Arizona State University Law awards longtime Hong Kong dignitary and human rights advocate with justice prize

February 26, 2018

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – Anson Chan, known as “Hong Kong’s conscience” for her decades of devotion to social justice and democracy, has been named the fourth recipient of the annual O’Connor Justice Prize.

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Maryland law schools offer free tax help to low income communities

February 20, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW ACCOLADES – The “Offer in Compromise” program allows taxpayers to offer an amount they can afford to pay in exchange for the IRS’s dropping the amount owed in back taxes.

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Los Angeles mayor recognizes Loyola Law, Los Angeles’ Collateral Consequences of Conviction Justice Project

February 20, 2018

LOS ANGELES MAYOR’S OFFICE – First launched last year, the clinic is a partnership between the Mayor’s Office of Reentry and Loyola Law School.

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NYU Law’s justice center release report on criminal justice one year into President Trump’s term

February 20, 2018

BRENNEN CENTER FOR JUSTICE – “Criminal Justice One Year Into the Trump Administration” examines how the executive branch has used memoranda or more subtle changes in enforcement strategy.

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Yale Law students help secure third nationwide injunction, halting termination of DACA program

February 20, 2018

YALE LAW SCHOOL – On February 13, 2018, WIRAC secured yet another nationwide injunction—this time halting the abrupt termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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USC Gould Law to host citizenship clinic with Armenian Cultural Foundation Burbank Youth Center

February 20, 2018

DAILY TROJAN – The Gould Immigration Clinic will be hosting a Citizenship Clinic on Feb. 24 with the Armenian Youth Federation Burbank Varak chapter and the Armenian Cultural Foundation.

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Tulane Law to help students, faculty navigate immigration legal concerns

February 20, 2018

NOLA.COM – Immigration attorney Marco Balducci has been hired through the Tulane Legal Assistance Program to help lead and provide consultations for staff, faculty and students who have concerns or questions regarding their immigration status.

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Washburn Law students help veterans through pop-up clinic

February 20, 2018

WIBW (TOPEKA) – The Washburn University Law Clinic held its annual free legal services Saturday for low income veterans.

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USC Gould Law’s Post-Conviction Justice Project client released from prison

February 20, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW – PCJP students worked tirelessly on his case, and Ruben Ruiz was resentenced in 2014 under the Fair Sentencing for Youth Act.

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