University of Detroit Mercy Law hosts expungement clinic
LANSING STATE JOURNAL — For years, Dewitt resident Rick Holey had considered attempting to expunge his decades-only drug possession conviction, a felony. That changed this week when he visited a free clinic at the Michigan Hall of Justice downtown. Attorneys and law students volunteered their time Tuesday to guide Holey and more than 100 others through the…
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THE ATLANTIC JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION — The Supreme Court granted special permission for University of Georgia School of Law students to represent Williams during oral arguments on Tuesday morning. The students are members of UGA’s Appellate Litigation Clinic, set up for people who find themselves with cases in the court system’s upper levels but who don’t have the…
Read More about University of Georgia Law Appellate Litigation Clinic represents client in county board pay raise lawsuitHarvard Law commemorates National Pro Bono Week
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Pro bono attorneys play a critical role in providing access to justice to people who can’t afford legal representation. Among the many ways Harvard Law School commits to this effort is through its 35 clinics, 11 student practice organizations, and more than 100 clinical faculty and teachers. Harvard Law School J.D. students…
Read More about Harvard Law commemorates National Pro Bono WeekUniversity of Maine Law receives grant to continue Rural Lawyer Project
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Maine School of Law was recently awarded a three-year grant from the Betterment Fund to continue the Rural Lawyer Project. This grant enables Maine Law to build upon a successful pilot program that was designed to solve a growing crisis in Maine’s rural communities: access to…
Read More about University of Maine Law receives grant to continue Rural Lawyer ProjectNew York Law School receives grant to investigate wrongful conviction claims
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini and New York Law School (NYLS) today announced that the District Attorney’s Office’s Conviction Integrity Bureau has been awarded more than $849,000 in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Justice to aid in the investigation of wrongful conviction claims, including a $275,000 partnership…
Read More about New York Law School receives grant to investigate wrongful conviction claimsUniversity of Richmond Law student Matthew Pangle wins Virginia State Bar intellectual property writing competition
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — The fields of comedy and the law don’t often have opportunity to converge – or, as Matthew Pangle, L’20, puts it, “usually, when someone steals a joke, you don’t go to court over it.” The exception to that rule is the subject of Pangle’s recent scholarship on the intersection of copyright law…
Read More about University of Richmond Law student Matthew Pangle wins Virginia State Bar intellectual property writing competitionSouth Texas College Law Houston student serves as observer for Khalid Sheikh Mohammad pretrial hearings
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Walker, a third-year law student who plans to pursue criminal prosecution, jumped at the opportunity to witness history after first learning about the U.S. Department of Defense’s call for observers from his criminal procedure professor, Geoffrey S. Corn. After passing a federal background check and updating his passport, Walker flew…
Read More about South Texas College Law Houston student serves as observer for Khalid Sheikh Mohammad pretrial hearingsUniversity of Tennessee Law plans expungement effort in rural Tennessee
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — The University of Tennessee College of Law Legal Clinic is partnering with the Polk County legal community to host a Saturday Expungement Community Court on Nov. 23. Prior to the event, University of Tennessee legal clinic students trained in expungement law will review the criminal records of those who pre-register and determine…
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — The research of University of Tennessee College of Law Professor Maurice Stucke is playing a role in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into whether tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon have too much power in the marketplace. Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi, co-authors of the forthcoming book “Competition Overdose,” were…
Read More about University of Tennessee Law professor Maurice Stucke advises House Judiciary Committee investigation into large tech companiesSupreme Court of Texas hears oral arguments at Texas A&M Law
TEXAS A&M TODAY — Justices heard oral arguments on two cases before an audience of Texas A&M School of Law faculty and students. At issue before the Court were two cases: William Brewer v. Lennox Health Product, involving the sanctioning of an attorney, and re: Murrin Brothers, which involves how organizations are represented when their owners are…
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