Lewis & Clark Law Criminal Justice Reform Clinic files amicus brief in drivers license suspension case
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) at Lewis & Clark Law School recently filed a joint amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in support of an Oregon Law Center lawsuit. The Metropolitan Public Defender’s (MPD) Community Law Division, which partners with CJRC on the Barrier Reduction Project, joined…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Last week, WeCount!, the Homestead-based organization committed to building the power of the local immigrant community in Homestead, Florida through education, support and collective action, honored Miami Law’s Immigration Clinic for its work litigating against anti-sanctuary city policies and laws at its annual gala. The clinic is dedicated to…
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GRAND FORKS HERALD — The North Dakota Supreme Court returned to the University of North Dakota Law School this week for its annual visit, giving students the opportunity to see the state’s highest court in action as it heard four arguments over the course of two days. The first of the four cases, heard the morning of…
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ASSOCIATION OF JESUIT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES — Santa Clara University School of Law is best known for its national ranking in technology law. What is less well-known is that the curriculum—for tech-law students and others—comes to life through a lens of social justice. Internationally, well over a dozen Santa Clara Law students work each year for hours…
Read More about Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities highlights Santa Clara Law’s mission and service effortsUniversity of South Carolina Law celebrates three decades of pro bono services
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA — The University of South Carolina School of Law believes it is important to foster the ethic of professional obligation to provide service to the public, especially to those who cannot afford legal help. The Pro Bono Program works to connect knowledge to the real world and for over 25 years, USC…
Read More about University of South Carolina Law celebrates three decades of pro bono servicesUniversity of Akron Law students at Immigration and Human Rights Clinic win cases for asylum-seekers
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — Since fall 2016, University of Akron School of Law students at the school’s Immigration and Human Rights Clinic have provided one-on-one representation in removal defense cases for 32 asylum-seeking noncitizens detained at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NEOCC) in Youngstown and at other facilities throughout the country where appeals clients are held…
Read More about University of Akron Law students at Immigration and Human Rights Clinic win cases for asylum-seekersUniversity of Arkansas Law celebrates National Pro Bono Week
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — Students in the University of Arkansas School of Law are participating in a nationwide celebration of pro bono during Pro Bono Week, Oct. 20-26. Law students who have performed the most pro bono hours are invited to “Dessert with the Dean,” to celebrate their accomplishment with School of Law Dean Margaret Sova…
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BC LAW MAGAZINE — BC Law’s Liberty Mutual Insurance Professor Patricia McCoy, a rare US legal academic specializing in both insurance law and federal banking regulation, has been selected by the Federal Reserve Board as an inaugural member of its Insurance Policy Advisory Committee (IPAC). McCoy and the other 20 members of the IPAC will advise the Federal Reserve Board on…
Read More about Boston College Law professor Patricia McCoy selected to Federal Reserve committeeCase Western Reserve Law clinic aids community organization in applying for non-profit status
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — With help from the CWRU Community Development Clinic, she launched a nonprofit business while playing a key role in revitalizing a Cleveland neighborhood. Today, with help from the CWRU Law Community Development Clinic, McGee and Fegen-Herdman are ready to move out from under the wing of the SDSDC and become their…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law clinic aids community organization in applying for non-profit statusU.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at UC Berkeley Law
BERKELEY LAW — Monday afternoon, before a packed house of Berkeley Law students, faculty, and staff at Zellerbach Hall, Ginsburg described meeting Kay at a 1971 conference on women in the law. “The rest of that decade, Herma was my best and closest working colleague,” she said. The justice received spirited standing ovations before and after the…
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