Washburn Law’s tax clinic helps low income tax payers retain health care coverage
WIBW (TOPEKA) – Washburn University law students took time out of their day to help residents filed their 2014 tax returns.
Read More about Washburn Law’s tax clinic helps low income tax payers retain health care coverageUniversity of St. Thomas Law immigration appellate clinic helps detained immigrant client reunite with family
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS – Clinical students from the University of St. Thomas School of Law Immigration Appellate Clinic secured a sweeping victory for their detained immigrant client this week, preserving the unity of his family.
Read More about University of St. Thomas Law immigration appellate clinic helps detained immigrant client reunite with familyStudents from Michigan Law’s international refugee assistance project speak out against state efforts to stop refugee resettlement
THE DETROIT NEWS – “We chose the University of Michigan Law School to advocate for the rights of the most vulnerable refugees. Michigan Law offers unique opportunities to serve refugee communities. Within our first week of law school in 2013, we represented refugees as student attorneys through the International Refugee Assistance Project University of Michigan…
Read More about Students from Michigan Law’s international refugee assistance project speak out against state efforts to stop refugee resettlementMichigan Law School innocence clinic seeks new trial for man convicted of murder amid new evidence
WDIV (DETROIT) – The Innocence Clinic at University of Michigan law school is seeking a new trial for a man convicted of killing a 12-year-old Detroit girl nearly 20 years ago.
Read More about Michigan Law School innocence clinic seeks new trial for man convicted of murder amid new evidenceDomestic violence clinic at Florida Law faces funding challenges
THE GAINESVILLE SUN – The Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Clinic at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, the only program of its type nationally, will have money through the end of UF’s summer term. Now, a drive is underway to find money to keep it going.
Read More about Domestic violence clinic at Florida Law faces funding challengesSUNY Buffalo Law School provides opportunities for recent graduates through partnership with state fellowship program
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO – “Excelsior” – meaning “ever upward” – is New York State’s official motto, and upward-looking University at Buffalo Law School seniors are now eligible for the governor’s Excelsior Service Fellowship Program, which aims to bring high-achieving new graduates into public service.
Read More about SUNY Buffalo Law School provides opportunities for recent graduates through partnership with state fellowship programAlbany Law develops academic programs aimed at non-JD students
ALBANY BUSINESS REVIEW – Antony Haynes has filled a new leadership position and is responsible for creating academic programs for students who are not pursuing a law degree. He’ll also work to grow the law school’s online offerings.
Read More about Albany Law develops academic programs aimed at non-JD studentsHawaii Law receives gift to support new advocacy and trial practice center
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII – MANOA – The William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has a commitment to receive a $1 million leadership gift from one of the state’s top law firms, Davis Levin Livingston, to launch private fundraising efforts for its new Advocacy and Trial Practice Center.
Read More about Hawaii Law receives gift to support new advocacy and trial practice centerNotre Dame Law to launch clinic for low-income tax payers
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME – Notre Dame Law School will launch a new clinic – the Notre Dame Tax Clinic – to help law students gain legal experience and to serve the community. The clinic will be funded by a grant from the Internal Revenue Service and support from the University of Notre Dame’s Office…
Read More about Notre Dame Law to launch clinic for low-income tax payersLaw students represent wrongly convicted through SUNY Buffalo Innocence Project
BUFFALO BUSINESS FIRST – The Innocence and Justice Project is a groundbreaking initiative of the Advocacy Institute at SUNY Buffalo Law School that provides law students with an opportunity to represent people who are incarcerated but believe that they have been wrongfully convicted. While there are national organizations working to exonerate such prisoners, no other…
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