Wake Forest Law to offer free legal services to seniors during symposium on aging
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL – In its “Aging Re-Imagined” symposium, Wake Forest University is bringing together national and local leaders on aging issues from multiple disciplines for a two-day program that begins and ends with the arts — with discussions of data, science, legal issues and more in between.
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BURLINGTON FREE PRESS – Three law students, Greg Freeman, Heather Huebner and Aaron Kelly, testified before the state Senate’s Natural Resources and Energy Committee.
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THE WASHINGTON POST – Chih sought help from a group of college students at a pro bono legal clinic run by the Suffolk University Law School in downtown Boston. And earlier this month, after years of legal wrangling, the truly unusual happened: Chih and the students won.
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THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN – It is the opportunity of a lifetime — the chance to help prepare a case that will go before the Supreme Court. For the students on Penn Law School professor Stephanos Bibas’ full-year Supreme Court Clinic team, that opportunity has become a reality.
Read More about Penn Law Supreme Court Clinic prepares overtime eligibility case for Supreme CourtMichigan State College of Law offers free tax preparation services in two Michigan cities lacking services
MIDLAND DAILY NEWS – Under the supervision of two tax attorneys, VITA-certified students from the Michigan State University College of Law will provide free tax preparation services for taxpayers with less than $53,000 in income.
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT MāNOA – Fifty-two local high school students took part in a special ‘Discover Law’ program at the UH Law School Friday, learning about the possibility of careers in law and the broad scope of justice in their own community.
Read More about Hawaii Law organizes program for high schools aimed at exploring careers in lawUCLA Law’s Supreme Court Clinic helps four cases get heard by the Supreme Court
UCLA NEWSROOM – This year the court has chosen to review four cases brought by the UCLA Supreme Court Clinic. For perspective, each year about 10,000 cases are presented to the court, and 60 to 70 are selected to be heard, Banner said.
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UVA TODAY – A Virginia Beach Circuit Court judge ruled Monday in favor of a request by the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law to test new forensic evidence the clinic uncovered on behalf of its client, Darnell Phillips. – See more at: https://news.virginia.edu/content/judge-agrees-test-dna-evidence-uva-law-innocence-project-discovered#sthash.ddz28KRL.dpuf
Read More about UVA Law innocence project wins appeal to test discovered DNA evidence on behalf of convicted clientThomas Jefferson Law offers free tax services to underserved communities through VITA clinic
BUSINESS WIRE – Thomas Jefferson School of Law announced it will begin offering free tax preparation services February 25 through April 8.
Read More about Thomas Jefferson Law offers free tax services to underserved communities through VITA clinicWest Virginia Law clinic publishes free legal guide for dealing with dilapidated properties
THE FAYETTE TRIBUNE – To help local governments, a clinic at the West Virginia University College of Law has published a free guide to navigating the legal issues of dealing with dilapidated properties.
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