Georgia State Law Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic conducts training for tax assistance program
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — The VITA program is funded by a grant from the IRS and helps people who make less than $55,000 per year file their state and federal taxes for free. Every volunteer has to pass a certification exam. Historically, they trained people on the software and gave people a book to study tax…
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GONZAGA UNIVERSITY — The Gonzaga University School of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Mason Marks will be the 2020-21 Edmond J. Safra/Petrie-Flom Joint Fellow-in-Residence at Harvard University and Harvard Law School. The fellowship theme “Ethics of Technological and Biomedical Innovation” is closely aligned with his teaching and research interests.
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MEDIUM — The 2019–2020 academic year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Cyberlaw Clinic, which is based at the Berkman Klein Center. To commemorate the occasion, we spoke with Kendra Albert (Harvard Law J.D. ‘16), clinical instructor in the Cyberlaw Clinic and former student in the Clinic about their takeaways from that experience, their current work, and what they’re the…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — A federal judge has appointed University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson to serve as an independent monitor of the landmark Harris County bail settlement that could serve as a national model for cash bail reform.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Renee Knake, the Joanne and Larry Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics at the University of Houston Law Center, will discuss her research from her upcoming book, “Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court.” The work details the stories of nine women who despite being qualified, were passed over for the nation’s…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — International and humanitarian law expert Claudio M. Grossman presented the lecture, “The Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean: The Decision of the International Court of Justice in the case between Bolivia and Chile,” recently at the University of Miami School of Law. Grossman discussed the ICJ’s rejection of Bolivia’s claim…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Three individuals closely associated with the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School – Professor Tobias Barrington Wolff, Attorney Amy Maldonado L’98, and Adam Garnick L’21 – played a crucial role in the Third Circuit’s recent decision that federal district courts have subject matter jurisdiction in immigration cases involving “Migrant Protection Protocols,” which send immigrant detainees to…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Christopher S. Yoo, the John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication and Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania , has been named an External Expert for the Broadband Commission Working Group on the Common Bid for School Connectivity. The group will also serve as an advisory group for GIGA,…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — In her current research, Andrea Mitchell University Professor of Law, Political Science and Business Ethics Beth Simmons delves into the practical problems of international border management in today’s globalized world, particularly as they relate to governance, human mobility, and economic interdependence.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — On February 27 and 28, 2020, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Future of the Profession Initiative (FPI) welcomed legal profession leaders, the clients they serve, and innovators from across disciplines to the Penn Innovation Center for “Law 2030: A Global Conversation About the Future of the Profession.”
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