UMass Law Community Development Clinic assists local businesses and nonprofits
SOUTH COAST TODAY — Business owners get assistance from law students eager to help and law students get to demonstrate their abilities. It’s not just any attorney and client relationship, it’s a symbiotic partnership over the course of a semester at the University of Massachusetts School of Law’s Community Development Clinic in Dartmouth.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI — Professor Jessica Owley is committed to providing local, national, and global learning opportunities for students in Miami Law’s Environmental Law Program. “Climate change, sea-level rise, and pollution are among the most pressing issues of our time, and South Florida is right on the front line,” she said.
Read More about A look at the University of Miami Law Environmental Law ProgramUniversity of Miami Law launches focus in health law
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI — Miami Law has launched a new area of focus in health law, to address the need for specialized practitioners in South Florida, a major international health care hub. Students may fulfill the focus area requirements by taking advantage of specialized and experiential opportunities related to health law, including the Health Rights Clinic.
Read More about University of Miami Law launches focus in health lawMitchell Hamline Law student Kiana Carlson named to Interior Department committee on place names
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — A Mitchell Hamline student has been named as one of 17 members of a federal advisory group that will help identify and recommend changes to derogatory names used for places throughout the country.
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Law student Kiana Carlson named to Interior Department committee on place namesUniversity of New Mexico Law professor Cliff Villa selected for EPA post
UNM NEWSROOM — UNM School of Law Professor Cliff Villa has been asked by the President Joe Biden Administration to serve as a political appointee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As a senior advisor to the EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management, Villa’s expertise will come into play around the use of…
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA — Eighty-seven first-year law students, members of the UND School of Law Class of 2025, begin their legal education this week. Their journey began with a Convocation ceremony held Sunday evening at the Chester Fritz Auditorium with their family and friends in attendance.
Read More about University of North Dakota Law welcomes Class of 2025Northeastern Law professor Daniel Medwed collaborates prosecutor accountability project in New York
NEWS @ NORTHEASTERN — A Northeastern law professor scored a major legal win in federal court in New York this summer as part of a years-long effort to hold criminal prosecutors to a greater standard of accountability for their wrongdoing. Professor Daniel Medwed is one of six law professors who, as part of a project called “Accountability…
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Daniel Medwed collaborates prosecutor accountability project in New YorkNorthwestern Law professor Robin Walker Sterling elected to American Law Institute
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Robin Walker Sterling, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Clinical Education, and director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve…
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NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Ten recent graduates will launch their careers in public interest through both national and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law post-graduate fellowships this year. These graduates have dedicated their time and skills to causes ranging from healthcare expansion to supporting immigrant communities to helping survivors of gender-based violence.
Read More about Northwestern Law graduates participate in public interest fellowshipsPenn Law Access to Justice Tech Fellows Program increases access to justice through technology
PENN TODAY — The Access to Justice Tech Fellows Program mobilizes law students across the country to generate pathbreaking ways to increase access to justice for the most vulnerable communities.
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