New students at University of Houston Law Center start fall semester with community service project

September 4, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — UH Law Center 1Ls participated in a variety of community service projects with faculty and administrators before the official start of the fall semester.

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UC Irvine Law rallies community to give back in celebration of 10th anniversary

September 4, 2018

UCI LAW — More than 150 University of California Irvine Law students, alumni, faculty, staff and community friends came together for the law school’s 10th Anniversary Day of Service.

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ABA President travels to U.S. Mexico border to aid separated families

September 4, 2018

ABA JOURNAL — ABA president Robert Carlson traveled to South Texas to do pro bono work for asylum seekers through the ABA’s South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project.

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CUNY Law Criminal Defense Clinic students assist prisoners in state with appeals process

August 28, 2018

QUEENS DAILY EAGLE — CUNY Law students represent clients facing misdemeanor criminal charges. For CUNY Defenders, that means counseling individuals in Queens Criminal Court and in recent years, traveling to prisons upstate.

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American University Washington College of Law students, faculty volunteer for local public service day

August 28, 2018

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — American University Washington College of Law’s JD Orientation kicked off with a Public Service Day. For the annual event, 1L students, faculty, staff, and returning students come together to volunteer in local Washington, DC neighborhoods – allowing new students to get out, see the city and meet classmates.

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BYU Law and University of Arizona Law partner on project to reduce evictions

August 20, 2018

THE NATIONAL LAW REVIEW — The J. Reuben Clark Law School (BYU Law) at Brigham Young University and the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona have joined forces to create a program focused on tackling the legal complexities of eviction law.

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Loyola New Orleans Law Professor Andrea Armstrong releases report on deaths in local prison

August 20, 2018

WAFB — Loyola New Orleans Law Professor Andrea Armstrong, co-authored the study for the Promise of Justice Initiative, which showed 25 men died in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison between 2012 and 2016 and argued most of the deaths could have been prevented.

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Harvard Law student leads group providing legal and humanitarian aid in Puerto Rico

August 20, 2018

HARVARD LAW TODAY — In the wake of Hurricane Maria, a Harvard Law student and native Puerto Rican helped lead a group of other law students to the island to bring legal and humanitarian aid.

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West Virginia University Law’s Innocence Project successfully overturns wrongful conviction

August 20, 2018

WV NEWS — A man’s 2016 conviction was recently overturned thanks to work done by West Virginia University’s Innocence Project.

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Notre Dame Law student wins case on behalf of homeless woman

August 20, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — Through work at Notre Dame’s Economic Justice Clinic, a recent Notre Dame Law graduate was able to help a woman who became homeless after her house was fraudulently sold.

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