Indiana McKinney Law launches child advocacy law clinic to train students as court-appointed special advocates
INDIANA LAWYER – Students at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will have the opportunity to work with Marion County’s Child Advocates starting this fall when the new Child Advocacy Law Clinic opens.
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I – The William S. Richardson School of Law is taking a leading role for the University of Hawai‘i as the IUCN, or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, opens its International Congress at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center to consider far-ranging global environmental concerns.
Read More about Hawai’i Law takes on leadership role in planning for International Union for the Conservation of Nature global conferenceMissouri Law clinics assist veterans with legal issues surrounding entrepreneurship
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF LAW – The law school’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic and Veterans Clinic recently collaborated with the MU Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business to help military veterans with legal aspects of starting businesses.
Read More about Missouri Law clinics assist veterans with legal issues surrounding entrepreneurshipNorthwestern Pritzker Law’s Restorative Justice Practicum allows students to problem-solve in community organizations
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW – The practicum—where students work twelve hours per week at organizations in the community and meet weekly as a group for a corresponding seminar—is an expansion of the Center on Negotiation and Mediation’s offerings related to restorative justice.
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UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS – Through their work as clinical student attorneys in the Federal Commutations Clinic at St. Thomas Law, alumni Marc Spooner ’12, Ashley Bennett ‘13, Derek Hansen ‘13, Eric Hylok ’15 and Jamie Waldon ‘15 directly impacted the lives of three men whose sentences were commuted.
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HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Harvard Law School has announced it is digitizing its entire collection of U.S. case law and that it will make the collection available online, for free, to anyone with an Internet connection.
Read More about Harvard Law School project to provide open access to entire collection of U.S. case lawNorthwestern Pritzker Law scholar launches website on Illinois state judges for the public
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY – A new website by a Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law scholar offers a comprehensive look at the Illinois judicial system at a time when judges are receiving increased scrutiny.
Read More about Northwestern Pritzker Law scholar launches website on Illinois state judges for the publicClemency projects at Minnesota law schools help shorten drug sentences
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO – Clemency projects rooted at Minnesota law schools have recently helped a handful of inmates get their sentences shortened by President Obama.
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MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO – A program at St. Paul’s Mitchell Hamline School of Law is pairing scientists with lawyers to improve communication.
Read More about Program at Mitchell Hamline School of Law aids scientists with court testimony skillsUNLV Law hosts free workshop to help seal criminal records
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL – UNLV’s Boyd School of Law is hosting a free “clean slate” event to help people with criminal histories in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson seal their records.
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