Boston College Law Public Interest Law Foundation hosts day of service
BC LAW — BC Law’s Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) began the 2019-2020 academic year by hosting a school-wide Day of Service on September 7 that drew more than 60 faculty and students to five service placements across Greater Boston. Volunteers served at Stray Pets in Need, Women’s Lunch Place, Y2Y Youth Homeless Shelter, Allston Brighton Food…
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW — The University of Chicago Law School will launch a new Immigrants’ Rights Clinic in January, adding to the school’s robust set of clinical offerings and giving students a chance to work in a pressing, and often fast-changing, area of the law with a rising star in the field. Nicole Hallett, a Yale…
Read More about University of Chicago Law announces new Immigrants Rights ClinicUniversity of Georgia co-hosts pop-up clinic through Access to Justice Initiative
WGAU — The Superior Court Judges of the Western Circuit, in partnership with the University of Georgia School of Law and the Western Circuit Bar Association, announce the first fall pop-up clinic for 2019 in the Access to Justice Initiative. The mission of the Access to Justice Initiative is to provide access to legal services and…
Read More about University of Georgia co-hosts pop-up clinic through Access to Justice InitiativeHarvard Law features panel discussion with professor and former U.N. ambassador Samantha Power
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power ’99 expressed both skepticism and hope for the current state of international affairs during a panel discussion at Harvard Law School Monday. Power, whose new memoir, “The Education of an Idealist,” documents her journey from “immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet…
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THE HOFSTRA CHRONICLE — Hofstra’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law celebrated the day when state delegates signed the Constitution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The School of Law hosted a conversation with Michael Dreeben, the former U.S. deputy solicitor general in charge of the Department of Justice’s criminal docket. Dreeben represented the U.S. in over 100 cases before…
Read More about Hofstra Law celebrates Constitution DayUniversity of Kansas Law Medical-Legal Partnership aids low-income community members in need
KU LAW BLOG — Since its launch in 2008, the KU Law Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) has provided free legal assistance to thousands of low-income patients at area hospitals while offering hands-on training to law students. Staffed by licensed attorneys and KU law students, the MLP provides assistance to patients referred by medical partners in Kansas City…
Read More about University of Kansas Law Medical-Legal Partnership aids low-income community members in needPenn State Law students argue disability case before federal appeals court
PENN STATE — Arguing in front of an appellate court is a big deal for any seasoned attorney, requiring hours of research and preparation. For Jennifer Bruce, a third-year student at Penn State Law in University Park, the opportunity to present oral arguments in front of a 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 12…
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RICHMOND FREE PRESS — A Virginia Commonwealth University community health program is joining with the University of Richmond and the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society to provide free legal advice in the East End. They will work with a Legal Aid lawyer at VCU’s recently opened Health Hub at 25th Street and Nine Mile Road adjacent…
Read More about University of Richmond Law creates walk-in legal clinic with community partnersUniversity of Richmond Law professor Hank Chambers appointed to Virginia commission on racial inequity
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Professor Hank Chambers, an expert in constitutional and criminal law, was recently appointed to Governor Ralph Northam’s newly formed Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law. The Commission is tasked with reviewing the Virginia Acts of Assembly and the Code of Virginia “with the goal of identifying and making recommendations to…
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SNJ TODAY — The Rutgers Law School Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) has received a $50,000 grant from the Rowan University/Rutgers–Camden Board of Governors recently to help expand their program according to a press release. Working alongside the Camden Coalition’s nurses, social workers, and community health staff, MLP attorney Jeremy Spiegel handles a variety of legal issues, including…
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