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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Maryland Carey Law students advocate for bail reform in Baltimore

December 11, 2017

BALTIMORE SUN – “[O]ur experience as student-lawyers in our law school’s Access to Justice Clinic shows that people charged with non-violent offenses continue to be held improperly.”

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UNM Law students provide legal assistance to families on National Adoption Day

December 11, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – Ten UNM Law School students volunteered to provide assistance to the Second Judicial District Children’s Court on National Adoption Day.

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Duke Law professor testifies before Senate foreign affairs committee over shared authority over international accords

December 11, 2017

DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Curtis A. Bradley focused his testimony on how the institutional role of Congress relating to international agreements has diminished over time.

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Roundtable highlights successes of Brooklyn Law School’s Disability and Civil Rights Clinic

December 11, 2017

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL – One of the most unique aspects of the clinic is its commitment to serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities based on that community’s specific needs.

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Georgia State Law professor helps high school students examine and compare historical legal documents

December 11, 2017

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW – Timothy Lyttonhelped members of the Young Israel of Toco Hills examine the Code of Hammurabi, the Ten Commandments and the U.S. Constitution.

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