University of Missouri Law receives federal grant to restart innocence clinic
THE NEWS & OBSERVER — The University of Missouri has received a $500,000 grant that will help it restart a law clinic dedicated to investigating possible cases of wrongful conviction. Law professor Rodney Uphoff says the school will partner with the Midwest Innocence Project, a law firm that specializes in exonerating inmates who may actually be…
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J.M. KAPLAN FUND — As a bold solution, the Villanova University Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for Advocates (VIISTA) program will offer the first university-based, online certificate program to train non-lawyers to assist immigrants. VIISTA seeks to revolutionize immigration law by educating a new category of legal advocates, much like the role nurse practitioners play in…
Read More about Villanova Law professor Michele R. Pistone honored with JM Kaplan Innovation PrizeUniversity of Virginia Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic returns to U.S. Supreme Court to argue copyright case
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — The Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law will return to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to determine whether states can hold copyrights in annotations to their official codes. Clinic lecturer Josh Johnson, an appellate litigation attorney at Vinson & Elkins, will make his oral argument…
Read More about University of Virginia Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic returns to U.S. Supreme Court to argue copyright caseUniversity of Virginia Law celebrates decade of Program in Law and Public Service
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Virginia School of Law community came together Monday to celebrate 10 years of the Program in Law and Public Service and induct the incoming class of fellows. The program is designed to provide a select group of students access to a tailored curriculum and intensive training and…
Read More about University of Virginia Law celebrates decade of Program in Law and Public ServiceWest Virginia University Law clinic students help veteran to receive discharge upgrade
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Students at the West Virginia University College of Law have helped a U.S. Navy veteran receive a discharge upgrade. Students in the clinic also argued that the discharge upgrade was in the interest of justice because the Navy had failed to provide him with adequate treatment, which impacted his ability…
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WIDENER UNIVERSITY COMMONWEALTH LAW SCHOOL — Widener Commonwealth Law School students recently had the opportunity for the first time to help aspiring U.S. citizens and learn about the citizenship process as part of Catholic Charities’ Citizenship Day in Harrisburg. Eight Widener students, one alumnus and Professor Jill Family, director of the Law and Government Institute, participated in…
Read More about Widener Commonwealth Law students assist U.S. citizenship applicantsWillamette Law Child and Family Advocacy Clinic students submit report to U.N. Human Rights Council on children’s rights violations in the U.S.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — Early in the morning on Oct. 2, Willamette Law students submitted a 6,500-word report to the U.N.’s Human Rights Council on the United States’ children’s rights violations. The project was an obvious opportunity for the Child and Family Advocacy Clinic, which advances legal protections for children and provides pro bono legal representation to individual…
Read More about Willamette Law Child and Family Advocacy Clinic students submit report to U.N. Human Rights Council on children’s rights violations in the U.S.University of Wisconsin Law Remington Center supports review of inmates sentenced to life as juveniles
WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL — Their project, called the Public Interest Justice Initiative, started with recommendations from the Remington Center at UW Law School. The center found that, of the 128 people whose cases are being looked at, about half are from Milwaukee. Of those, 86 percent are people of color.
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON LAW SCHOOL — One year after opening its doors to clients, the UW Law School’s VOCA Restraining Order Clinic has helped 62 survivors navigate legal issues in four Wisconsin counties. Under director Ryan Poe-Gavlinski’s supervision, law students help victims of domestic violence, from trial preparation through direct representation in courtroom proceedings. The clinic…
Read More about University of Wisconsin Law hosts restraining order clinicYale Law Advanced Sentencing Clinic hosts panel and documentary screening on parole
YALE LAW SCHOOL — On Monday, November 18, 2019, the Advanced Sentencing Clinic at Yale Law School hosted a screening of the Frontline documentary “Life on Parole,” which follows the lives of four individuals on parole in Connecticut. The screening was followed by a panel discussion about the state of parole in Connecticut, moderated by Destiny…
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