University of Houston Law launches online English course for foreign law students
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — International students admitted to the University of Houston Law Center or prospective law students can brush up on legal language, oral communications and other skills as part of a custom-created online course being conducted by the UH Language and Culture Center. The English as an Additional Language Certificate course will…
Read More about University of Houston Law launches online English course for foreign law studentsLewis & Clark Law Low Income Taxpayer Clinic helps prepare tax returns for homeless persons
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) at Lewis & Clark Law School has collaborated with Street Roots, a local nonprofit, to prepare tax returns for homeless individuals so they can receive their stimulus checks.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law Low Income Taxpayer Clinic helps prepare tax returns for homeless personsUniversity of Miami Law Environmental Justice Clinic develops tool to prevent displacement of vulnerable populations
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The communities the Environmental Justice Clinic serves are particularly vulnerable to displacement because of the high proportion of renters and the rent burdens they face. In response to concerns raised by the clinic’s community partners, the EJC developed the Displacement Vulnerability and Mitigation Tool, known as the DVMT or the Anti-Displacement…
Read More about University of Miami Law Environmental Justice Clinic develops tool to prevent displacement of vulnerable populationsUniversity of New Hampshire Law celebrates graduates of alternative bar admittance program
CONCORD MONITOR — All graduations are unusual right now but Friday’s law school graduation in Concord was unusual for two reasons: It was online for the first time, and for the 13th time it turned students into lawyers without having to take the two-day bar exam.
Read More about University of New Hampshire Law celebrates graduates of alternative bar admittance programPenn Law clinic provides students access to patent data and analytic tools
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL –Bringing together commercial and legal innovation, the DIPTC is enabling entrepreneurial enterprises to maximize value from their IP, and helping budding lawyers future-proof their careers, through exposure to the advanced tech tools that are increasingly essential in IP work. The DIPTC joined forces with CPA Global to provide students…
Read More about Penn Law clinic provides students access to patent data and analytic toolsPenn Law professor Edward B. Shils coauthors article on the use of artificial intelligence in courts
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — In “AI in Adjudication and Administration,” forthcoming in the Brooklyn Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science Cary Coglianese and co-author Lavi M. Ben Dor L’20 survey and assess the use of artificial intelligence in courts and administrative agencies…
Read More about Penn Law professor Edward B. Shils coauthors article on the use of artificial intelligence in courtsA look at Penn Law’s 2020 public interest fellowship programs
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Through three rigorous and competitive fellowship programs — Project-Based Fellowships, Catalyst Fellows, and the LLM Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship — the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is supporting a historic number of JD and LLM grads to launch public interest careers to serve communities in need.
Read More about A look at Penn Law’s 2020 public interest fellowship programsPenn Law student Jonathan Hoffman receives award for service to student life
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Recent University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School graduate Jonathan Hoffman L’20 has been selected to receive the Dr. Andy Binns Impact Award for Outstanding Service to Graduate and Professional Student Life.
Read More about Penn Law student Jonathan Hoffman receives award for service to student lifeSt. Mary’s and University of Texas law clinics create eviction hotline
ST.MARY’S UNIVERSITY — The hotline is a collaboration between St. Mary’s Law’s Consumer Protection Clinic and Pro Bono Program, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, and the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic of the University of Texas School of Law.
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UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS — With the support of John and Sue Morrison, the law school launched its pilot program in 2014, originally called the Access to Justice Fellowships program. It supported five graduates in the program (through 2018) and of those five, three transitioned into permanent public service employment. Kate and Jack Helms sponsored a…
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