Boston Law faculty and students volunteer to provide legal support for detained children and families
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.
Read More about Boston Law faculty and students volunteer to provide legal support for detained children and familiesBaylor Law Veterans Clinic assist with creating a special court for veterans facing criminal charges
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.
Read More about Baylor Law Veterans Clinic assist with creating a special court for veterans facing criminal chargesArkansas Law Professor Tiffany Murphy honored with Arkansas Alumni Distinguished Service Award
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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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.
Read More about Arkansas Law alumnus’ gift encourages students to pursue interest in public serviceAkron Law expungement clinics see increase in people who want to get their records sealed
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.
Read More about Akron Law expungement clinics see increase in people who want to get their records sealedHarvard Law Professor Vicki Jackson discusses her focus as AALS President
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.
Read More about Harvard Law Professor Vicki Jackson discusses her focus as AALS PresidentStudents at California law schools help asylum seekers at border
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.
Read More about Students at California law schools help asylum seekers at borderUniversity of Nevada Law provides tax justice through work of clinic
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…
Read More about University of Nevada Law provides tax justice through work of clinicUCLA Law Criminal Defense clinic receives pardons for clients
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.
Read More about UCLA Law Criminal Defense clinic receives pardons for clientsNorthwestern Law clinic to help victims of mortgage fraud
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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