Howard Law helps win clemency for client

June 27, 2016

HOWARD UNIVERSITY – President Barack Obama granted clemency to Everett Bryant Law, a client of Howard University School of Law, who was serving a life sentence in prison.

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Tulsa Law’s new legal incubator to serve underrepresented populations

June 27, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA COLLEGE OF LAW – New TU Law Co-op to serve underrepresented populations and assist socially entrepreneurial law graduates in developing solo and small firm law practices.

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Harvard Law School students participate in clemency project in Boston

June 27, 2016

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Working with Clemency Project 2014, a coalition that supports petitions by nonviolent drug offenders for executive clemency, the students wound up enlightened and inspired.

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Nebraska Law responds to community needs by doubling capacity for veterans legal clinic

June 27, 2016

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR – The law college is doubling the capacity of the Advanced Directive Clinic and plans to draw up wills, power of attorney and health care power of attorney documents for roughly 20 veterans.

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Domestic violence clinic at John Marshall Law School wins excellence award from state bar

June 27, 2016

THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL – The John Marshall Law School’s Domestic Violence Clinic was awarded the Excellence in Legal Education Award by the Illinois State Bar Association.

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Some law schools cancel classes on Election Day to encourage civic engagement

June 20, 2016

BLOOMBERG LAW – Some law schools want to make sure voters turn out for this year’s presidential election cycle.

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Tennessee Law’s Federal Clemency Clinic helps commute sentence for man imprisoned on drug charges

June 20, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE – KNOXVILLE – Emlera Quince is a changed man. And as of October 1, he will be a free man, thanks to students and faculty at the University of Tennessee College of Law.

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Stetson Law’s elder law center hosts training for adult protective service investigators

June 20, 2016

STETSON UNIVERSITY – The Center for Excellence in Elder Law recently completed a four-month training program with the Florida Department of Children and Families Suncoast Regions adult protective service investigators.

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Hofstra Law students receive CLEA award for work in Disaster Recovery Clinic

June 20, 2016

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY – Second-year students Dean Ferdenzi and Adam Solomon are Hofstra Law’s co-recipients of the CLEA Outstanding Student Award for their work in the Disaster Recovery Clinic.

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Elon Law’s immigration clinic helps reunite African family separated by war

June 20, 2016

ELON UNIVERSITY – The school’s Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic had worked since 2012 to reunite Marcelline Nyiramagaju with six children.

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