Tennessee Law students help provide free legal advice to veterans
NEWS SENTINEL – The monthly clinic by the KBA offers general advice and referrals for a wide variety of legal issues.
Read More about Tennessee Law students help provide free legal advice to veteransYale Law School clinic represents elder gay veteran in suit to change discharge status
YALE NEWS – With support from Yale Law School students and faculty, a 91-year-old veteran filed a federal lawsuit earlier this month to change his Air Force discharge status to “honorable” after he was discharged as “undesirable” in 1948 for being gay.
Read More about Yale Law School clinic represents elder gay veteran in suit to change discharge statusBaltimore Law hosts program to promote pro bono service to celebrate Pro Bono Month
DAILY RECORD – The University of Baltimore School of Law hosted the Pro Bono Connection Oct. 19 as part of National Celebration of Pro Bono Month.
Read More about Baltimore Law hosts program to promote pro bono service to celebrate Pro Bono MonthHarvard Law contributes to report addressing legal and ethical factors affecting football players’ health
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – The Football Players Health Study at Harvard University today released a set of legal and ethical recommendations to address a series of structural factors that affect NFL player health.
Read More about Harvard Law contributes to report addressing legal and ethical factors affecting football players’ healthDuke Law’s Civil Justice Clinic wins contract and housing benefits cases for clients
DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Students in the Civil Justice Clinic achieved two significant wins for their clients in October and November hearings.
Read More about Duke Law’s Civil Justice Clinic wins contract and housing benefits cases for clientsLewis & Clark Law School professor and student contribute to new study on the costs associated with death penalty in Oregon
OREGON LIVE – Researchers at the law school gathered county jail costs per inmate during a death penalty trial, public defender cost per case, and costs from the state Department of Corrections to house an inmate after conviction.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law School professor and student contribute to new study on the costs associated with death penalty in OregonUniversity of Mississippi Law Criminal Appeals Clinic argues case in front of Mississippi Court of Appeals
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY – Law students from the University of Mississippi School of Law Criminal Appeals Clinic represent the appellant in one of the cases set for oral arguments.
Read More about University of Mississippi Law Criminal Appeals Clinic argues case in front of Mississippi Court of AppealsYale Law School’s international human rights clinic releases report on the criminalization of homelessness in Connecticut
NEW HAVEN REGISTER – The city also has ordinances against loitering, camping and public consumption of alcohol and has park curfews, all of which target the homeless unfairly, according to a new report.
Read More about Yale Law School’s international human rights clinic releases report on the criminalization of homelessness in ConnecticutEmory Law Volunteer Clinic assists veterans with disability benefits claims for ‘Military Mondays’
EMORY UNIVERSITY – The Emory VCV provides pro bono legal services for U.S. veterans and their families, assisting them with negotiating the often-overwhelming bureaucracy of seeking disability benefit claims before both the VA and subsequent appeals proceedings.
Read More about Emory Law Volunteer Clinic assists veterans with disability benefits claims for ‘Military Mondays’Rutgers Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic helps revive lawsuit filed by former detainees
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY – A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by four former detainees of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, and Rutgers Law School played a key role in reviving the case.
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