Harvard Law School report focuses on financial costs of criminal justice system
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Harvard Law School’s Criminal Justice Policy Program and the National Consumer Law Center have released “Confronting Criminal Justice Debt: A Comprehensive Project for Reform,” a collaborative project that focuses on the financial costs of the criminal justice system.
Read More about Harvard Law School report focuses on financial costs of criminal justice systemUCLA Law Criminal Defense Clinic helps commute sentences for individuals convicted of nonviolent crimes
DAILY BRUIN – The Criminal Defense Clinic is a graduate course that allows students to work on real cases and defend clients who are unable to afford representation, said professor Ingrid Eagly, who teaches the class.
Read More about UCLA Law Criminal Defense Clinic helps commute sentences for individuals convicted of nonviolent crimesDuke Law’s Wrongful Convictions Clinic handles appeals of criminal convictions
GREENSBORO NEWS & RECORD – The Duke University Law School Wrongful Convictions Clinic spent about five years examining that police work and the case that prosecutors presented against Armstrong to a jury seven years after the death.
Read More about Duke Law’s Wrongful Convictions Clinic handles appeals of criminal convictionsUniversity of Montana Law innocence project announces first successful exoneration
MONTANA KAIMIN – The Montana Innocence Project announced Raugust’s exoneration at a press conference in the University of Montana’s law school on Sept. 7.
Read More about University of Montana Law innocence project announces first successful exonerationHarvard Law’s Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation files complaints against insurance companies for discrimination against patients with AIDS
FIERCE HEALTHCARE – A Harvard Law watchdog group has alleged that some of the nation’s largest health insurers are violating anti-discrimination laws when it comes to covering HIV/AIDS treatment.
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HOUSTON COLLEGE OF LAW – With a new $43,000 grant from the Internal Revenue Service, Houston College of Law recently established a pro bono, Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic to educate Houstonians on tax issues and help them resolve tax problems.
Read More about Houston College of Law establishes pro bono clinic for low-income taxpayersUVA Law students collect donations for Louisiana flood victims
WVIR (NBC CHARLOTTESVILLE) – Students at the University of Virginia are collecting donations to send to people impacted by the devastating flooding in Louisiana in August.
Read More about UVA Law students collect donations for Louisiana flood victimsDuquesne Law launches clinic to help families navigate school disciplinary hearings
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE – Years of working in the Juvenile Division of the Allegheny County public defender’s office inspired Ms. Sizemore-Thompson to create a pair of law clinics at Duquesne.
Read More about Duquesne Law launches clinic to help families navigate school disciplinary hearingsLewis & Clark Law School Northwest Environmental Defense Center tackles “rolling coal” offenses
BIKE PORTLAND – “NEDC Executive Director Mark Riskedahl told us last week that they’ve started a “rolling coal accountability project” because it pollutes the air[.]”
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law School Northwest Environmental Defense Center tackles “rolling coal” offensesUniversity of St. Thomas Law clinic makes push to obtain clemency for clients
KMSP (FOX MINNEAPOLIS) – While the Obama Administration established a clemency initiative in 2014, a strong push started coming from a law professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis long before the initiative started.
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