UConn Law and Syracuse Law students receive scholarships from National Association of Women Judges
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE – The Access to Justice Scholarships, which have been renamed for the late Chief Judge Judith Kaye, were given out to Ellie Miske, a second-year student at University of Connecticut School of Law, and Astrid Quinones, a second-year student at Syracuse University School of Law.
Read More about UConn Law and Syracuse Law students receive scholarships from National Association of Women JudgesHarvard Law School students in Criminal Justice Policy Program help win clemency for inmates
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Twenty-six Harvard Law students volunteered to work with a team of pro bono attorneys to represent clemency petitioners, in what has become the largest law student-based clemency initiative in the country.
Read More about Harvard Law School students in Criminal Justice Policy Program help win clemency for inmatesWisconsin Law’s innocence project helps overturn rape and armed burglary convictions for wrongly convicted man
WKOW (ABC MADISON) – Daryl Holloway was released from Green Bay Correctional Institution Wednesday, after the Wisconsin Innocence Project at UW-Madison helped overturn his 1993 rape and armed burglary convictions.
Read More about Wisconsin Law’s innocence project helps overturn rape and armed burglary convictions for wrongly convicted manMiami Law health rights clinic secures more than $4 million in benefits for clients since 2005
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW – The Health Rights Clinic has won over $4 million in benefits for their over 2,000 clients, all from underserved communities, since its inception in 2005.
Read More about Miami Law health rights clinic secures more than $4 million in benefits for clients since 2005Baltimore Law names five students as Legal Writing Fellows
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE – Five law students have been appointed as Legal Writing Fellows for the University of Baltimore School of Law’s Legal Writing Center for the 2016-17 academic year.
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NEWSWISE – Georgia State University College of Law has established the Center for Access to Justice, a regional and national base for the study of issues relating to access to criminal and civil justice for those with limited financial means.
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO – The New York City Program on Finance & Law, which takes law students to the heart of the nation’s financial capital for an intensive semester of hands-on learning, has welcomed a cohort of School of Management students into this year’s class.
Read More about SUNY Buffalo Law adds new opportunities to NYC program on finance & lawLewis & Clark Law School alumnus to teach course on cannabis law
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL – The law school welcomes alum Vincent Sliwoski ’10 back to campus to teach our first course on cannabis law, which will be offered in spring 2017.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law School alumnus to teach course on cannabis lawReport: Few legal departments have plans in place to prepare to millennial lawyers
LEGAL EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE – The newly released survey shows a legal environment in which businesses of all types are dealing with the influx of millennials and the departure of baby boomers.
Read More about Report: Few legal departments have plans in place to prepare to millennial lawyersUniversity of South Dakota Law reports drop in bar passage rate
KEVN (FOX BLACK HILLS) – The percentage of University of South Dakota School of Law graduates who fail to pass the state bar exam has increased from about 10 percent in 2013 to about 50 percent this year.
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