Vermont Law launches legal food hub to provide services to farmers and food-related businesses
VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — Today Vermont Law School (VLS) and Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) announced the launch of the Vermont Legal Food Hub. Located at VLS’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) in South Royalton, the program will match income-eligible farmers and business owners with skilled attorneys willing to provide free legal services. The Vermont hub has already recruited…
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — When Sam Marullo ’20 and Patrick Hulin ’20 first arrived at Yale Law School, they spent their 1L year advocating for funding for Connecticut opioid treatment programs in prison through the Law School’s Legislative Advocacy Clinic. Marullo, the former policy director for Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo ’98, had successfully worked on similar legislation in Rhode Island and was hoping…
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THE HARVARD GAZETTE — The initiative helps illuminate the path to college for high-potential ninth- and 10th-graders from Western Washington school districts in low-income areas. Eight CAP scholars were chosen from a pool of 50 applicants in the first year. During their high school years, they receive free professional college test prep and supplemental aid for educational…
Read More about Harvard Law alum Alexis Wheeler leads the Harvard Club of Seattle Crimson Achievement ProgramCase Western Reserve Law Intellectual Property Venture Clinic client awarded government funding
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Leveraging the considerable university assets available to assist student entrepreneurs, Gomez applied and was accepted as a client of the CWRU School of Law’s Intellectual Property Venture Clinic (IPVC), where law students represent start-up companies and entrepreneurs, working to develop and cultivate real-world intellectual assets while also applying skills…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law Intellectual Property Venture Clinic client awarded government fundingUniversity 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…
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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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