New Mexico Law School Dean: School plays important role in making state judicial applicants public

November 2, 2015

ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL – “Gov. Susana Martinez is set to make an important nomination to replace a retiring State Supreme Court justice. The University of New Mexico’s Law School dean plays a key, but often misunderstood, constitutionally prescribed role in this process.”

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Wyoming Law provides free legal aid to community at legal resource fair

November 1, 2015

KGWN (CBS CHEYENNE) – Equal Justice Wyoming will host a Legal Resource Fair. The Legal Resource Fair is open to the public and will include presentations on several legal topics, including landlord/tenant issues, small claims court, unfair debt collection practices, wills and small estate planning, and expungement of criminal records.

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Idaho Law students organize free monthly legal aid clinic for veterans

November 1, 2015

THE WASHINGTON TIMES – The clinic is the product of nearly two years of work by UI law students Heather Norton and Dennis Cygan, who are co-presidents of the law school’s Veteran Law Association. Their goal is to provide on-the-spot, free legal assistance to veterans unable to afford an attorney regarding a number of civil…

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NYU Law center to track SEC enforcement actions with new database

November 1, 2015

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY – The NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business, in partnership with Cornerstone Research, announces the launch of the Securities Enforcement Empirical Database (SEED).

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Albany Law provides free legal services to senior citizens and caregivers

November 1, 2015

NEWS 10 (ABC ALBANY) – The Albany Law School is hosting its 21st annual Senior Citizens’ Law Day, providing free legal services to the Capital Region’s senior citizens and their caregivers.

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Idaho Law professor to serve as principal investigator in wildfire project

November 1, 2015

REXBURG STANDARD JOURNAL – University of Idaho faculty members will contribute to wildfire hazard planning in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) with a $240,000 grant from the U.S. Forest Service’s Landscape Scale Restoration Project and the Idaho Department of Lands.

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University of Arizona Law professors draft report on problems with U.S. border patrol activities

November 1, 2015

THE DAILY WILDCAT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona and two University of Arizona law professors worked together to release a report about problems within the Border Patrol’s interior enforcement at checkpoints and roving vehicle stops throughout the Tucson and Yuma sector.

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Wake Forest Law launches legal clinic to provide assistance to veterans

October 27, 2015

INSIDE WFU – The Veterans Legal Clinic launched at Wake Forest this fall with the mission to provide legal services to veterans with legal issues stemming from or relating to their military service that are currently underserved by existing programs.

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UCLA Law study looks health by age cohort in gay community

October 26, 2015

THE BAY AREA REPORTER – A unique study enrolling participants in the Bay Area is comparing the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in three distinct age groups.

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Penn State Law’s family clinic proposes proclamation for freedom from domestic violence as a human right

October 26, 2015

ONWARD STATE – Students from the Penn State Law School’s Family Law Clinic proposed a proclamation declaring freedom from domestic violence to be a fundamental human right.

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