UC Davis Law students reflect on recent experience assisting asylum seekers in Mexico
UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Eight UC Davis law students traveled to Tijuana, Mexico, during spring break to consult with asylum seekers and deported immigrants in need of legal advice. Law professor Raquel Aldanaand Spanish professor Robert Irwin organized the trip and accompanied the students as part of Irwin’s Humanizing Deportation project.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — On April 5, Professor Rick Frank testified before the California State Assembly’s Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife at the request of the State Legislature. Frank’s testimony focused on AB 2639 (Quirk), a bill that would set a statutory deadline of Dec. 31, 2023 for the State Water Resources Control Board to…
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UC HASTINGS LAW — As April’s national filing tax deadline grows closer, U.C. Hastings law students are doing their part to assist low-income taxpayers.
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UCI LAW — Gregory Shaffer, Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law), has been named President of the American Society of International Law (ASIL).
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UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is delighted to announce that Rachel Croskery-Roberts, Professor and Associate Dean for Lawyering Skills, has been chosen as President-Elect for the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) starting August 2022.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — In April, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in a case that students in the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Appellate Litigation Clinic have been working on for over two years. The case—argued by Joseph Shell (LAW ‘20)—considers whether a defendant has a…
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — In April, the Health Law Clinic at Case Western Reserve University School of Law hosted its first Pop-up Wills Clinic, helping more than 30 community members obtain wills, power of attorney and other important legal documents.
Read More about Case Western University Law hosts pop-up clinic to help community with wills and other legal needsGift to University of Cincinnati Law to support Institute for Law & Psychiatry
UCINCINNATI — Glenn M. Weaver, BS ’43, MD ’45 spent his career focused on the intersection of law and psychiatry. A renowned leader in clinical and forensic psychiatry, such was his dedication that he founded the Weaver Institute for Law and Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1998.
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DUKE TODAY — Kerry Abrams, who has served as dean of Duke Law School since 2018, has been reappointed to another five-year term through June 30, 2028, President Vincent Price and Provost Sally Kornbluth announced today.
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DUKE TODAY — The Duke Endowment has given a $10 million award to Duke University to create new financial aid opportunities in the Law School and help remove economic barriers for students to study law and launch their careers. The challenge grant will provide matching funds for endowments supporting scholarships, summer and post-graduate public interest…
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