Boston Law faculty and students volunteer to provide legal support for detained children and families

February 1, 2019

BOSTON UNIVERSITY TODAY — Faculty from Boston University School of Law and School of Social Work, along with four law students and one master’s level social work, volunteered for a week with the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Project, to provide legal and social work support for detained children and families at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Baylor Law Veterans Clinic assist with creating a special court for veterans facing criminal charges

February 1, 2019

WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD — Baylor University Law Veterans Clinic is working with McLennan County veterans service officers to create a special court for veterans facing criminal charges, focusing on their mental health needs and emphasizing rehabilitation over punishment.

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Arkansas Law Professor Tiffany Murphy honored with Arkansas Alumni Distinguished Service Award

February 1, 2019

ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE — University of Arkansas Law Professor Tiffany Murphy is head of the UA Criminal Practice Clinic. She is the recipient of the Arkansas Alumni Distinguished Service Award for her commitment to community service.  

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Arkansas Law alumnus’ gift encourages students to pursue interest in public service

February 1, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — University of Arkansas Law alumnus John D. Raffaelli has made a gift of $125,000 to create the Raffaelli-Lineberger Public Service Fund in the School of Law. It will provide externship opportunities to J.D. and LL.M. students who show an interest in public service in the legislative, executive or judicial branches of government.

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Akron Law expungement clinics see increase in people who want to get their records sealed

February 1, 2019

AKRON BEACON JOURNAL — The University of Akron Law School, which offers expungement clinics, has seen an uptick in interest from people who want to get their records sealed. A recent change in Ohio law will make more people eligible to apply for their criminal records to be sealed.

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Harvard Law Professor Vicki Jackson discusses her focus as AALS President

January 29, 2019

HARVARD CRIMSON — Harvard Law School professor and constitutional law expert Vicki C. Jackson will serve as the next president of the Association of American Law Schools, the organization announced earlier this month.

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Students at California law schools help asylum seekers at border

January 29, 2019

PRI — Ten students from Berkeley Law went to the border town as volunteers with the organization Al Otro Lado, a group providing legal services to migrants seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border.

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University of Nevada Law provides tax justice through work of clinic

January 29, 2019

UNLV NEWS — Since opening its doors in August 2017, the Rosenblum Family Foundation Tax Clinic at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law has provided pro bono “tax justice” to qualifying low-income families and taxpayers for whom English is a second language. The clinic serves all of Nevada and is currently managing nearly 50 client…

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UCLA Law Criminal Defense clinic receives pardons for clients

January 29, 2019

UCLA LAW — Thanks to the work of UCLA School of Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic, five Southern California community members recently received pardons for old criminal convictions from then-Gov. Jerry Brown.

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Northwestern Law clinic to help victims of mortgage fraud

January 29, 2019

THE STATE — A Chicago law clinic and a local activist are partnering to help people prosecutors say were victims of a massive reverse mortgage fraud. Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bluhm Legal Clinic and the Rev. Robin Hood announced the partnership Monday.

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