University of Colorado Law professor Ming Hsu Chen discusses immigration enforcement and citizenship policy

May 14, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW — Several times a year for the last several years, Associate Professor Ming Hsu Chen has taken students from the Immigration and Citizenship Law Program to meet immigrants who seek naturalized citizenship. It is a hands-on experience helping real people navigate the complex immigration system.

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Fordham Law hosts training webinar on online sexual harassment in the workplace

May 14, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The online discussion, hosted by Fordham Workers’ Rights Advocates on April 28, provided an overview about sexual harassment law—specifically what employees’ rights are and what an employee should consider when reporting an incident. Students asked questions regarding the current status of filing complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and how…

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Fordham Law Fashion Law Institute hosts host online panel

May 14, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The webinar, entitled “Going Viral: Fashion and the Coronavirus,” was the Institute’s first-ever virtual event. An online stand-in for the Institute’s in-person annual symposium (rescheduled for September 2020), the panel addressed the wide range of challenges the fashion industry is facing in this unprecedented “new normal.” “

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University of Houston Law Center student Erika McDonald receives writing recognition

May 14, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Erika McDonald, a third-year University of Houston Law Center student, was the recipient of the National Order of the Scribes Award at the virtual Dean’s Ceremony on April 21.

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University of Kansas Law Advance Care Planning Clinic offers legal services for essential health care workers

May 14, 2020

LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD — The Advance Care Planning Clinic will help workers complete documents, including general durable power of attorney for health care and/or financial decisions, health care directives/living wills, and last will and testament for low-income and low-asset estates, according to the law school’s Monday news release.

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Lewis & Clark Law Small Business Legal Clinic provides COVID-19 related legal help and resources

May 14, 2020

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Small Business Legal Clinic at Lewis & Clark Law School, which provides business transactional legal services to low-income small and emerging businesses in Oregon, has set up one-on-one meetings with attorneys for COVID-19 related issues as well as created a web page for all COVID-19 related general legal information.

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University of Miami Law Startup Practicum assists small businesses with federal loan applications

May 14, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s Startup Practicum continues to dig in to help its clients deal with the impact of COVID-19. The first thing the Startup Practicum did was advise its startup clients on the new loan programs created by the CARES Act.

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University of Miami Law Immigration Clinic helps release at-risk detainees

May 14, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — A federal judge ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reduce by hundreds the number of people detained in three Florida detention centers, in response to a lawsuit led by the University of Miami School of Law’s Immigration Clinic.

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Penn Law professor Chris William Sanchirico publishes article on capital and wealth taxation

May 14, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Samuel A. Blank Professor of Law, Business, and Public Policy Chris William Sanchirico has published “Why the Optimal Long-Run Tax Rate on Capital is Zero … or Very High: The Missing Explanation” in the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Law and Economics (ILE) Research Paper Series.

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Penn Law Global Institute for Human Rights to host online workshop on human rights and the pandemic

May 14, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The Institute is hosted by Cheryl Hardy L’94, the Executive Director of the Law School’s Legal Education Programs and Online Initiatives and led by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, the Associate Dean for International Affairs.

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