Lewis & Clark Law Animal Litigation Clinic files lawsuit against USDA for failure to enforce animal and food safety
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Animal Law Litigation Clinic, representing animal protection groups, sued Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and the Department of Agriculture today for failing to protect pigs who are too sick or injured to walk at slaughterhouses, posing serious risks to animals and food safety.
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PATCH — Ed Fallone, a Law Professor at Marquette University Law School will be on the ballot on Feb. 18 as a candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Fallone will be one of three people on the ballot. The top two vote-getters advance to the April 7 general election.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND NEWSROOM — Under the leadership of law professor Mary Kelly Tate, Richmond law students take a leading role in screening, investigating, and litigating felony cases where there is credible evidence of the convicted person’s innocence. The clinic also tackles cases of wrongful sentencing, meaning the punishment does not fit the crime. Participating students collaborate across…
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND NEWSROOM — In 2019, Richmond Law professor Julie McConnell found herself at the epicenter of this human rights crisis. As Director of the Children’s Defense Clinic and Clinical Professor of Law, McConnell and her students work with children and families around Virginia advocating for indigent youth charged with acts of delinquency. Thanks to…
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ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY — People’s Law School at St. Mary’s University will celebrate its 26th year of providing free education by local attorneys about common legal topics — identity theft, wills, Social Security and more — on Saturday, Feb. 15. Greg Zlotnick, J.D., the School of Law’s Director of Pro Bono Programs, said the event is an…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Margaret Foster Riley of the University of Virginia School of Law, an expert in bioethics, has been appointed to a new National Institutes of Health advisory committee that’s exploring these kinds of biotechnological questions. The Novel and Exceptional Technology and Research Advisory Committee provides recommendations to the NIH director and a…
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JD SUPRA — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have special guest Steven Arango with us — a Marine officer and lawyer — to talk about how he combined his military career with the law, as well as offer some useful tips on getting a clerkship and being published.
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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF LAW — The Tax Clinic at the UConn School of Law is seeing an increasing number of clients who earned income as contractors and ended up facing tax penalties because they didn’t understand and follow the rules, according to Professor Lisa Perkins, the clinic’s director. These taxpayers don’t always know that…
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DAYTON DAILY NEWS — Dayton Municipal Court has opened a new self-help center to try to help citizens negotiate the judicial system, especially those who represent themselves. The new center provides resources and in-person assistance from University of Dayton School of Law students.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — The clinic will provide students the opportunity to work directly on cutting-edge issues involving LGBTQ+ rights, with a particular emphasis on issues affecting underrepresented individuals and groups within the LGBTQ+ community. Clinic offerings include local and national projects covering the spectrum of LGBTQ+ issues. Students will engage in a range of work…
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