Georgia State University Law celebrates fifth anniversary of Center for Access to Justice
GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — This fall, the Center for Access to Justice celebrates its fifth anniversary. Launched in 2016, the Center created a space within the University to focus on how lower-income and other marginalized people navigate the civil and criminal legal systems in the South. Through research and education, the Center promotes meaningful access to the courts,…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — To mark the start of the 2021 U.S. Supreme Court term, University of Houston Law Professor Renee Knake Jefferson, an inaugural Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center Faculty Fellow at the Hobby School of Public Affairs, will discuss her research on judicial shortlists and other observations about what the coming year could…
Read More about University of Houston Law Center professor Renee Knake Jefferson to present lecture on the Supreme CourtUIC Law Fair Housing Clinic honored by Illinois State Bar Association for excellence in legal education
UIC LAW — The Illinois State Bar Association has awarded UIC Law’s Fair Housing Legal Clinic its 2021 Illinois State Bar Association’s Excellence in Legal Education Award, which honors a law school program that emphasizes real world skills for students. UIC Law’s Fair Housing Legal Clinic was nominated for the award by Charles Perkins (‘15), a compliance…
Read More about UIC Law Fair Housing Clinic honored by Illinois State Bar Association for excellence in legal educationIndiana University McKinney Law to host symposium on gun violence and reform
THE INDIANA LAWYER — The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law on Friday will host national gun law and gun violence experts at a symposium exploring state governments’ responses to increasing gun violence across the United States. Titled “Gun Laws and Gun Violence: State Governments Making a Difference,” the symposium will kick off at 9:30…
Read More about Indiana University McKinney Law to host symposium on gun violence and reformUMass Law student Emily Dillan advocates for survivors of domestic violence
ABA JOURNAL — Emily Dillan went to the University of Massachusetts School of Law hoping to help survivors of domestic violence in her community, but through a new opportunity with the ABA, she could soon extend her advocacy across the country. The 2L serves as the Law Student Division liaison to the Commission on Domestic & Sexual…
Read More about UMass Law student Emily Dillan advocates for survivors of domestic violenceUMass Law student awarded scholarship by New Bedford, Mass. police organization
WBSM — A New Bedford police organization has given a student at UMass Law a five-year scholarship. According to a department press release, the Hispanic Police Officers of New Bedford awarded Judith Patricia Cruz Caballero, Class of 2022 JD candidate and Bolivian native, a five-year law school scholarship. Caballero is the second recipient to have ever received the scholarship. The award is presented…
Read More about UMass Law student awarded scholarship by New Bedford, Mass. police organizationUniversity of Miami Law immigration clinic helps overturn discriminatory Florida law in federal court
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s commitment to immigration law and human rights law is center stage. A federal court ruled recently that key sections of Florida’s anti-sanctuary law violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, delivering a decision that strikes a major blow to the state’s anti-immigrant policymakers and a…
Read More about University of Miami Law immigration clinic helps overturn discriminatory Florida law in federal courtUniversity of Mississippi Law professor W. Tucker Carrington helps free man on death row
DE SOTO TIMES TRIBUNE — In January 1993, a brutal triple homicide shocked a small Mississippi community: A 13-year-old girl, Evangela Boyd, found dead in her home, her naked body lying on the floor of the laundry room. Her mom, Verline Boyd, and her grandmother, Betty Boyd, found lifeless in other areas of the house, which…
Read More about University of Mississippi Law professor W. Tucker Carrington helps free man on death rowMitchell Hamline Law student Angela Levasseur plans to use law degree to aid Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW –Angela Levasseur is certain people would wonder why she applied to law school at age 41. The enrolled member of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, who lives on her reservation in northern Manitoba, Canada, has been an educator for the past two decades. But this mother of five, whose children range in…
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UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA NEWS CENTER — The William S. Boyd School of Law has produced hundreds of distinguished graduates since opening its doors in 1998. However, it has produced just one who has done all of the following: pursued a law degree while simultaneously studying for a doctorate; took on leadership roles with multiple student organizations…
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