UC Berkeley Law hosts pro bono clinic for DACA recipients
BERKELEY NEWS — On Friday, October 25, Berkeley Law’s pro bono program, in partnership with Centro Legal de la Raza and Morrison & Foerster, hosted a clinic that paired law students and attorneys with DACA recipients to assist with renewal application paperwork. (UC Berkeley Law video)
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BERKELEY LAW — On January 1, 2018, a new law went into effect barring California counties from charging administrative fees to parents and guardians of youth in the juvenile legal system. Senate Bill 190 was the culmination of more than five years of research and outreach by students in Berkeley Law’s Policy Advocacy Clinic (PAC) to…
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THE DAILY CALIFORNIAN — Lifer School, an annual workshop designed to educate lawyers, students and advocates about California’s parole process, was held at the UC Berkeley School of Law on Saturday. The workshop, sponsored by UnCommon Law and the UC Berkeley School of Law’s Pro Bono Program, taught participants about how to successfully navigate the parole hearing…
Read More about UC Berkeley Law hosts workshop on California parole processUCLA Law Documentary Film Legal Clinic provides legal support for several recent films
UCLA LAW — Compelling films depicting stories unlikely to be told through traditional news outlets or studios are airing at festivals around the world and on top networks including HBO and PBS. The clinic quickly attracted a full roster of students and clients, as did the Ziffren Institute’s companion Music Industry Clinic. Film Independent and the…
Read More about UCLA Law Documentary Film Legal Clinic provides legal support for several recent filmsDuke Law Environmental Law and Policy Clinic protects children from lead exposure
DUKE LAW — Clinic represented NC Child in its successful effort to secure a state mandate for testing lead levels in water used by children at their most vulnerable stage of development.
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DUKE SANFORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY — Scholars at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and Law School will research new ideas for social media regulation with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the foundation announced today. Their focus will be an idea Napoli has explored in previous writing – that aspects…
Read More about Duke Law and public policy school receives funds to study future of tech policyDuke Law announces class of judges in school’s judicial studies LLM program
DUKE LAW — The Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law has announced its fifth class of judges accepted to the Master of Judicial Studies LLM program. The class entering in summer 2020 will include 10 federal judges, two state supreme court justices, eight state court judges, and two international judges. They will spend two summer terms at…
Read More about Duke Law announces class of judges in school’s judicial studies LLM programDuke Law Civil Justice Clinic settles federal discrimination complaint filed against Raleigh Housing Authority
DUKE LAW — Duke Law’s Civil Justice Clinic and Legal Aid of North Carolina broke new ground recently when they settled a federal discrimination complaint filed against the Raleigh Housing Authority on behalf of a public housing tenant who was a victim of domestic violence.
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THE CLUSTER –Mercer Law School’s Association of Women Law Students is set to host the third annual Lauren Giddings 5K to raise funds for the Lauren Giddings Scholarship. The race and scholarship are named after a former Mercer law student, Lauren Giddings, who was murdered in 2011. Giddings had recently graduated law school and was studying…
Read More about Mercer Law Association of Woman Law Students raises funds for bar exam expense scholarshipUniversity of Miami Law clinic submits reports on human rights violations to United Nations
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — When the Fall semester began in mid-August, most students in the Human Rights Clinic had only a vague notion of what advocacy before the United Nations meant. By the first week in October, eleven HRC students, under the supervision of Professors Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, Tamar Ezer, and Denisse Córdova Montes,…
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