University of Wisconsin Law VOCA Restraining Order Clinic wins state bar award for legal innovation
STATE BAR OF WISCONSIN — Lavinia Goodell’s legacy lives on in the work of the Innovation Award-winning VOCA Restraining Order Clinic, launched this year at the U.W. Law School. The Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) clinic supports survivors of intimate partner violence and provides direct training for law students as they assist clients in securing…
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THE ADVOCATE’S SOCIETY — Listen to the experiences of Professor Erin Barbato and students Juan José Fonseca Angel and Nancy Cruz of the University of Wisconsin Law School, who visited the immigrant detention center earlier this year.
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WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO — Speech and language impairments can have adverse effects on defendants in the criminal justice system. A law professor shares research on how language disabilities can go unnoticed by law enforcement and disadvantage the accused.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Recent allegations of copyright violations against a professor who shared his own work on his website spark debate about ownership and whether peer reviewers should be paid.
Read More about Professor receives copyright strike for sharing his own workUniversity of Baltimore Law professor Michele Gilman discusses privacy law at Georgetown Law
GEORGETOWN LAW — he Color of Surveillance addresses these questions and more, elevating the voices of working people, labor advocates, artists, and historians. The conference will take place on Thursday, November 7 in Hart Auditorium at Georgetown University Law Center, and is presented in partnership with Free Press and MediaJustice, with support from The Center on…
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HARVARD LAW SCHOOL — Book Talk: “The Baron and the Marquis: Liberty, Tyranny, and the Enlightenment Maxim That Can Remake American Criminal Justice,” by John D. Bessler, University of Baltimore School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center. John Bessler teaches law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and at the Georgetown University Law…
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Six years of work by students in UB School of Law’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic – more than 1,450 pro bono hours invested by our student attorneys. And a total of 33 students who helped build the legal and informational foundation – all to celebrate the global significance of Western…
Read More about University at Buffalo Law Environmental Advocacy Clinic obtains global designation for Niagara RiverUC Berkeley Law Policy Advocacy Clinic presents report on fees in the juvenile legal system
BERKELEY LAW — On January 1, 2018, a new law went into effect barring California counties from charging administrative fees to parents and guardians of youth in the juvenile legal system. Senate Bill 190 was the culmination of more than five years of research and outreach by students in Berkeley Law’s Policy Advocacy Clinic (PAC) to…
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Columbia Law School Professor Anu Bradford and University of Chicago Law School Professor Adam Chilton have released the world’s most comprehensive collection of competition laws and enforcement practices to date, providing researchers, lawyers, journalists, and policymakers with new tools to assess the economic impact of these laws across borders. The ambitious, five-year project…
Read More about Columbia Law professor Anu Bradford releases research on global competition lawsDuke Law professor Jerome H. Reichman honored at Harvard Law for work in intellectual property law
DUKE LAW — Bunyan S. Womble Professor of Law Jerome H. Reichman, a renowned and path breaking scholar of intellectual property law, was honored with a two-day conference at Harvard Law School in late September. The theme for the conference and its programming reflected the innovative and influential nature of Reichman’s scholarship, which has long focused on legal and…
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