolfman target legal doctrine allowing employers to discriminate against workers
GEORGETOWN LAW — A Georgetown Law professor and students are taking aim at an entrenched legal doctrine — known as the “adverse employment action” doctrine — that courts are using to allow employers to continue to discriminate against workers on the basis of race, sex and other legally protected traits.
Read More about Georgetown Law students and professor Brian Wolfman target legal doctrine allowing employers to discriminate against workersHarvard Law clinic helps to reach settlement in lawsuit over prison health care in Vermont
VERMONT BIZ — Vermont Business Magazine A federal district court in Burlington gave preliminary approval on a class action settlement reflecting Vermont’s agreement to improve and expand access to the Hepatitis C cure for people in Department of Corrections (DOC) custody.
Read More about Harvard Law clinic helps to reach settlement in lawsuit over prison health care in VermontIndiana University McKinney Law faculty to participate in ABA panel discussion on pipeline programs aimed at improving access to the legal profession
INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Three people with IU McKinney connections will take part in a discussion about educational pipeline programs aimed at increasing access to the legal profession. The law school’s Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion Patricia Kinney, ’02, and Professor Max Huffman, will be joined on the panel by…
Read More about Indiana University McKinney Law faculty to participate in ABA panel discussion on pipeline programs aimed at improving access to the legal professionMarquette Law hosts virtual discussion on the use of COVID-19 relief funds for Wisconsin public schools
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY NEWS CENTER — Marquette University Law School and the College of Education will release a new virtual session, “Federal Funds to the Rescue? Wisconsin Schools and COVID Aid,” on Wednesday, July 21. The program features Dr. Marguerite Roza, director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University, as well as a discussion with several school…
Read More about Marquette Law hosts virtual discussion on the use of COVID-19 relief funds for Wisconsin public schoolsUMass Law hosts commencement ceremony for the classes of 2020 and 2021
UMASS LAW — Students extolled for completing their legal education during an uncertain and unprecedented era.
Read More about UMass Law hosts commencement ceremony for the classes of 2020 and 2021Mercer Law professor Karen J. Sneddon honored by Legal Writing Institute
THE DEN — Mercer University School of Law Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development Karen J. Sneddon recently received the 2020 Teresa Godwin Phelps Award for Scholarship in Legal Communication from the Legal Writing Institute.
Read More about Mercer Law professor Karen J. Sneddon honored by Legal Writing InstituteUniversity of Miami Law Immigration Clinic files lawsuit over unsafe conditions at South Florida immigration detention facilities
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — A class action lawsuit of Miami Law’s Immigration Clinic challenging conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic of three South Florida immigration detention jails has settled.
Read More about University of Miami Law Immigration Clinic files lawsuit over unsafe conditions at South Florida immigration detention facilitiesMitchell Hamline Law launches Visiting Assistant Professor program to help diversify the legal academy
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Among Mitchell Hamline’s six newest faculty members are three women of color who are the school’s initial Visiting Assistant Professors (VAPs):Engy Abdelkader, Maikieta Brantley, and DeShayla Strachan.
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