American University Washington College of Law hosts panel on immigrant family separation and detention
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — On June 25, AUWCL’s Economic Justice Program hosted “Immigrant Family Separation and Family Detention,” a panel discussion which focused on why immigrant families are coming to the U.S., why they have been separated, and what is being done to combat these separations.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law Professor Joseph Connors is the director of the school’s Health Law Clinic, an experiential course through which law students provide free representation to individuals with chronic health conditions.
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TIMES UNION — Officials at Albany Law School are helping to facilitate an effort to provide the immigrants with legal representation and translators. The effort to assist the immigrants is part of a statewide initiative that involves recruiting attorneys, law school students and interpreters.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Nine teams competing in the Diversity in Law Hackathon gathered at Harvard Law School on Friday, after four months of brainstorming, to sell a discerning panel of judges their proposals to increase diversity in the legal industry.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — A group of lawyers who lead 34 major American firms call upon the Trump administration to develop an immediate plan for reunifying children with their families, to release families who pose no threat to our country and to terminate the policy of criminally prosecuting asylum seekers.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — New survey data challenge perceptions about first-generation college students, showing strong academic engagement and commitment to college. But the group lagged behind their peers in social comfort and resiliency.
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — This article answers frequently asked questions on how programs use the GRE test, how scores impact your competitiveness, and how to prep.
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ABA JOURNAL — A new report released on June 20 calls for civil legal aid to rethink how it uses data and tracks impact
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BEFORE THE BAR — This article explains the difference between a concentration and specialization, what they entail, and the benefits of having one in law school.
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FORBES — Andrea Tinianow, director of corporate and international development for the State of Delaware, argues that lawyers are key to wider implementation of blockchain technology across organizations in every sector. She describes a blockchain program she helped to curate for the State of Delaware’s Annual Bench and Bar Conference.
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