Duke Law professor Carolyn McAllaster receives grant for her work advocating for people with HIV/AIDS
THE NEWS & OBSERVER — She began using her law degree to help people living with HIV/AIDS in Durham, writing wills and powers of attorney. Later as a law professor at Duke University, she began creating volunteer opportunities for her students.
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CORNELL NEWS — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned the 2010 murder conviction of Mississippi death row inmate Curtis Flowers, who was represented by Sheri Lynn Johnson, the James and Mark Flanagan Professor of Law.
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PATCH — Rutgers Law School will hold a series of free citizenship classes for immigrants starting Monday, June 24. According to Rutgers Law School, the classes will help legal permanent residents prepare for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization exam.
Read More about Rutgers Law holds free citizenship classesA look at the Penn State Law Veterans Clinic
PENN STATE NEWS — The Penn State Law Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic built upon its reputation and previous experience to engage in more outreach activities and to offer direct counsel to more clients than in previous academic years.
Read More about A look at the Penn State Law Veterans ClinicA look at the University of Colorado Law’s small business incubator
COLORADO LAW — A new wave of Denver lawyers are flipping the traditional law practice on its head. Legal Entrepreneurs for Justice, a small business incubator supported by the University of Colorado Law School that trains talented and entrepreneurial lawyers wanting to provide affordable legal solutions to low- and middle-income Coloradans
Read More about A look at the University of Colorado Law’s small business incubatorOpinion: More civic legal aid lawyers are needed
WASHINGTON POST — The premise of Ronald Krotoszynski’s June 12 op-ed, “Bigger is not better at law school,” that there just isn’t enough demand for lawyers these days to justify admitting more law students, is wrong.
Read More about Opinion: More civic legal aid lawyers are neededUniversity of Tennessee Law clinic receives state bar foundation grant to advance expungement efforts
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — The University of Tennessee College of Law Legal Clinic has been awarded $100,000 from the Tennessee Bar Foundation to fund a project that will offer civil legal assistance to rural East Tennesseeans.
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STCL HOUSTON — The Texas Bar Foundation recently awarded South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) a $5,000 grant to enhance the delivery of legal services to the elderly. The grant will fund a new program — the Aging and Elder Abuse Initiative — in the law school’s Randall O. Sorrels Legal Clinics
Read More about South Texas College of Law Houston receives grant from Texas Bar Foundation to fund legal services program for the elderlyMore than 200 UCLA Law students awarded public service fellowships
UCLA LAW — This summer, more than 200 UCLA School of Law students are engaged in diverse public interest jobs ranging from fighting evictions to protecting migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, and from advocating for low-wage workers to prosecuting war crimes.
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON LAW — The University of Washington School of Law is proud to announce that 18 first- and second- year law students were named 2019 Public Interest Law Association Fellows.
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