Northeastern Law’s Immigrant Justice Clinic serves clients seeking asylum

February 26, 2018

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY – The Immigrant Justice Clinic is the newest of the law school’s clinics that, collectively, provide justice and resources to people in transformative ways.

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St. Mary’s Law offers free workshop offering legal advice to public

February 26, 2018

JD JOURNAL – St. Mary’s University School of Law is holding its annual free workshop to help the public with their common legal questions.

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Penn Law’s Environmental Law Project files comment urging against proposed repeal of Clean Power Plan

February 26, 2018

DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN – The law students who filed the comment are part of the Environmental Law Project, one of 27 pro bono groups at Penn Law School.

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South Texas College of Law Houston students educate teens in Constitutional literacy

February 26, 2018

SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON – South Texas faculty, practitioners, judges, students, and alumni, heard the students’ arguments and provided them with feedback on ways to improve their cases.

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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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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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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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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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