Indiana Maurer School of Law students offer legal advice to incarcerated though Inmate Legal Assistance Project

February 16, 2016

INDIANA DAILY STUDENT – The Inmate Legal Assistance Project is student-run at IU and funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. Students don’t give legal advice, but provide legal research assistance to inmates.

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Texas A&M Law Family Law and Benefits Clinic to open services for veterans

February 16, 2016

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY – The Veterans Project enables the clinic to represent qualifying low-income veterans in family law cases, Social Security disability cases and veterans disability benefits.

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Washburn Law hosts legal clinic for veterans with variety of services

February 16, 2016

WIBW (TOPEKA) – The students will assist the veterans with any issues they may have on their wills, living wills, or the topic of Durable Powers of Attorney.

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NYU School of Law hosts Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor for Q&A

February 16, 2016

WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS – Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor answered questions about the current state of juries in the American judicial system at the NYU School of Law, hosted by the Civil Liberty Project.

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University of Wisconsin Law launches program to improve access to legal education for underrepresented applicants

February 16, 2016

THE DAILY CARDINAL – The James E. Jones Jr. Pre-Law Scholars Program, which is named after the UW Law School’s first black faculty member, aims to “improve access to legal education for students from historically underrepresented groups and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.”

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Baylor Law School hosts free public curriculum of courses about legal rights

February 16, 2016

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY – Baylor Law School presents its 11th annual People’s Law School, a free half-day curriculum of courses designed to educate the public about their legal rights and to make the law user-friendly.

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ABA President Paulette Brown addresses ABA House of Delegates during midyear meeting

February 16, 2016

ABA JOURNAL – It has been 189 days since Paulette Brown took the office of ABA president. At that time, she said, she promised the ABA would be “social engineers for justice.” Brown told the House of Delegates about the many things the ABA has done toward that goal in the past six months.

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UC Irvine Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky to discuss book on Supreme Court at University of Florida Law

February 16, 2016

THE GAINESVILLE SUN – University of California, Irvine School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky will discuss his book, “The Case Against the Supreme Court,” at the University of Florida Levin College of Law’s Marshall M. Criser Distinguished Lecture.

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South Dakota Law offers free tax services and advice to students

February 16, 2016

THE VOLANTE – The USD School of Law does offer a separate free service for income-eligible students at their Federal Tax Clinic.

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Marquette Law students share experience studying international conflict resolution in Cuba through exchange program

February 16, 2016

MARQUETTE WIRE – Over winter break, the Marquette Law School allowed 25 students and six faculty members to embark on a six-day journey to Havana, Cuba, during winter break.

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