University of Miami Law students teach legal writing to inmates at correctional facility

February 19, 2019

MIAMI LAW — Without a right to an attorney on many post-conviction relief matters, individuals who are incarcerated are left to advocate for themselves without any legal training. In order to equip them with tools to present their strongest case, Miami Law brought a legal writing course to Dade Correctional Institution

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Philadelphia’s DA and Chief Defender co-teach course to Drexel, Penn, and Temple law students

February 19, 2019

DREXEL LAW — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and Chief Defender Keir Bradford-Grey of the Defender Association of Philadelphia are co-teaching a new course through an innovative partnership between the Kline School of Law, Penn Law and Temple’s Beasley School of Law.

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Lewis & Clark Law Professor Hannah Clements named Wyss Scholar

February 19, 2019

LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Lewis & Clark Law School is pleased to announce that Hannah Clements ’20 is the second Wyss Scholar to be selected from the law school. As a Wyss Scholar, Hannah will receive a stipend for a summer position after 2L year with a nonprofit or public sector conservation organization

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University of Virginia Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic earned five acquittals and six dismissals

February 11, 2019

UVA LAW — leven students who took the Criminal Defense Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law in the fall ultimately earned five acquittals and six case dismissals on behalf of their clients who faced misdemeanor charges.

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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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