California Western Law professor recognized for service to community

December 21, 2017

CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW — Justin Brooks, director of the California Innocence Project (CIP), has been named “Statesman of the Month” by Lawyer & Statesman for his decades of work to free wrongfully convicted individuals from incarceration.

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California Western Law professor recognized for advocacy work on behalf of domestic violence survivors

December 21, 2017

CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW — Ann S. Bautista, director of California Western Law’s Immigration Clinic, was honored by Kalusugan + Kalakasan for her work on behalf of domestic violence survivors in San Diego County.

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California Western Law clinic helps free wrongfully convicted man

December 20, 2017

CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW – The California Innocence Project (CIP) at California Western School of Law has won a major victory with the exoneration of Guy Miles, who served 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

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St. Mary’s Law launches pilot project to help deter school-to-prison pipeline

December 20, 2017

TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO — St. Mary’s University School of Law launched a new court pilot project to help deter the school-to-prison pipeline. The unique partnership with San Antonio Municipal Court and Lanier High School will educate students on the process of the law and keep them from re-offending for things like fighting and other school-related

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Columbia Law’s Millstein Center releases report on corporate board powers

December 18, 2017

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL – A new report by the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance finds that boards of directors have the power to resist “short-termism.”

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Yale Law’s Environmental Justice Clinic advocates for end of discriminatory dentistry policies

December 18, 2017

YALE LAW SCHOOL – The Environmental Justice Clinic at Yale Law School sent a letter urging the Connecticut Department of Social Services to rescind its policy requiring dentists to use mercury-based dental amalgam in the molar fillings of Medicaid patients.

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Drake Law students help pass rule banning routine shackling of children in juvenile court

December 11, 2017

DRAKE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL – Drake University Law School faculty and students were instrumental in a new Juvenile Court Rule banning the routine shackling of children in juvenile court.

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Stetson Law students help disaster victims through legal hotline

December 11, 2017

STETSON UNIVERSITY – Stetson Law students working with the project conduct legal research for attorney volunteers helping the victims of weather disasters through the hotline.

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Cleveland-Marshall Law students assist on Lake Erie’s wind energy project through practicum

December 11, 2017

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY – Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students Martin Bielat and Stacey King have firsthand involvement with the project through a first of its kind Pop-up Practicum.

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