University of Michigan Law Innocence Clinic urges state officials to overturn conviction of client
WNEM CBS — Temujin Kensu, also known as Fred Freeman, has been in prison for 33 years on a life sentence. The University of Michigan law school’s Innocence Clinic, joined by public figures, has long argued that he was wrongly convicted of killing a man in a Port Huron college parking lot in 1986.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW — UNM School of Law Vice Dean and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Camille Carey said recently the School was ready for that challenge.
Read More about University of New Mexico School of Law vice dean Camille Carey discusses transition to online learningNortheastern Law Community Business Clinic assists local businesses with pandemic legal aid
ITEMLIVE.COM — Jared Nicholson, a clinical professor of law at Northeastern University and member of the Lynn School Committee, has started a “Legal Help Desk for Lynn Small Businesses,” which consists of Northeastern law students providing free legal advice to city businesses.
Read More about Northeastern Law Community Business Clinic assists local businesses with pandemic legal aidNorthwestern Law first-year student Jamie Hwang shares experience learning online during the pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — The first year of law school is an unforgettable rite of passage to becoming a lawyer. I get that. But this year, it’s more “unforgettable” than usual. No one in my class at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law expected to finish it this way: attending Zoom classes, taking untimed finals and shooting…
Read More about Northwestern Law first-year student Jamie Hwang shares experience learning online during the pandemicPenn Law Institute for Law and Economics hosts virtual Corporate Roundtable
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Each roundtable takes up current issues that emerge from the research and teaching of the Institute and provides a forum for lively discussion. This spring’s Roundtable, “Securities Intermediation and Technological Changes: Loaning, Owning, & Voting,” was no exception, despite ILE’s moving it to a virtual format.
Read More about Penn Law Institute for Law and Economics hosts virtual Corporate RoundtablePenn Law Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic compiles COVID-19 related resources and information for small businesses
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic (ELC), led by Practice Professor of Law and Dean of Clinical Education Praveen Kosuri, is aiming to fill that gap with a carefully crafted series of frequently asked questions and answershttps://www.law.upenn.edu/live/news/10078-entrepreneurship-legal-clinic-compiles-faq-page that matter most to small business owners and entrepreneurs during the pandemic.
Read More about Penn Law Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic compiles COVID-19 related resources and information for small businessesPenn Law student Lelabari Giwa-Ojuri awarded 2020 Equal Justice Works Fellowship
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Lelabari Giwa-Ojuri L’20, sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has been awarded the 2020 Equal Justice Works Fellowship, one of the most prestigious and competitive post-graduate fellowships in the country. Giwa-Ojuri, who was a Toll Public Interest Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, will be a fellow at Community Legal…
Read More about Penn Law student Lelabari Giwa-Ojuri awarded 2020 Equal Justice Works FellowshipPepperdine Law Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution moves summer courses online
THE INTERNATIONAL JURIST — The Straus Institute offers classes for law students in dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration, and conflict management in two-week or intensive weekend formats. Programs began May 18 and will run through August 1, with a second session planned for later in the summer. Juris doctor candidates from an ABA-accredited law school can…
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UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS — Third-year students in the University of St. Thomas School of Law Appellate Clinic argued a prisoner civil rights case involving attorney-client confidentiality before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 22.
Read More about University of St. Thomas Law Appellate Clinic advocates for prisoners’ rights before U.S. Court of AppealsTexas A&M Law students create legal tool box for entities building water desalination and water recycling facilities
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Authors Seth J. Boettcher, Courtney Gately, Alexandra L. Lizano, Alexis S. Long and Alexis Yelvington participated in the EENRSLP Spring 2020 Capstone. Their reports are designed to help regulators, utilities, and the private sector navigate the legal and regulatory framework, and they identify required federal and local permits and other compliance criteria.
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