University of Oregon Law Business Law Clinic offers name, image, and likeness advice to student athletes
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON LAW — In 2021, the NCAA announced new rules that allowed student-athletes to be compensated for the use of their name, image and likeness, rules that also apply to any student in Oregon, thanks to recent changes in state law. To address the growing need for NIL legal assistance, the Business Law…
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UNIVERSITY OF ST.THOMAS LAW — Third-year students in the University of St. Thomas School of Law Appellate Clinic argued a constitutional case involving a prisoner’s “good time” or good behavior credits earned toward parole before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco, California, on April 18.
Read More about University of St. Thomas Law students argue appeal for client in prisonSeton Hall Law Center for Policy & Research releases report on US torture
SETON HALL LAW CENTER — The Center for Policy and Research at Seton Hall University School of Law has released a report, “American Torturers: FBI & CIA Abuses at Dark Sites and Guantanamo,” which includes first person accounts and drawings of the torture from Mr. Abu Zubaydah, the first victim of the so-called “Enhanced Interrogation…
Read More about Seton Hall Law Center for Policy & Research releases report on US tortureSouthwestern Law Children’s Rights Clinic challenges discriminatory practices of hidden expulsions
SOUTHWESTERN LAW — Southwestern Law School’s Children’s Rights Clinic is taking a stand against the practice of “hidden expulsions,” a form of exclusionary discipline that pushes students out of their own schools and into alternative campuses or smaller schools. This issue was uncovered in an investigation by The Hechinger Report, and the clinic is working…
Read More about Southwestern Law Children’s Rights Clinic challenges discriminatory practices of hidden expulsionsUC Irvine Law professor Katharine Tinto discusses the school’s Criminal Justice Clinic
UC IRVINE LAW — Law professor Katharine Tinto is the director for the Criminal Justice Clinic at the UC Irvine School of Law. Students are required to take a clinic where they work on real cases. Tinto and her team work on several programs, including compassionate release and excessive sentences projects, representing people who are…
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Katharine Tinto discusses the school’s Criminal Justice ClinicCase Western Reserve Law co-hosts law clinic in East Palestine
CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW — Nearly three months after news broke that a train had derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, students in the Environmental Law Clinic at Case Western Reserve University School of Law held a free legal clinic in East Palestine. The clinic, in collaboration with River Valley Organizing, Community Legal Aid, Fair Shake…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law co-hosts law clinic in East PalestineDrexel Law Immigration Law Society provides pro bono assistance to immigrants in El Paso
DREXEL LAW — Many students at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law spend the week of spring break relaxing. Ayushi Kokroo and several of her classmates put this year’s break to a far different purpose—one that ultimately reminded Kokroo of why she came to law school to begin with. On March 11, Kokroo and five…
Read More about Drexel Law Immigration Law Society provides pro bono assistance to immigrants in El PasoGonzaga Law students provide free legal advice at pop-up clinic
GONZAGA LAW — The justice system is confusing and expensive, but local organizations and attorneys are trying to help in honor of the late Spokane activist Sandy Williams. The Sandy Williams Justice Center Free Walk-In Legal Clinic started last month and continues through June.
Read More about Gonzaga Law students provide free legal advice at pop-up clinicA look at University of Maine Law’s rural practice clinic
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE LAW — If you need to hire an attorney, you want one with experience. A new collaboration between the University of Maine School of Law and the University of Maine at Fort Kent is giving law students just that while serving a population where legal services are sparse. The rural practice clinic…
Read More about A look at University of Maine Law’s rural practice clinicUniversity of Minnesota Law professor Megan Walsh discusses the Gun Violence Prevention Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW — For director Megan Walsh, launching the Gun Violence Prevention Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School filled a void in legal education. The clinic, a three-year pilot project that began in January, focuses on promoting gun violence prevention through strategic litigation, using student pro bono legal work to support…
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