UMass Law students complete over 100,000 hours in community service since 2010

July 17, 2017

SOUTH COAST TODAY – The school has documented a total of 100,015 hours of community service valued at $2,988,448, according to a news release.

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Three USC Gould Law students share their experience working in the Post-Conviction Justice Project

June 29, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW – Working in the Post-Conviction Justice Project has been life changing for the clients and USC students; here are three first-person student perspectives.

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Brooklyn Law’s Safe Harbor Project helps transgender client win asylum

June 29, 2017

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL – A transgender woman from a totalitarian nation has been granted asylum in the United States thanks in part to the work of students in Brooklyn Law School’s Safe Harbor Project clinic.

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Harvard Law’s Human International Rights Clinic releases report with recommendations on refugee resettlement in the U.S.

June 29, 2017

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program has released a far-reaching report, “Fulfilling U.S. Commitment to Refugee Resettlement: Protecting Refugees, Preserving National Security & Building the U.S. Economy through Refugee Admissions.”

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Yale Law clinic helps file suit against Trump administration for withholding information concerning profiling in immigration enforcement

June 29, 2017

YALE LAW SCHOOL – CAIR-CT and MRNY are represented by the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, the National Immigration Law Center, and the International Refugee Assistance Project.

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Harvard Law student wins victory in court for disabled parolees

June 29, 2017

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Tabitha Cohen ’18 argues appeal on behalf of prisoner and brain injury survivor Richard Crowell.

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USC Gould Law hosts alternative early-intervention program for juvenile offenders

June 29, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW – The students are part of Teen Court, an alternative early-intervention program that allows eligible juvenile offenders to be questioned, judged and sentenced by a jury of their peers.

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NCCU Law hosts town hall to improve relations between police and community

June 29, 2017

NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY – North Carolina Central University School of Law invites the public to the third in a series of town hall meetings to discuss plans for improving relations between police and local citizens across North Carolina.

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U.S. Supreme Court sides with Penn State Law Civil Rights Appellate Clinic’s amicus brief in case

June 29, 2017

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY – Last week, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in Perry v. Merit Services Protection Board that concurred with the arguments put forth by the Penn State Law Civil Rights Appellate Clinic in an amicus brief filed back in March.

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UCLA Law clinic wins free speech victory in U.S. Supreme Court

June 26, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW – The victory in Matal v. Tam marks the second win of the term for the clinic.

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