Penn Law student Amani Carter examines anti-Black bias in artificial intelligence
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Amani Carter L’22 in the Law School’s AI and Bias Lab, taught by Senior Adjunct Professor of Global Leadership Rangita de Silva de Alwis, has developed a new study on Unmasking Coded Bias.
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Penn State Dickinson Law third-year law student Michael McDonald was recently named a Student Fellow as part of the Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellowship. Selected from 460 applications, McDonald is one of 35 law students who will serve in the Rural Summer Legal Corps’ 2021 class.
Read More about Penn State Dickinson Law student Michael McDonald awarded Rural Summer Legal Corps FellowshipUSC Gould Law Center for Transnational Law and Business launches project to monitor antitrust enforcement trends
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — With countries around the world seeing a rise in antitrust and competition enforcement in digital and technology sectors, the Center for Transnational Law and Business, based at the USC Gould School of Law, has launched an international study group to track trends and developments in the Americas.
Read More about USC Gould Law Center for Transnational Law and Business launches project to monitor antitrust enforcement trendsUSC Gould Law professors Clare Pastore and Alison Dundes Renteln appointed to US Commission on Civil Rights
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — USC Gould Professor Clare Pastore and alum Professor Alison Dundes Renteln were both appointed to four-year terms on the California State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. The State Advisory Committees investigate civil rights issues in their locales to advise the Commission.
Read More about USC Gould Law professors Clare Pastore and Alison Dundes Renteln appointed to US Commission on Civil RightsUSC Gould Law library dean Pauline Aranas honored by AALS Section on Law Libraries and Legal Information
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Pauline Aranas, John Stauffer Charitable Trust Chief Information Officer, Emeritus and Law Librarian Emerita, was honored in January with the Association of American Law Schools 2021 Section on Law Libraries and Legal Information Award.
Read More about USC Gould Law library dean Pauline Aranas honored by AALS Section on Law Libraries and Legal InformationUSC Gould Law Post-Conviction Justice Project wins release of clients
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Students in the Post-Conviction Justice Project recently won life-changing victories for two clients. PCJP continues to fight for second chances for clients like William and Jerome, and to advocate for policy and legislative changes to move toward a more fair and just criminal system in California.
Read More about USC Gould Law Post-Conviction Justice Project wins release of clientsUniversity of Virginia Law launches Democracy Summer Fellowship for law students and recent graduates
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The Democracy Summer Fellowship has been established at the University of Virginia School of Law, adding to the mix of opportunities that will enable scores of law students and recent graduates to work in public service jobs this summer.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — During the spring semester, students in clinics at the University of Virginia School of Law reunited an immigrant father of five with his family, secured educational assistance for an autistic child and drafted a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief, among other accomplishments.
Read More about University of Virginia Law celebrates the success of its clinics this springWMU-Cooley Law Innocence Project secures exoneration of client
FOX 17 — Berrien County Circuit Court Judge Angela M. Pasula set aside Corey McCall’s conviction Friday morning during a hearing. “I commend the attorneys and investigators in my office, the local agencies, and the WMU-Cooley Innocence Project for their hard work in ensuring justice for Mr. McCall”
Read More about WMU-Cooley Law Innocence Project secures exoneration of clientYale Law research scholar Lawrence Fox awarded ABA Medal
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION — The ABA Medal, the American Bar Association’s highest honor, will be awarded to Lawrence J. Fox, a longtime champion of legal ethics, professional responsibility and pro bono work who also has given decades of other service to the association and the legal profession.
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