House Committee conducts hearing on Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program problems
POLITICO — Democrats are holding the hearing on the public service loan forgiveness program as complaints about rejections have made it to the 2020 presidential campaign trail. Nearly every Democratic contender has made expanding or fixing the program a part of their education plan.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY LAW — In Fall 2018, the Henry T. King, Jr. War Crimes Research Office at Case Western Reserve University School of Law launched the Yemen Accountability Project, a student initiative to document and map war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Yemeni Civil War.
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CATHOLIC UNIV. COLUMBUS LAW — The United States Senate confirmed Catholic Law Professor Robert Destro as the next Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Destro’s new role at the State Department is tasked with promoting democracy, civic and religious freedom around the world.
Read More about Catholic University Law professor Robert Destro confirmed as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and LaborUniversity of Chicago Law students release report on the accuracy of data on the increase in hate crimes
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW — In the winter of 2017, University of Chicago Law students, most of them first-years, launched an independent research project that would span the rest of their law school careers. The result was an 88-page report, released September 18, aimed at helping nonprofits improve the accuracy and depth of their hate…
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STAR TRIBUNE — Small business owners, start-ups, nonprofit organizations, inventors and entrepreneurs can get their intellectual property questions answered for free from the University of Minnesota Law School’s Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic.
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NORTHEASTERN UNIV. LAW — The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $750,000 to the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) at Northeastern University School of Law to support its pathbreaking work in investigating and archiving acts of racial terror in the South between 1930 and the 1970s. CRRJ is the nation’s pioneer program in…
Read More about Grant to Northeastern Law Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project to support research and investigation effortsNorthwestern Law joins Diversity Lab project
ABA JOURNAL — Northwestern Law announced its participation in a diversity partnership with four firms and an incubator that focuses on inclusion in the profession. The law firms—Eversheds Sutherland, Goodwin, Orrick and Stoel Rives—invested $5 million to launch Move the Needle Fund with the Diversity Lab, and Northwestern is the only law school in the…
Read More about Northwestern Law joins Diversity Lab projectPace Law Global Center for Environmental Law offers solutions to global environment challenges at conference
PACE UNIVERSITY HAUB LAW — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University’s Global Center for Environmental Law further cements its global impact by submitting nine motions for consideration at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Conference. Haub Law is one of only two law schools in the United…
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RUTGERS LAW — Through the Rutgers Law School Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) with the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, patients have opportunities to improve their quality of life by resolving legal issues as well as getting the health care they need. Working alongside the Camden Coalition’s nurses, social workers, and community health staff, MLP attorney Jeremy…
Read More about Rutgers Law Medical-Legal Partnership addresses legal issues in patient careStanford Law professor Michelle Mello provides data on out-of-network health care billing
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Surprise, out-of-network charges billed to privately insured Americans who received inpatient care at in-network hospitals more than doubled between 2010 and 2016, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. A data-drive study by Laurence Baker (Stanford Law) and Michelle Mello (Standford Law) shows the financial…
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