University at Buffalo Law students help asylum seekers in Texas as part of clinical course
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO LAW — The six students are part of Assistant Clinical Professor Nicole Hallett’s U.S.-Mexico Border Clinic course that will be held in January. For seven days, the student clinicians will be in Dilley, Texas, site of the South Texas Family Residential Center
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WACO TRIBUNE — The Texas Access to Justice Commission presented the 2018 Law Student Pro Bono Award to Tychanika Kimbrough of Baylor Law School. The award recognizes a Texas law student who demonstrates commitment to the delivery of legal services to low-income Texans and passion for advocating on behalf of the underserved
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NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL — The Clooney Foundation for Justice—established by noted human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and her movie star spouse George—is partnering with Columbia Law’s Human Rights Clinic and the American Bar Association to launch an initiative in 2019 dubbed TrialWatch.
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COLORADO LAW — Two University of Colorado Law School professors helped take a stand for public land by submitting amicus briefs challenging the Trump administration’s actions to shrink Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Utah.
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UCLA LAW — Following a two-year collaboration with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, UCLA School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic has released a report and recommendations on improving opportunities for formerly jailed women to return successfully to civilian life in Los Angeles.
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THE MORGANTOWN NEWS — Two of West Virginia’s institutions of higher learning are teaming up to address the growing needs of consumer law and the issues brought about by everyday technologies.
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PEPPERDINE LAW — Pepperdine Law third-year student Sarah Parker was selected by the Human Trafficking Institute as a 2018-2019 Douglass Fellow. Parker is one of seven students chosen this year from the nation’s top law schools.
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MAINE BIZ — In 2017, Maine Law launched the Rural Lawyer Project in response to the access to justice crisis in rural Maine. The program pairs students with rural lawyers who serve as mentors, and provides students with direct exposure to rural practice to inspire them to consider pursuing careers in these communities.
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LONG ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS — In his decades-long tenure at Hofstra University, Stuart Rabinowitz has made serving the legal needs of immigrants a priority. Rabinowitz was recognized for his leadership in creating and supporting the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University’s legal clinic program.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Governor Kate Brown granted clemency to a client of the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) of Lewis & Clark Law School in November 2018. This marks the second time a clemency petition prepared by CJRC has been granted this year.
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