Southwestern Appellate Litigation Clinic students prevail in immigration decision in Ninth Circuit Court
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed with Southwestern Appellate Litigation Clinic students’ argument in Chavez-Garcia v. Sessions that departing the country while under a removal order does not automatically waive one’s right to appeal.
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF LAW – On Sept. 16, 2017, Kansas City Youth Court and UMKC School of Law hosted the event “Know Your Rights and Learn the Law” in honor of Constitution Day.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW – As a HOPE Fellow and Miami Scholar Carly Starkey continued her work advancing economic and educational access and opportunities for women and girls in her 2L summer as a legal intern with Equal Rights Advocates in San Francisco, CA.
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SEATTLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – When students signed up for Professor Won Kidane’s Immigration Law Clinic this spring, they had no idea that their line of work would be the subject of daily headlines and massive protests at airports across the country.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – For more than 30 years, University of New Mexico School of Law Distinguished Professor Jim Ellis has been working with teams of law students to advocate for the disability community in amicus briefs in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW – Utah Star Bar honored S.J. Quinney College of Law student Liz Thomas with the Pro Bono Publico Award, given to a law student in Utah who demonstrates outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for disadvantaged populations in the community.
Read More about Utah Law student Liz Thomas honored with Pro Bono Publico AwardUNM Natural Resources and Environmental Law Clinic files amicus brief to support tribes’ legal challenge to oil pipeline project
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – The Natural Resources and Environmental Law Clinic filed an amicus brief to support tribes in legal challenge to the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The Health Rights Clinic students reached out to their clients to make sure they knew about the Florida’s post-hurricane relief in the form of food stamp distribution.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW – Students in Miami Law’s Immigration Clinic prevailed in immigration court, stopping the deportation of a Guatemalan couple that has lived in the United States since 2002 and has three U.S. citizen children.
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL – Three Columbia Law School students, all from Puerto Rico, organized a legal corps to assist in recovery from Hurricane Maria.
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