Wrongful Conviction Clinic at Indiana University McKinney Law seeks new trial for client
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Indiana McKinney Law Professor Fran Watson ’80, Director of the Wrongful Conviction Clinic, is part of the team working to get an Elkhart, Indiana, man a new trial. Andrew Royer is a mentally disabled man who is serving a 55-year prison sentence over a murder that happened 17…
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI NEWS BUREAU — The Wall Family Foundation will be asked to give $4.5 million to the University of Missouri School of Law. $2 million of the foundation’s gift would be used to support unrestricted scholarships for MU Law students. Another $2.5 million would be used to support faculty hiring.
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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH — The University of Massachusetts School of Law at UMass Dartmouth and Salem State University established an agreement that streamlines degree attainment for students to earn their bachelor’s and law degrees. The 3+3 agreement allows pre-law students to spend three years at Salem State working towards their bachelor’s degree.
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — The Northern Illinois University College of Law recently launched a new and innovative program called The Legal Education, Access, and Recognition (LEARN) Program. The program, which is funded by a $125,000 grant from AccessLex Institute, is directed by Interim Assistant Dean Yolanda King and Clinical Associate Professor Wendy Vaughn.
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UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF LAW — Darla Jackson, research and electronic resources librarian at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, has been included in the 2019 Fastcase 50, an award that honors the nation’s top legal innovators. Her instruction emphasizes the use of online research and emerging technologies.
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BOSTON GLOBE — Roger Williams Law student Xay Khamsyvoravong makes the case that municipalities should consider transferring their most valuable assets – Providence’s (R.I.) water supply, for example – to their pension funds in order to boost their balance sheet in a commentary piece pubilshed in the Roger Williams University Law Review.
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE — University of Tennessee Law Professors Brian Krumm and Valorie Vojdik are working with the Tennessee Advisory Committee to collect data and offer advice to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as it seeks to determine whether Tennessee residents are being treated fairly in regard to legal fees and asset forfeiture.
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas A&M Law Professor and dean Robert Ahdieh reflects on his first year as dean of Texas A&M University School of Law. He identifies three reasons why he truly loves his job.
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas A&M Law Professor Guillermo Garcia-Sanchez presented his research on international energy dispute resolution at the Mexican National Hydrocarbons Commission in late May. The Commission is an autonomous, government agency in charge of regulating, overseeing and evaluating all hydrocarbons exploration and production activities in Mexico.
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY — West Virginia Law Professors Patrick McGinley and Suzanne Weise helped secure the recent release of data that is shedding light on the national distribution of opioids. Both professors represented pro bono the Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette-Mail and its parent company, HD Media, in a year-long federal court legal battle.
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