Penn 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…
Read More about University of Richmond Law professor Hank Chambers appointed to Virginia commission on racial inequityRutgers Law receives grant to aid health care patients with legal issues
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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DIVERSE — A partnership between the Southern University Law Center and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana has led to the establishment of the Native American Law and Policy Institute (NALPI). The Institute offers Federal Indian law courses, seminars and conferences including the Louisiana Rural Economic Development Summit and the Tribal Sovereignty Symposium, according to Southern University…
Read More about Southern University Law and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana partner to create Native American Law and Policy InstituteStanford Law Environmental Law Clinic wins case on behalf of Native American tribe
STANFORD LAW — On September 19, 2019, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a crucial decision in favor of clinic clients Pit River Tribe and several environmental organizations in one of the Environmental Law Clinic’s longest-running cases. Affirming the district court’s ruling, the Ninth Circuit held that the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to…
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UVA LAW — Professor Dayna Bowen Matthew ’87 of the University of Virginia School of Law and five of her students helped draft legislation now before Congress that aims to reduce environmental harms to minority communities. The Environmental Justice Act of 2019 would require the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal departments to act directly to alleviate…
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor and students help draft Senate environmental and civil rights billYale Law students provide comment on proposed U.S Department of Agriculture food stamp policy change
YALE LAW — Students in the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) at Yale Law School helped attorneys in the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office (SFCAO) write a public comment explaining why the new proposed rule is “not just misguided, cruel, and harmful — but also unlawful.”
Read More about Yale Law students provide comment on proposed U.S Department of Agriculture food stamp policy changeYale Law clinic wins federal appeals court case on gerrymandering
YALE LAW — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), represented by the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic at Yale Law School, the Rosen & Associates, P.C., and NAACP Office of the General Counsel, won an important ruling today that allows its federal suit challenging Connecticut’s discriminatory practice of counting incarcerated people where…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Senate GOP leader, Lamar Alexander, mulls piecemeal update to Higher Education Act tied to HBCU funding, which could include short-term Pell, student data, FAFSA simplification and lifting prison Pell ban. But plan might be tough sell for Democrats.
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