Akron Law clinics help expunge criminal records for residents
AKRON LEGAL NEWS — The University of Akron School of Law’s Reentry Clinics have helped help low-income Akron residents who have criminal pasts get their records sealed.
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Baylor Law has partnered with Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, PLLC to offer an innovative pro bono clinic–an “Answer-a-Thon”–using the Texas Legal Answers website of the State Bar of Texas.
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of South Carolina School of Law’s Pro Bono Program has partnered with the Allendale Fairfax Education Foundation on their latest campaign, Change for Change. Collection jars for donations were placed around the School of Law, and student organizations created a fundraising plan. The donations funded school supplies,…
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DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Three Duke University School of Law students — Eleni Bakst ’17, Suzie Jing ’18, and Blair Mason ’18 — share their experiences working with families detained while seeking asylum at the South Texas Family residential Center in Dilley, Texas.
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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 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.
Read More about California Western Law professor recognized for advocacy work on behalf of domestic violence survivorsCalifornia Western Law clinic helps free wrongfully convicted man
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.
Read More about California Western Law clinic helps free wrongfully convicted manSt. Mary’s Law launches pilot project to help deter school-to-prison pipeline
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…
Read More about St. Mary’s Law launches pilot project to help deter school-to-prison pipelineYale Law clinic files class action lawsuit on behalf of veterans exposed to hydrogen bombs related to 1966 plane crash
DISABLED VETERANS – Yale law students filed the class action about the 1966 plane crash incident at the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
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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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