Georgetown Law hosts ABA Pro Bono Celebration with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan appeared at Georgetown Law as part of the American Bar Association’s 10th Annual Celebration of Pro Bono. As a former dean of a law school, Kagan stated that lawyers do public service — and pro bono work — in many different capacities.
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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — A record number of Fordham Law students volunteered their time to important legal and non-legal causes during this year’s Public Service Day. Around 140 students participated in nine projects organized by student-group leaders affiliated with Fordham’s Public Interest Resource Center and Student Bar Association.
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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Fordham Law’s Immigration Advocacy Project received the 2017 New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) President’s Pro Bono Service Award for its outstanding volunteer efforts on the behalf of asylum seekers held in a family immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas.
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POLITICO — Duke Law Professor Jesse McCoy II ,who was raised in public housing, launched a new initiative to reduce eviction filings in Durham County, North Carolina. The diversion program, a partnership between Duke Law’s Civil Justice Clinic and Legal Aid of North Carolina, helps keep residents from falling further behind in paying their rent.
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DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Duke Law’s Environmental Law and Policy Clinic have worked on a series of legislative and policy initiatives aimed at reducing incidents of childhood lead poisoning in North Carolina. Students’ efforts are combatting a disturbing statewide rise in lead levels in children’s blood over the past decade.
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DREXEL NOW — Drexel University purchased the West Philadelphia Community Center to expand community partnerships and programming. The facility will benefit the Kline School of Law, which provides a number of legal services to the community through its Community Lawyering Clinic.
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GENEROCITY — Rashida West, director for pro bono and public interest programs at Drexel University, discussed the features of the Law School’s pro bono program at a community forum on the 2017 Pro Bono Task Force Report hosted by the Philadelphia Bar Association and Philadelphia Bar Foundation.
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UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STURM COLLEGE OF LAW — The College of Law’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic has been helping the low-income population (those with an annual gross income of $30,000 or less) with free legal services for tax issues. Since 1982, the student-staffed clinic has provided over 5,000 service hours a year to the taxpayer…
Read More about Denver Law’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic provides free legal services to the taxpayer communityDenver Law’s Veterans Advocacy Project fights for veterans’ benefits and quality of life
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STURM COLLEGE OF LAW — The College of Law’s Veterans Advocacy Project is a groundbreaking pro-bono clinic that has made monumental strides in veteran legal services. Launched in 2015, the clinic assists veterans who are appealing their VA benefit decisions, as well as those who need help changing their discharge status so…
Read More about Denver Law’s Veterans Advocacy Project fights for veterans’ benefits and quality of lifeQuinnipiac Law Professor Sheila Hayre and student Amanda Szyszkiewicz discuss school’s efforts to combat human trafficking
WTNH — Quinnipiac Law Professor Sheila Hayre and student Amanda Szyszkiewicz discuss school’s efforts to combat human trafficking
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