University of Mississippi Law’s justice center helps bring an end to debtor’s prisons in state

July 6, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW – The Law School’s MacArthur Justice Center has brought to an end a system in the Mississippi state capital of jailing people who can’t pay court fines.

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California Western Law’s innocence project helps free wrongly convicted man

July 6, 2016

KSWB (FOX SAN DIEGO) – Bill Richards was released from prison Tuesday after spending 23 years in custody for a crime he did not commit.

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Harvard Law professor shares tips on negotiating a starting salary for entry-level jobs

July 6, 2016

MARKETWATCH – MarketWatch spoke with Bordone about how young people can make sure they get paid fairly, even when they think they don’t have a ton of leverage.

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Texas A&M Law launches new incubator program to help recent graduates transition to small practice

July 6, 2016

PRNEWSWIRE – Texas A&M University School of Law is introducing a new incubator program designed to accelerate recent graduates’ transition from law school to solo and small firm practice.

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Yale Law students create project to aid asylum seekers through advocacy

July 6, 2016

YALE LAW SCHOOL – Conchita Cruz ’16, Swapna Reddy ’16, Dorothy Tegeler ’16, and Liz Willis ’17 co-founded ASAP in the Spring of 2015 to respond to the unmet legal needs of Central American refugee families.

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Widener Delaware Law partners on project to give youths with criminal record a second chance

July 6, 2016

DELAWARE ONLINE – A group of organizations is hosting clinics over the summer to help youth expunge their criminal records, clearing the path to future education and employment.

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London lawyers seek to ease clients’ Brexit fears

July 6, 2016

BLOOMBERG – As the reality of Britain’s exit from the European Union set in Friday, London’s top lawyers worked to reassure anxious clients that everything was going to be fine, even if they couldn’t offer solid predictions about what happens next.

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Indiana Maurer Law selects 22 students as fellows for overseas externship program

July 6, 2016

INDIANA DAILY STUDENT – The IU Maurer School of Law named 22 students as Milton Stewart Fellows for its Stewart Fellows Overseas Externship Program for 2016, the largest class in the program’s history.

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Southern Illinois University Law students embark on trip to Cuba for legal globalization course

July 6, 2016

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Southern Illinois University Carbondale students recently returned from a weeklong visit to Cuba as work continues to normalize relations between the United States and the socialist Caribbean nation.

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Supreme Court Justice Alito to speak at Chapman Fowler School of Law

July 6, 2016

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has confirmed that he will visit Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law in 2017 to give the keynote speech at the Chapman Law Review’s Annual Symposium.

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