Texas A&M Law Criminal Defense Clinic works with advocates to gain clemency for clients

February 11, 2019

FORT WORTH WEEKLY — He’s working with a law professor and two students at New York University on formatting his information and also working with a law professor at Texas A&M in Fort Worth on preparing actual clemency petitions for people.

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Rutgers Law participates in program to provide legal representation to low income immigrants facing deportation

February 11, 2019

NEWARK PATCH — Rutgers Law School is participating in a state pilot program that will provide legal representation to low-income immigrants who are in detention or facing possible deportation.

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Missouri Law clinic provides legal aid to veterans

February 11, 2019

KSMU –Veterans can get help with VA disability claims, benefits and military discharges through a new partnership with University of Missouri Extension and the Veterans Clinic at the University of Missouri School of Law.

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University of Houston Law Center immigration clinic represents clients in 5th Circuit case

February 11, 2019

UH LAW CENTER — Faculty and students of the University of Houston Law Center Immigration Clinic collaborated with two other university programs to represent a young woman and her son Wednesday in an asylum case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.

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Indiana University Maurer Law partners with Indiana Supreme Court for rural justice initiative

February 11, 2019

INDIANA UNIVERSITY NEWS — he Indiana University Maurer School of Law and the Indiana Supreme Court have announced a pilot program in which up to five first-year students committed to public service will work with judges throughout the state.

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West Virginia Law’s Innocence Project helps client win parole

February 11, 2019

WVU TODAY — Joseph Lavinge, a client of the West Virginia Innocence Project at the College of Law, has been granted parole. He was released from Huttonsville Correctional Center on November 15 after serving 20 years in prison. In 1997, Lavigne was convicted of one count each of sexual abuse in the first degree, child abuse

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Wayne State Law students gain real-world experience in immigration clinic

February 11, 2019

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Students in Wayne State Law’s Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic immersed themselves in hands-on client representation. 3L student Samantha Topolewski reflects on how she spent the majority of her clinic time during the last semester representing an Iraqi national who was detained last summer.

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Wayne State Law student plays a major role in creating charity for Hurricane Harvey victims

February 11, 2019

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Wayne State 2L student Charles Hayden IV played a major role in creating a charity effort to help victims in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Working as a legal extern at TriMas in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Hayden raised more than $30,000 to help employees of Houston-based Lamons, a

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Washington and Lee’s Black Lung Clinic wins case in Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

February 11, 2019

THE COLUMNS — Washington & Lee Law student Luisa Hernandez ’18 argued a case in March before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In late May, the Court ruled in favor of her client. W&L’s Black Lung Clinic represents coal miners diagnosed with pneumoconiosis, also known as black lung disease, in their

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Washington and Lee Law alumna reflects on public service and current career as a public defender

February 11, 2019

THE COLUMNS — Washington & Lee undergraduate student Balen Essak ’20 interviews Maisie Osteen ’14L about her experiences with the Shepherd Program and as an assistant public defender. This interview is part of a series, “Living the Shepherd Dream,” in which current students in the Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human

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