Vermont Law establishes Environmental Justice Clinic
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…
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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…
Read More about University of Hawaiʻi dean Avi Soifer receives Deborah L. Rhode Award from AALS Section on Pro Bono & Public Service OpportunitiesNortheastern Law professor Leo Beletsky receives AALS Section on Medicine and Health Care Community Service Award
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…
Read More about AALS Survey: Law classes of 2019 contributed more than $111 million worth of pro bono legal servicesCardozo Law Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic conducts environmental and human rights assessment for Brazilian indigenous community
CARDOZO LAW — The Benjamin B. Ferencz Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention (HRAP) Clinic, along with the UNISINOS Human Rights Centre, conducted an environmental and human rights impact assessment for the indigenous population in Autazes, a municipality in the Brazilian Amazon. The indigenous Autazes group Mura face displacement due to a potash mine that is being…
Read More about Cardozo Law Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic conducts environmental and human rights assessment for Brazilian indigenous communityDrake University Law launches refugee clinical program
DRAKE LAW SCHOOL — Drake University Law School announces a new refugee clinical program launching this spring. The Refugee Clinic is an exciting addition to the current legal assistance programs at the Drake Legal Clinic. Law students will have the opportunity for experiential learning by providing pro-bono legal representation to non-citizens in their applications for asylum…
Read More about Drake University Law launches refugee clinical programFordham Law Federal Tax Clinic celebrates victory for client
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — A taxpayer received a Notice of Deficiency for approximately $300,000 and contacted the Fordham Tax Clinic, directed by Professor Elizabeth Maresca, for assistance. n the summer of 2018, students Alex Lipton ’19, Daniella Villatoro ’19, and Daniela Calabro ’20, began gathering more information about the business, including sending subpoenae to multiple individuals and…
Read More about Fordham Law Federal Tax Clinic celebrates victory for clientLewis & Clark Law Animal Law Litigation Clinic files lawsuit against USDA decision to reduce oversight at slaughterhouses
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Seven organizations dedicated to protecting the animals, people, and environments that suffer due to industrial animal agriculture filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) challenging its decision to reduce oversight at pig slaughterhouses and eliminate limits on the slaughter speeds, exposing pigs to greater suffering and…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law Animal Law Litigation Clinic files lawsuit against USDA decision to reduce oversight at slaughterhousesLewis & Clark Law’s Green Energy Institute petitions Oregon policymakers to establish diesel emission regulations
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, co-authored a petition to Oregon policymakers to establish a cap on toxic diesel emissions from non-road sources such as construction sites, distribution centers and railyards. Oregon’s clean air laws lag behind nearly every other state…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law’s Green Energy Institute petitions Oregon policymakers to establish diesel emission regulationsNortheastern Law professor Martha Davis files amicus brief on behalf of human rights groups opposing Florida sanctuary cities lawsuit
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Martha Davis, co-director of the law school’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE), has filed an amicus brief on behalf of Human Rights Watch, the Center for Constitutional Rights and LatinoJustice PRLDEF opposing a Florida law prohibiting sanctuary policies and requiring local police to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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