University of Miami Law co-launches declaration on food, housing, and racial justice
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW — On Juneteenth, the Human Rights Program and Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law, together with emergency food providers, legislators, academics, and students from around the United States, launched the Declaration of Miami. The civil society declaration calls for the human rights to food and housing to be…
Read More about University of Miami Law co-launches declaration on food, housing, and racial justiceUniversity of Miami Law Investor Rights Clinic hosts mock arbitration
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW — In addition to live client representation, students in the Investor Rights Clinic conduct a mock arbitration every semester before a panel of arbitrators who decide investor cases filed in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration. This semester, the mock arbitration took place in the Miami Law clinics’ new student workroom…
Read More about University of Miami Law Investor Rights Clinic hosts mock arbitrationUniversity of New Mexico Law clinic aids local community with cannabis record expungement
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO LAW — As New Mexico’s courts grapple with expunging thousands of cannabis-related criminal charges, the state’s up-and-coming lawyers are looking to help locals clear their records. “We are able to help folks anywhere in New Mexico,” says Serge Martinez, a University of New Mexico (UNM) law professor. “We see this as…
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NYU LAW — Deborah Archer, associate dean and co-director of clinical and advocacy programs at NYU Law, has received the Outstanding Advocate for Clinical Teachers Award from the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA).
Read More about NYU Law professor Deborah Archer honored as outstanding advocate for clinical teachersNotre Dame Law appoints Lenora Popken as Exoneration Justice Clinic legal fellow
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic has hired alumna Lenora Popken ’20 J.D. as a legal fellow. The Exoneration Justice Clinic, which launched in fall 2020, is committed to correcting miscarriages of justice by investigating, litigating, and overturning wrongful convictions.
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NORTHEASTERN LAW — Six Northeastern University School of Law students spent a week volunteering for the El Paso-based Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center.
Read More about Northeastern Law students aid asylum seekers at the Texas borderPenn Carey Law professor Cary Coglianese writes article on artificial intelligence and antitrust regulations
PENN CAREY LAW — At ProMarket, Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, lays out the prospects and challenges facing antitrust regulators with their use of artificial intelligence and machine-learning tools. Artificial intelligence “has great potential to improve antitrust regulation and enforcement,” writes Coglianese in “AI for the Antitrust…
Read More about Penn Carey Law professor Cary Coglianese writes article on artificial intelligence and antitrust regulationsPenn Carey Law student Madeline Bruning publishes article on the public health risks of septic tanks
PENN CAREY LAW — Climate change threatens an already fragile septic infrastructure, posing serious public health and environmental risks. At The Regulatory Review, Madeline Bruning explores how states are taking action to shore up septic systems.
Read More about Penn Carey Law student Madeline Bruning publishes article on the public health risks of septic tanksPenn Carey Law Transnational Legal Clinic files complaint against immigration detention facility
PENN CAREY LAW — The Transnational Legal Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School has filed a complaint on behalf of the Capital Area Immigrant Rights Coalition (CAIR), HIAS Pennsylvania, Nationalities Service Center, and the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC), and their noncitizen clients detained at the Pike County Correctional Facility in Hawley,…
Read More about Penn Carey Law Transnational Legal Clinic files complaint against immigration detention facilityPitt Law professors and students aid local community with ‘greening’ vacant lots
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH LAW — Pittsburgh has a “wicked” problem: it’s 27,000 vacant lots, many of which were created from deindustrialization. These lots are often overgrown and run-down due to a lack of maintenance funding. But two law professors from the University of Pittsburgh are working to help “green” vacant lots in the Hill District…
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