Cleveland-Marshall Law students work on bail reform during pop-up practicum

February 12, 2018

CLEVELAND-MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW – The students participated by reviewing reports on best practices for bail and pretrial release by national organizations, and wrote response papers for the benefit of the task force.

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Washburn Law offers pop-up veterans legal assistance clinic

February 12, 2018

KMAJ (TOPEKA) – Students who have been certified will provide free legal services relating to criminal records expungement and to the preparation of wills and advance directives.

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Yale Law’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic files motion on behalf of New York Times seeking publication of relevant FISA court records

February 12, 2018

YALE LAW SCHOOL – On February 5, 2018, the Yale Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic filed a motion on behalf of New York Times reporters Adam Goldman and Charlie Savage and the New York Times Company.

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Oregon Governor grants Lewis & Clark Law’s Criminal Justice Reform Clinic’s clemency petition for client

February 12, 2018

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL – Law professor Aliza Kaplan and law students Maya Rinta ’19 and Sarah Rissberger ’18 wrote the petition last summer.

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University of Texas School of Law release study critical of Houston’s apartment safety programs

February 12, 2018

HOUSTON CHRONICLE – Houston’s programs designed to ensure apartment safety are “flawed, fractured and improperly managed,” the University of Texas School of Law found in a study.

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University of Miami Law students provide legal help to asylum seekers during alternative winter break

February 12, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW – Nine Miami Law students spent four days over winter break assisting asylum seekers through Catholic Legal Services’ Asylum Clinic.

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University of Idaho Law’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program offers free filing assistance

February 12, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO – The University of Idaho College of Law’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is providing free tax filing assistance of simple filings for taxpayers with income less than $54,000.

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Yale Law’s Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic sues U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over DACA changes

February 12, 2018

YALE NEWS – Yale Law School’s Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic is suing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in federal court in the Eastern District of New York.

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Spotlight on Pepperdine Law clinics

February 12, 2018

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY GRAPHIC – The School of Law’s Clinical Education Program includes 10 separate clinics this semester.

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Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Prevention seek court order to prevent second ‘Unite the Right’ rally

February 12, 2018

THE HOYA – The Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Prevention is seeking a court order to prevent militia-style displays of force at a second “Unite the Right” rally.

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