Washington and Lee Law student wins state student pro bono award
THE COLUMNS — The Virginia State Bar has named Washington & Lee University law student Charu Kulkarni, a member of the Law Class of 2018, as the recipient of the Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award. The Virginia State Bar created the award in 2002 to honor extraordinary law student achievement and commitment to…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Virginia Law students interested in fighting injustice will be able to gain experience — and course credit — through a new offering this spring: the Civil Rights Clinic. The clinic will be conducted in association with the Legal Aid Justice Center and build on the efforts…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Law students recently taking part in the University of Virginia Law’s Health Law Clinic recovered or prevented the loss of a total of $267,000 for clients, ending a year filled with positive outcomes for clients. The clinic represented 66 clients overall, including at nine hearings. Through the clinic,…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The directors of the University of Virginia Law’s Innocence Project Clinic met client Messiah Johnson upon release from Sussex II State Prison in Waverly, Virginia. Johnson, who the clinic says was wrongfully convicted of a 1998 armed robbery of a Norfolk beauty salon, had been sentenced to 132…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Virginia Law’s Public Interest Law Association sent 46 students to 11 locations in five states and the District of Columbia this month as part of its Alternative Spring Break. University of Virginia Law students volunteered a collective 1,925 pro bono hours.
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VANDERBILT LAW SCHOOL — Vanderbilt Law students spent Spring Break 2018 doing pro bono legal work through the Appalachian Community Federal Credit Union, a community development financial institution based in Johnson City, Tennessee, through Vanderbilt’s Transactional Pro Bono Spring Break program.
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VANDERBILT LAW SCHOOL — A team of Vanderbilt Law students worked with the Southeastern Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) to represent detainees at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Stewart County, Georgia. The Vanderbilt team worked with SIFI staff to screen detainees to determine the facts of their case, which allowed SIFI attorneys to identify those…
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VANDERBILT LAW SCHOOL — Law students in the Vanderbilt Legal Aid Society are using a tool developed by the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services to help patients at the Shade Tree Clinic access free legal services. The Shade Tree Clinic, which is staffed and run by students at Vanderbilt Medical School, provides free health screenings…
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TULANE UNIVERSITY — Tulane Law will celebrate National Pro Bono Week commemorating the 30th anniversary of the school’s Pro Bono Program. As the first law school to require law-related service in the public interest, students have donated more than 600,000 hours of legal assistance to the New Orleans community and around the globe.
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TULANE UNIVERSITY — Tulane Law 3L student Kirby Kenny will receive the 2018 Louisiana State Bar Association Law Student Pro Bono Award for her work on behalf of indigent clients. Kenny, who has donated 744 hours of free legal work during her three years as a law student, will receive the award at the Louisiana…
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