Missouri Law offers free estate planning to the community
KBIA – The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law partnered with the MU Family Impact Center to offer free estate planning to Columbia residents. Eight students participated in the pro bono clinic in an effort to give back to the community.
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF LAW – Law student volunteers in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program provided free assistance with tax preparations and filings to mostly low income individuals with simple returns.
Read More about Kentucky Law students provide free tax return assistance to low income individualsMcGeorge Law helps clients with naturalization applications at ninth annual fair
MCGEORGE SCHOOL OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC – More than 75 McGeorge students, staff, faculty, alumni, and local attorneys provided free legal services to 40 people with naturalization applications at the ninth annual Citizenship Fair. Blake Nordahl, the supervising attorney in the McGeorge Immigration Law Clinic, organized the community service event.
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TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Tulane Environmental Law Clinic student-attorney Michelle Felterman (L ’17) secures a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in favor of her client, the Charter Fisherman’s Association, in its effort to uphold a rule on red snapper fishing quotas in federal waters.
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL – The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decided United States v. Soza in favor of Appellant Bradley Soza, a client of the William & Mary Appellate and Supreme Court Clinic.
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL – Claire Lashley J.D. ’17 teamed with a small group of summer associates and attorneys at White & Case in New York City in its pro bono efforts to help a client, who had been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for possession of a small amount of crack cocaine,…
Read More about William & Mary Law student helps client win clemency through pro bono workUNM Law Child and Family Justice Clinic help middle school families prepare for immigration emergencies
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – Students in the Child and Family Justice Clinic (CFJC) developed, presented and distributed an Immigration Emergency Child Safety Plan kit designed to help immigrant families prepare for immigration emergencies.
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NEWSDAY – Thirty Hofstra University law students volunteered at the Salvadoran consulate in Brentwood on Saturday to help young immigrants apply for renewal of their temporary protection from deportation before Thursday’s deadline, as the Trump administration begins to wind down the DACA program.
Read More about Hofstra Law students volunteer to help young immigrants apply for DACA renewalMinnesota Law launches new pro bono program for LLM students
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL – LL.M. students at the Law School now have a unique way to gain practical experience, working with actual clients on real legal matters, in a new pro bono program begun by Karen Lundquist, assistant professor of ESL and legal skills.
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW – More than 100 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of UNC School of Law gathered at the Johnston Center for Academic Excellence on campus in late September to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the school’s Pro Bono Program.
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