Notre Dame Law School’s Economic Justice Clinic helps single father facing foreclosure
NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL – When Scott Miller, a single father of three kids and small business owner, was at risk of losing his home to foreclosure, Notre Dame Law School’s Economic Justice Clinic helped to make sure that didn’t happen.
Read More about Notre Dame Law School’s Economic Justice Clinic helps single father facing foreclosureUniversity of Chicago Law students work on pressing environmental concerns through law clinic
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – When a rowing team for breast cancer survivors had concerns about pollution along a stretch of the Chicago River where they train, they turned to students at the University of Chicago Law School.
Read More about University of Chicago Law students work on pressing environmental concerns through law clinicNebraska Law students in Civil Clinical Law Program volunteer to assist homeless community with legal questions
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA COLLEGE OF LAW – Six senior-certified law students from the Civil Clinical Law Program volunteered at Project Homeless Connect.
Read More about Nebraska Law students in Civil Clinical Law Program volunteer to assist homeless community with legal questionsStudents in UVA Law’s Innocence Project Clinic may have found DNA evidence to exonerate client
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW – New DNA evidence discovered by a private investigator employed by the University of Virginia School of Law Innocence Project may lead to the man’s release from prison.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL – Brooklyn Law School has announced the launch of the Public Service Law Center, a hub for its public service community.
Read More about Brooklyn Law opens public service law centerHouston College of Law (formerly South Texas College of Law) agrees to another name change after trademark battle
ABA JOURNAL – The South Texas College of Law has abandoned plans to change its name to the Houston College of Law after a federal judge enjoined use of the new name in a trademark suit filed by the University of Houston Law Center.
Read More about Houston College of Law (formerly South Texas College of Law) agrees to another name change after trademark battleNotre Dame Law School professor shares optimism about future Colombian peace after playing key role in talks
NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL – Douglass Cassel, professor of law at Notre Dame Law School and advisor to the Center for Civil and Human Rights, played a crucial role in the recent Colombian peace talks.
Read More about Notre Dame Law School professor shares optimism about future Colombian peace after playing key role in talksUSC Gould Law students help reform state’s driver’s licenses suspension system for low-income individuals
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW – Several USC Gould law students in the Access to Justice Practicum course worked on reforming California’s system of saddling low-income people with crushing debt, and then punishing them by suspending driver’s licenses when they can’t pay.
Read More about USC Gould Law students help reform state’s driver’s licenses suspension system for low-income individualsSUNY Buffalo Law to launch innocence and justice project
BUFFALO BUSINESS FIRST – As part of the Innocence and Justice Project, a group of second- and third-year law students identify cases in which there is strong evidence of a miscarriage of justice and, in their role as student attorneys, press the case for redress.
Read More about SUNY Buffalo Law to launch innocence and justice projectHarvard Law School celebrates National Pro Bono Week
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – The HLS celebration, which is organized by the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs, is marked by a week of ceremonies and panel discussions focused on the vital importance of pro bono work.
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