Yale Law Appellate Litigation project wins case in Third Circuit
YALE LAW — Students in the Law School’s Appellate Litigation Project (ALP) earned a victory in August for a former prisoner seeking to press Eighth Amendment and First Amendment claims in court.n a presidential decision issued on August 12, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit agreed with the ALP…
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — William & Mary Law School’s Annual Supreme Court Preview brought in the experts to provide clarity and context. The Preview, which began on Friday, September 13, featured five federal court of appeals judges, 17 Supreme Court advocates who have collectively argued more than 500 cases before the Supreme Court, and leading…
Read More about William & Mary Law hosts preview of Supreme Court termState Bar of Texas partners with hotline to provide free legal resources to those affected by regional flooding
INSURANCE NEWS NET — The State Bar of Texas and Lone Star Legal Aid seek to alert residents that free legal resources are available to low-income individuals affected by severe storms and flooding spawned by Tropical Storm Imelda. Lone Star Legal Aid operates a toll-free disaster legal hotline — 866-659-0666– that can help with issues such…
Read More about State Bar of Texas partners with hotline to provide free legal resources to those affected by regional floodingUCLA Law joins California-China Climate Institute policy and research initiative
UCLA LAW — Alex Wang, professor at UCLA School of Law and a member of the school’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, will serve as co-chair of the Institute’s academic advisory committee. The Institute is a multi-campus project housed at UC Berkeley with collaboration from UCLA, UC Davis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and…
Read More about UCLA Law joins California-China Climate Institute policy and research initiativeBoston 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…
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