Brooklyn Law professor Janet Sinder honored by American Association of Law Libraries for article

May 14, 2020

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) awarded Janet Sinder, Director of the Library and Professor of Law, the top prize in the AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers in the open category. The competition recognizes the best papers on any subject relevant to law librarianship, both scholarly and practical. This is the second time

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University at Buffalo Law Veterans Legal Practicum moves online

May 14, 2020

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Last month, COVID-19 interrupted this vital in-person work. What to do? The obvious: move online. The practicum has now begun operating its popular help desks through an online portal, using a confidential sign-up inquiry system to offer meetings via Zoom to interested veterans.

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UCLA Law professor Sameer Ashar honored by AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education for scholarship

May 14, 2020

UCLA LAW — Professor Sameer Ashar, UCLA School of Law’s vice dean of experiential education, has been honored with the inaugural Ellmann Memorial Clinical Scholarship Award from the Association of American Law Schools’ clinical section.

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University of Cincinnati Law’s Ohio Innocence Project helps free wrongfully convicted man

May 14, 2020

UC NEW — The Ohio Innocence Project (OIP) at the UC College of Law, took up the case of the Cincinnati man convicted in 2008 of armed robbery and sentenced to 18 years in prison. Michele Berry Godsey, a 2006 UC College of Law alumnus and former OIP participant, represented Smith both at his original trial in Hamilton County

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University of Cincinnati Law’s Ohio Innocence Project helps free wrongfully convicted client after 46 years in prison

May 14, 2020

UC NEWS — Andrews, now 82, thought he’d die in prison. But on Wednesday, nearly 46 years after he was incarcerated, he finally walked out of prison a free man, thanks to the tireless work of law students, professors and attorneys at the Ohio Innocence Project (OIP) at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

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A look at the Korey Wise Innocence Project at University of Colorado Law

May 14, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW — The weekend of May 31, 2019, started out normally for Anne-Marie Moyes, director of the Korey Wise Innocence Project (KWIP) at Colorado Law. She caught up with volunteers, reviewed applications, and made a few calls.

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University of Colorado Law professor Ming Hsu Chen discusses immigration enforcement and citizenship policy

May 14, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW — Several times a year for the last several years, Associate Professor Ming Hsu Chen has taken students from the Immigration and Citizenship Law Program to meet immigrants who seek naturalized citizenship. It is a hands-on experience helping real people navigate the complex immigration system.

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Fordham Law hosts training webinar on online sexual harassment in the workplace

May 14, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The online discussion, hosted by Fordham Workers’ Rights Advocates on April 28, provided an overview about sexual harassment law—specifically what employees’ rights are and what an employee should consider when reporting an incident. Students asked questions regarding the current status of filing complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and how

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Fordham Law Fashion Law Institute hosts host online panel

May 14, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The webinar, entitled “Going Viral: Fashion and the Coronavirus,” was the Institute’s first-ever virtual event. An online stand-in for the Institute’s in-person annual symposium (rescheduled for September 2020), the panel addressed the wide range of challenges the fashion industry is facing in this unprecedented “new normal.” “

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Lewis & Clark Law Small Business Legal Clinic provides COVID-19 related legal help and resources

May 14, 2020

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Small Business Legal Clinic at Lewis & Clark Law School, which provides business transactional legal services to low-income small and emerging businesses in Oregon, has set up one-on-one meetings with attorneys for COVID-19 related issues as well as created a web page for all COVID-19 related general legal information.

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