University of Tennessee Law clinic receives state bar foundation grant to advance expungement efforts

June 17, 2019

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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South Texas College of Law Houston receives grant from Texas Bar Foundation to fund legal services program for the elderly

June 17, 2019

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

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More than 200 UCLA Law students awarded public service fellowships

June 17, 2019

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 announces 2019 public interest fellowships

June 14, 2019

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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University of Tulsa Law receives gift to establish public service scholarships

June 14, 2019

TULSA WORLD — Local law firm GableGotwals has established a $7,500 scholarship at The University of Tulsa College of Law in memory of complex litigation shareholder and former chairman Oliver Sterling Howard.

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University of Akron Law clinic helps eligible local residents seal legal records after passage of new state law

June 14, 2019

WKSU — Over the last seven years, Ohio’s been slowly changing a set of laws that many believe keeps people from getting jobs, paying child support, even volunteering in their community.

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South Texas College of Law Houston provides aid through Asylum and Human Trafficking Clinic

June 4, 2019

LAW.COM — Terrorized for years by a human trafficker, a Honduran woman and her children now live in peace after escaping their tormentor as a result of efforts by law students at South Texas College of Law Houston.

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Northern California Innocence Project at Santa Clara Law wins conviction reversal

May 28, 2019

SANTA CLARA LAW — A man wrongfully convicted in a 2002 shooting has had his conviction reversed based on newly discovered evidence, uncovered by the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) and the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, about a crucial eyewitness identification.

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University of Baltimore Law Innocence Project Clinic helps win exoneration for client

May 28, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE LAW — After serving 25 years in prison following wrongful convictions for conspiracy to commit murder, brothers Kenneth “J.R.” McPherson, 45, and Eric Simmons, 48, were fully exonerated on May 3 and went home to their families.

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American University Washington College of Law has a new program on legislative negotiation

May 28, 2019

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — American University (AU) is pleased to announce the launch of The Program on Legislative Negotiation (PLN), a new program that addresses the gridlock in Congress and in state legislatures, so that legislative bodies can better respond to today’s challenges and improve public trust in these institutions.

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