University of Hawaii Law students launch food pantry to address food insecurity on campus
ABA JOURNAL — Three law students at the University of Hawaii’s law school are launching a food pantry to help classmates who are going hungry. The students planned to open the food pantry during winter break at CJ’s Cubby, the law student lounge. The pantry will carry items like rice, beans or quinoa for students to…
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NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL NEWS — The fellows work with New York Legal Assistance Group’s Legal Clinic for Pro Se Litigants. NYLAG’s clinic operates at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, offering guidance and answering questions onsite.
Read More about New York Law School establishes pro se legal services fellowship fundNorthern Illinois Law professor Morse Tan confirmed as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — On December 19, the Senate confirmed Professor Morse Tan to serve as the next Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, a key position in the State Department. Professor Tan, who has taught at NIU since 2011, is an expert on both North Korea and International Law.
Read More about Northern Illinois Law professor Morse Tan confirmed as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal JusticeNorthwestern Law professors Juliet S. Sorensen and J. Samuel Tenenbaum receive Walter J. Cummings Award from Federal Bar Association
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Two Northwestern Pritzker School of Law professors and a former fellow with the Bluhm Legal Clinic have been awarded the prestigious Walter J. Cummings Award for pro bono service from the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. The Clinic team took on the case in the spring of 2018, pledging…
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — An Indiana nonprofit helping families affected by epilepsy got some much-needed help from Notre Dame Law School’s Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic to protect its brand. Jodi Clifford, director of the IP Clinic and clinical professor of law, said the work is great experience for students to be able to…
Read More about Notre Dame Law Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic helps client secure trademarkRutgers Law professors provide insight into key legal issues to watch in 2020
RUTGERS LAW — Rutgers Law professors are national experts in a number of fields and widely-published in those areas. Recently, they weighed in on some of the key legal issues that will be discussed and debated in the upcoming year. LGBTQ rights, voting issues, the availability of generic drugs, environmental concerns, healthcare, immigration, and human trafficking,…
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VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — Vermont Law School announces the establishment of a new Environmental Justice (EJ) Clinic. The program is one of just a few law school clinics in the United States devoted to environmental justice, a practice at the intersection of civil rights and environmental law. Clinic students are already involved in several cases, working in…
Read More about Vermont Law establishes Environmental Justice ClinicUniversity of Hawaiʻi dean Avi Soifer receives Deborah L. Rhode Award from AALS Section on Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT MĀNOA — University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Law School Dean Avi Soifer will be given a national award for his outstanding support for pro bono work and public service. Soifer will be presented with the 2020 Deborah L. Rhode Award from the national Association of American Law Schools (AALS) at its annual convention…
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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Leo Beletsky received the Association of American Law Schools’ Law, Medicine and Health Care Community Service Award at the organization’s annual meeting in January. Beletsky’s community engagement spans local, state, national and international service. He directs the Health in Justice Action Lab, which advises the Boston City Council, local community organizations and the office…
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Leo Beletsky receives AALS Section on Medicine and Health Care Community Service AwardAALS Survey: Law classes of 2019 contributed more than $111 million worth of pro bono legal services
LEGALNEWS.COM — For the fourth consecutive year, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) measured how much law schools contribute to the delivery of much-needed legal services through clinics, other experiential courses, and pro bono activities of graduating law students. In November, 105 law schools reported that 19,885 law students in the class of 2019 contributed…
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