Saint Louis Law files lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri on behalf of jailed debtors
HUFFINGTON POST – The lawsuit was filed by ArchCity Defenders, as well as nonprofit Equal Justice Under Law and the Saint Louis University School of Law, on behalf of 11 poor individuals who had been held in Ferguson’s jail.
Read More about Saint Louis Law files lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri on behalf of jailed debtorsBoston College Law professors launch philanthropy policy forum
GLOBENEWSWIRE – At a time when American society has grown increasingly dependent on philanthropy to fund everything from our most fundamental needs to our highest ideals, two Boston College Law School professors are launching the Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good to examine public policy issues in charitable giving, Boston College Law School announced.
Read More about Boston College Law professors launch philanthropy policy forumCincinnati Law students defend wrongfully convicted individuals alongside innocence project
THE NEWS RECORD – In coincidence with the second annual International Wrongful Conviction Day, the University of Cincinnati’s Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday presented a collaborative effort between UC’s College of Law and the Ohio Innocence Project (OIP).
Read More about Cincinnati Law students defend wrongfully convicted individuals alongside innocence projectNew public interest fellowship collaboration at Tulane Law provides civil legal aid to low-income residents
NEWS FROM TULANE – Wood’s contributions already have shown the value of the Lutz Family Public Interest Fellowship, a new collaboration between Tulane Law School and SLLS, Louisiana’s largest provider of free civil legal aid for low-income residents.
Read More about New public interest fellowship collaboration at Tulane Law provides civil legal aid to low-income residentsDuke Law to take part in new interdisciplinary policy center for health care reform
DUKE TODAY – Duke University is launching a new health policy center whose goal is to develop ideas on health reform and move them into practical implementation, President Richard H. Brodhead announced.
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GLOBAL ATLANTA – The University of Georgia’s Dean Rusk International Law Center on Oct. 26 will hold a grand opening of its new offices on campus in Athens, where it will relocate and rededicate the school’s Louis B. Sohn Library on International Relations.
Read More about Georgia Law to hold grand opening of new location of international law centerAlbany Law receives grant for joint project to improve international health laws in the Middle East
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY – The University at Albany’s Global Institute for Health and Human Rights (GIHHR), with distinguished faculty from UAlbany’s School of Criminal Justice and Albany Law School, has been awarded a $1.6 million federal grant to improve international health laws through human rights considerations.
Read More about Albany Law receives grant for joint project to improve international health laws in the Middle EastSurvey: College students do not feel fully prepared for careers upon graduation
INSIDE HIGHER ED – Instructure surveyed nearly 8,000 current and former students from 12 different countries. Over all, 68 percent of participants said they felt prepared for their careers by college, and only 8.7 percent said they had been “fully” prepared.
Read More about Survey: College students do not feel fully prepared for careers upon graduationVirtual law firms spell greater work-life balance for lawyers, decline in workplace culture
THE ATLANTIC – VLP is one of several “virtual” law firms that are seeking provide legal services on the level of a traditional firm’s while dispensing with office space and having their attorneys work remotely, whether from home, a coffee shop, or a coworking space.
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ABA JOURNAL – “This story is about the milewide gulf between the legal profession’s infinitesimal knowledge of the burgeoning field of legal operations (of which DTM is a tiny part) and how that field is going to reshape the entire industry.”
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