NIU Law announces professor Mark Cordes as interim dean

June 29, 2017

DAILY CHRONICLE – Mark Cordes, professor at the College of Law, will replace Eric Dannenmaier as the school’s interim dean until a replacement can be found.

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Outgoing UC Irvine Law Dean and AALS Board Member Erwin Chemerinsky pens letter to Irvine community as he takes the helm of UC Berkeley Law

June 29, 2017

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER – “Early on Saturday morning, my wife and I will load up our cars and drive from Irvine to begin our new positions at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.”

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Harvard Law celebrates 200th anniversary

June 29, 2017

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – On June 14, the Harvard Law School community gathered to celebrate the school’s 200th birthday with food, games and fun at the Bicentennial Bash.

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Three USC Gould Law students share their experience working in the Post-Conviction Justice Project

June 29, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW – Working in the Post-Conviction Justice Project has been life changing for the clients and USC students; here are three first-person student perspectives.

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Brooklyn Law’s Safe Harbor Project helps transgender client win asylum

June 29, 2017

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL – A transgender woman from a totalitarian nation has been granted asylum in the United States thanks in part to the work of students in Brooklyn Law School’s Safe Harbor Project clinic.

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Harvard Law’s Human International Rights Clinic releases report with recommendations on refugee resettlement in the U.S.

June 29, 2017

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program has released a far-reaching report, “Fulfilling U.S. Commitment to Refugee Resettlement: Protecting Refugees, Preserving National Security & Building the U.S. Economy through Refugee Admissions.”

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Yale Law clinic helps file suit against Trump administration for withholding information concerning profiling in immigration enforcement

June 29, 2017

YALE LAW SCHOOL – CAIR-CT and MRNY are represented by the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, the National Immigration Law Center, and the International Refugee Assistance Project.

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Cornell Law’s Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide launches intensive training workshop for capital defenders from Africa

June 29, 2017

CORNELL LAW SCHOOL – Fifteen capital defense lawyers from eight African countries arrived at Cornell Law School on June 12 to begin eight days of training on how best to represent death penalty clients.

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UCLA Law launches research project on artificial intelligence

June 29, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW – UCLA School of Law has received a $1.5 million grant from the Open Philanthropy Project to study disruptive societal and legal changes stemming from artificial intelligence.

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Harvard Law student wins victory in court for disabled parolees

June 29, 2017

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Tabitha Cohen ’18 argues appeal on behalf of prisoner and brain injury survivor Richard Crowell.

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