Campbell Law launches Innovate Capital Business Law Clinic to provide legal services to start-up companies

December 18, 2019

WRAL TECH WIRE — A partnership of Campbell University law school, HQ Raleigh and recently launched Innovate Capital Law is going to bring legal services to startups free of charge with law students providing the support under the supervision of veteran attorneys. The clinic provides a valuable resource for HQ’s Community as well as Raleigh’s entrepreneurial community…

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Case Western Reserve Law professors argue custody case before U.S. Supreme Court

December 18, 2019

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On December 11, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Monasky v. Taglieri, a case in which CWRU Law Professors and alums played a significant part. The case examines the question of where a child born to an estranged international couple should be raised.  CWRU Adjunct Professors Andrew…

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A look at the Ohio Innocence Project at University of Cincinnati Law

December 18, 2019

NORWALK REFLECTOR — The Innocence Project works to exonerate those who are wrongly convicted by using DNA testing and criminal justice reform. The Ohio Innocence Project at Cincinnati Law began in 2003 and is now one of the top-performing groups of the Innocence Network. Their work has exonerated 28 wrongfully convicted men and women who served…

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Cornell Law professors Sheri Lynn Johnson and Keir Weyble win case in U.S. Supreme Court

December 18, 2019

CORNELL CHRONICLE — Flowers wanted to appeal, and two Cornell Law School professors – Sheri Lynn Johnson and Keir Weyble – agreed to take over the case. Working with two students from the Law School’s capital punishment clinic, they took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. On June 21, 2019, in a 7–2 decision, the court overturned the conviction. The justices…

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University of Minnesota Law Asylum Law Project sees challenges in navigating recent immigration policy changes

December 18, 2019

MINNESOTA DAILY — The Asylum Law Project is a University of Minnesota group that allows first-year law students to provide legal assistance to organizations working with refugees and asylum seekers throughout the U.S. and Mexico.

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University of Missouri Law Veterans Clinic provides overview of services

December 18, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF LAW — The MU Law Veterans Clinic recently participated in a lunch-and-learn event honoring veterans, hosted by Kansas City law firm Lathrop Gage. The MU Law Veterans Clinic will follow-up on their visit to Lathrop Gage by holding a free CLE on Veterans Law in March 2020.

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Northern Illinois Law Health Advocacy Clinic wins disability case

December 18, 2019

NIU TODAY — Founded in 2013, the NIU Law Health Advocacy Clinic is a medical-legal partnership (MLP) between the College of Law, Aunt Martha’s Health and Outreach Center and Hesed House. MLPs directly integrate legal services into health-care settings where medical professionals, case managers, social workers and lawyers work together to solve legal issues impacting health.

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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law professor Michael Gerhardt testifies before House Judiciary Committee on impeachment

December 18, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Michael Gerhardt, the Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of North Carolina School of Law and Lecturer in the Master in Law (ML) program at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, will testify to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee, Wednesday, December 4. Professor…

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South Texas College of Law Houston receives Commitment to Service Award from Texas Access to Justice Commission

December 18, 2019

SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — For the third time in the past eight years, the Texas Access to Justice Commission (ATJ) recently honored South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) with its annual ATJ Law School Commitment to Service Award. South Texas received the award in large part because of the innovative consolidation of…

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University of Texas Law public interest law center announces Chris Marshall Scholars

December 18, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SCHOOL OF LAW — The Chris Marshall Endowed Presidential Scholarship is awarded annually to third-year students of outstanding academic excellence who plan to remain in Texas after graduation to practice public service law in nonprofit, government or legislative positions.

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