South Texas College of Law Houston students aid human trafficking victims through clinic
STCL HOUSTON — Law students in South Texas College of Law Houston’s (STCL Houston) Asylum & Human Trafficking Clinic recently played a vital role in rescuing a 37-year-old woman and her family from years of terror caused by a vicious perpetrator of human trafficking in Honduras.
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — A College of Law professor and former judge has been recognized for her work with a 2019 SEC Faculty Achievement Award. Penny White, the Elvin E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law, serves as director of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution in UT’s College of Law.
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TAMU LAW — Students participating in the the Texas A&M University School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic won protection under the Convention Against Torture for a client from Somalia last week. The court found a greater than 50 percent chance of future torture with government acquiescence.
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ABC4 — Law students at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law enrolled in a course designed by Professor Amos Guiora participated in a counter-terrorism simulation designed to teach them how to respond when terrorists strike.
Read More about University of Utah Law holds counter-terrorism simulation for studentsVillanova Law Professor Leslie Book named Professor-in-Residence at the Internal Revenue Service
VILLANOVA LAW — Leslie Book, Professor of Law at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, is serving as the Professor-in-Residence at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS)
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UVA LAW — Two new papers by University of Virginia School of Law professors look at how indigent defendants face more obstacles than others in the justice system, and possible solutions to the problem.
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UVA LAW — Winter is coming. But it already blew through a special “Game of Thrones” episode of “Common Law”. Episode 4 features Virginia Solicitor General and Professor Toby Heytens ’00 and Professor Mila Versteeg, who have co-taught a course on the book series and HBO show.
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WAYNE LAW — Wayne State University Law School will convene a slate of experts Friday, April 12 for “(S)exploiting the Vulnerable: Empowering Future Legal Advocates to Combat Sex Trafficking,” in an effort to analyze the legal process surrounding such crimes and centralize the point of view of survivors.
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WYOMING PUBLIC RADIO — UW is hosting a mock trial on April 15 based on a historic event that happened right here in Wyoming.
Read More about University of Wyoming Law to hold annual historic mock trialYale Law student Ellis Liang selected for Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics
YALE LAW — Ellis Liang ’19 is one of 14 law students and early-career attorneys chosen by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) to participate in a two-week program in Germany and Poland this spring.
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