Wake Forest Law receives ABA award for 2015 Pro Bono Week
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – The Pro Bono Project received this top honor as a result of the high number of students participating in this year’s Pro Bono Week. Wake Forest Law students logged more 200 hours of pro bono service during that week, according the ABA.
Read More about Wake Forest Law receives ABA award for 2015 Pro Bono WeekYale Law National Security Clinic releases report on the growing domestic watch list
NEW HAVEN REGISTER – An analysis by the American Civil Liberties Union and a clinic at the Yale Law School describes exponential growth in the number of persons on a domestic intelligence watchlist based on secret evidence.
Read More about Yale Law National Security Clinic releases report on the growing domestic watch listInternational Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law report addresses importance of full human control over weapons
HARVARD LAW TODAY – In a report issued last week, the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic and Human Rights Watch call for countries to retain meaningful human control over weapons systems and ban fully autonomous weapons.
Read More about International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law report addresses importance of full human control over weaponsSavannah Law School takes part in Street Law program for local high school students
SAVANNAH LAW SCHOOL – The national program came to Savannah for the first time this school year, providing some Savannah High students a better understanding of the law as well as mentoring from Savannah Law School students and practicing lawyers.
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THE DAILY CALIFORNIAN – The program, called the UC President’s Public Service Law Fellowship, will contribute $4.5 million annually to the university’s four law schools — at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA and UC Irvine — which will distribute the funds to qualified applicants.
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HYDE PARK HERALD – A new report published by the University of Chicago Law School seeks to call attention to the perspectives and experiences of the young Black people most affected by urban police practices.
Read More about University of Chicago Law School releases report calling attention to youth-police interactions in urban areasSeton Hall Law study finds minority drivers in New Jersey town are disproportionately targeted by police
WNBC (NBC NEW YORK CITY) – Minority drivers traveling in Bloomfield are disproportionately targeted by cops, the study conducted by students at Seton Hall University’s School of Law found.
Read More about Seton Hall Law study finds minority drivers in New Jersey town are disproportionately targeted by policeUniversity of Washington tech law and policy clinic survey leads to new state privacy office
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON – University of Washington law students played a key role in a law passed last week that aims to better protect privacy and monitor data collection by agencies in the state.
Read More about University of Washington tech law and policy clinic survey leads to new state privacy officeGeorgetown Law researchers find immigrant children face long enrollment delays in some school districts
THE WASHINGTON TIMES – Immigrant children living in the U.S. without legal status have been blocked from registering for school and accessing the educational services they need, according to a report on school districts in four states by Georgetown University Law Center researchers.
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BUSINESS WIRE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Law School’s Center for New Americans, and Dorsey & Whitney filed a class action lawsuit challenging the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement practice of continuing to detain immigrants for months.
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