Minnesota Law immigration law center played a role in Supreme Court victory for Tunisian immigrant
STAR TRIBUNE – The victory in a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could mean relief for many immigrants facing deportation for minor drug-related convictions is shared with a distinctive collaboration of a new University of Minnesota Law School immigration law center, area law firms and immigration nonprofits.
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LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD – Kansas University clinical associate professor Katie Cronin taught KU’s first Human Trafficking Law and Policy class this spring, where law students went to work on real cases.
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PENN LAW – Six students in Robinson’s spring course, “Using Law to Interdict Foreign Terrorist Fighters,” received an official commendation recognizing their “outstanding support to Special Operations Command Pacific,” and each was awarded a special military coin from the SOCPAC Commander.
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS – Cesar Vargas, who graduated from CUNY School of Law and passed the state’s bar exam on his first try, is now set to become the first undocumented law graduate to get his New York law license.
Read More about New Yorker born in Mexico will become first undocumented student to earn law license in stateGift to Northwestern Law will expand its international community development efforts
THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN – Two donors gave $1 million to the School of Law to expand its international outreach efforts, the University announced.
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SOLICITORS JOURNAL — The number of students who graduated with a law degree hit an all-time-high last year, while both the number of training contracts registered and admissions to the roll decreased.
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AUGUSTA FREE PRESS — The United Nations Economic and Social Council has granted Washington and Lee University “special consultative status,” a prestigious designation granted to qualifying non-governmental organizations and only a select few academic institutions.
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LAWYERS WEEKLY — Australia’s legal industry is pessimistic about short-term growth, but top-tier firms expect to see an upturn in the market within the next six months, a new report has shown.
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ALBANY BUSINESS REVIEW — Albany Law School added two clinics, where students practice law under the supervision of professors and practice attorneys, in the past week. The two clinics are in mediation apprenticeship and immigration law.
Read More about Albany Law adds mediation and immigration clinicsClinics at Miami and University of Chicago Law report on impact of deportations to Haiti
MIAMI COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS — A report documenting the failure of the United States to safeguard the human rights of those it deports to post-earthquake Haiti has been released by the Human Rights and Immigration Clinics at the University of Miami School of Law and the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago School of…
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