Case Western Reserve Law student Kristinia Aiad-Toss publishes paper on war crimes during El Salvador civil war
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Last summer, second-year law student Kristina Aiad-Toss spent two months in El Salvador interning for International Partners in Mission (IPM), a non-profit that engages in community development projects abroad to help women and children in 66 countries. The testimonials, along with additional research, formed the backbone of the white…
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DUKE LAW — Duke Law professor Brandon Garrett has been appointed independent monitor for a landmark bail reform settlement in Texas that could become a national model for cash bail reform. Garrett will monitor implementation of bail reform in the nation’s third-largest county in a seven-year project involving research teams at Duke, Texas A&M University, and the University of…
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GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — The VITA program is funded by a grant from the IRS and helps people who make less than $55,000 per year file their state and federal taxes for free. Every volunteer has to pass a certification exam. Historically, they trained people on the software and gave people a book to study tax…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — A federal judge has appointed University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson to serve as an independent monitor of the landmark Harris County bail settlement that could serve as a national model for cash bail reform.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Three individuals closely associated with the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School – Professor Tobias Barrington Wolff, Attorney Amy Maldonado L’98, and Adam Garnick L’21 – played a crucial role in the Third Circuit’s recent decision that federal district courts have subject matter jurisdiction in immigration cases involving “Migrant Protection Protocols,” which send immigrant detainees to…
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas A&M School of Law’s Bob Probasco, director of the Low Income Tax Clinic, was named to the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) Advisory Board of the Center For Taxpayer Rights. Probasco is one of 12 inaugural members of the LITC Advisory Board. He serves with other university academics from Georgia…
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) is proud to announce the selection of two 3L students as fellows for this year’s Gallogly Family Foundation Public Interest Fellowship Program.
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Former FBI director James B. Comey, fired by a president some Democrats believe he helped elect, urged Columbia Law School students to enter public service despite his own rough ride at the top of U.S. law enforcement. At a crowded lunchtime talk moderated by his friend and personal lawyer Daniel C. Richman, the…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School has launched a new Voting Rights Litigation and Advocacy Clinic. The clinic joins the 46 legal clinics and student practice organizations that make up the school’s clinical program. The new externship clinic focuses on voter suppression and redistricting law and policy, with a particular emphasis on voting rights threats and…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School today announced plans to create a new legal clinic focused on cases involving the rights of individuals to practice their religion. Clinical instruction plays an important role in legal education at Harvard Law School. Through the collective efforts of HLS’s 46 legal clinics and student practice organizations, the school deepens…
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