Roger Williams Law students spent spring breka providing pro bono legal services in Puerto Rico
RHODE ISLAND LAWYERS WEEKLY — Roger Williams Law students spent their spring break traveling to Puerto Rico to make a difference in the Alternative Spring Break Program. The students provided pro bono legal services and got a firsthand look at the country’s access to justice crisis.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Alumni and faculty of the University of Richmond School of Law recollect on the history and discuss the impact of the Carrico Center for Pro Bono and Public Service as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. The Carrico Center has launched more than a dozen programs aimed at serving specific community needs.…
Read More about Richmond Law faculty and alumni reflect on the 10th anniversary of pro bono centerPittsburgh Law’s Immigration Law Clinic featured in discussion on how law schools step up to defend immigration
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Sheila Vélez Martínez, the director of clinical programs at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, discusses how the Immigration Law Clinic chooses and handles cases during a period of uncertainty and changing laws. It is the only immigration clinic in western Pennsylvania.
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SURF REPORT — Pepperdine Law’s Justice Bus is a mobile legal clinic that takes teams of attorney and law student volunteers from urban areas to set up free legal clinics for low-income Californians living in rural and isolated communities. These clinics provide life-changing legal assistance to low-income veterans, vulnerable seniors, children with disabilities, low-wage workers, immigrant…
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UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF LAW — University of Oklahoma Law students provided pro bono services to Oklahoma National Guard men and women recently returning from the Ukraine. These soldiers had been deployed in that region as a part of a rotating U.S. Military Training element.
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THE WASHINGTON POST — Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project investigates cases of racial violence that occurred between 1930 and 1970. Since many of these killings went without justice, the project keeps these stories alive by alerting communities and families of a past that was lost to them. Among those cases were the…
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW — UNC Law students in the Pro Bono Program traveled during their spring break to the North Carolina coast and to Georgia to help clients working to restore their driver licenses as well as detainees seeking bond and parole.
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recognized Law Students Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (LSASDV) for the organization’s work in helping survivors obtain court orders that provide protection from their abusers.
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THE OXFORD EAGLE — Mississippi Law’s Criminal Appeals Clinic law students professional cases in the state of Mississippi, providing them experience in a professional courtroom as well as experience with proper procedure. The real-life experience the clinic provides a student makes the transition to a professional lawyer much easier.
Read More about Mississippi Law’s Criminal Appeals Clinic provides students with professional courtroom experienceMississippi Law’s Housing Clinic help residents file lawsuit for negligence in sanitary-sewer infrastructure
NEIGHBORWORKS AMERICA — University of Mississippi’s Housing Clinic help residents of Eastmoor file a lawsuit against the city, county, and owner for failing to fulfill their duties of managing the sanitary-sewer infrastructure.
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