CUNY Law assists Guantanamo detainee set to be freed
THE GUARDIAN – Ramzi Kassem, a law professor at the City University of New York who, with his students, co-represents Aamer, told Aamer the news of his impending release in person at Guantánamo. Aamer initially did not believe him, he said.
Read More about CUNY Law assists Guantanamo detainee set to be freedWayne State Law partners with Oakland University for six year bachelor’s-JD program
DETROIT FREE PRESS – Oakland University and Wayne State University Law School are partnering to allow law students to get their law degree a year quicker.
Read More about Wayne State Law partners with Oakland University for six year bachelor’s-JD programPenn Law partners with international law organization to promote the rule of law abroad
PENN LAW – The University of Pennsylvania Law School and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a framework for cooperation that will help the two institutions promote the rule of law globally.
Read More about Penn Law partners with international law organization to promote the rule of law abroadLewis & Clark Law provides law student with hands-on experience through new Criminal Justice Reform Clinic
LAW STREET – A new clinic called the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic is a collaboration between the law school and the Oregon Justice Resource Center (OJRC) and will benefit both law school students, and members of the community in need of legal resources.
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DAILY HERALD – The 60-year-old was denied Social Security disability benefits two years ago and told to appeal locally because the government thought he had other income sources. But that all changed after he was referred to the Northern Illinois University Health Advocacy Clinic, a rare partnership between doctors and lawyers launched in Aurora a…
Read More about Northern Illinois Law students assist patients-in-need through medical-legal partnership clinicFlorida Law students work on public school reform in state
FLA LAW ONLINE – The involvement of UF Law students in the public interest-oriented work of Southern Legal Counsel has proven to be a mutually beneficial partnership, allowing students to gain practical legal experience while contributing to social justice litigation that seeks to protect and promote the constitutional and human rights of vulnerable communities.
Read More about Florida Law students work on public school reform in stateU.S. Department of Agriculture supports food project between Vermont Law, William Mitchell Law
VT DIGGER – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will award $728,274 to the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School to support a program designed to get communities more access to healthy food.
Read More about U.S. Department of Agriculture supports food project between Vermont Law, William Mitchell LawKaplan Test Prep executive discusses outlook for law schools enrollment based on recent survey
THE DAILY TARGUM – The vast majority of law school admissions officers predict to see an increase in application for the first time in years, according to a Kaplan Test Prep 2015 survey, with nearly 88 percent confident that their law school will see a rise in the 2015-2016 application cycle.
Read More about Kaplan Test Prep executive discusses outlook for law schools enrollment based on recent surveyKaplan survey: Law schools predict increase in application for 2015-16 application cycle
BUSINESSWIRE – According to Kaplan Test Prep’s 2015 survey of admissions officers at 120 law schools across the United States*, the vast majority of law school admissions officers predict that they are going to see something they haven’t seen in many years: an increase in applications.
Read More about Kaplan survey: Law schools predict increase in application for 2015-16 application cycleAspiring lawyers take unique apprenticeship route to profession by forgoing law school, but face many challenges
CAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION – At any given time there may be a few dozen apprentices studying in each of these four states, and every year a fraction of them will take the bar exam. For perspective: 8,786 law school graduates took the bar exam in California last year. That same year only 45 legal apprentices…
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