Florida International Law’s Black Law Student Association reaches out to high school students
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY LAW – On Friday, October 16, the FIU Law H.T. Smith Black Law Student Association (BLSA) through its BLSA Reaching Out (BRO) program, hosted its annual Law Student for a Day Program – a progressive endeavor aimed at propelling the experiences and academic perspective of high school students in Miami-Dade County by…
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GLOBENEWSWIRE – At a time when American society has grown increasingly dependent on philanthropy to fund everything from our most fundamental needs to our highest ideals, two Boston College Law School professors are launching the Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good to examine public policy issues in charitable giving, Boston College Law School announced.
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THE NEWS RECORD – In coincidence with the second annual International Wrongful Conviction Day, the University of Cincinnati’s Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday presented a collaborative effort between UC’s College of Law and the Ohio Innocence Project (OIP).
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HUFFINGTON POST – The lawsuit was filed by ArchCity Defenders, as well as nonprofit Equal Justice Under Law and the Saint Louis University School of Law, on behalf of 11 poor individuals who had been held in Ferguson’s jail.
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DUKE TODAY – Duke University is launching a new health policy center whose goal is to develop ideas on health reform and move them into practical implementation, President Richard H. Brodhead announced.
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NEWS FROM TULANE – Wood’s contributions already have shown the value of the Lutz Family Public Interest Fellowship, a new collaboration between Tulane Law School and SLLS, Louisiana’s largest provider of free civil legal aid for low-income residents.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER – How to avoid scams and navigate the difficult legal territory involving divorce were among the most popular subjects of the latest installment of “The People’s Law School” held Oct. 3 at the University of Houston Law Center.
Read More about Houston Law Center hosts ‘People’s Law School’ for Houston area residentsCollaborative initiative from Hawaii Law provides access to justice for Native Hawaiians
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (“OHA”) has finalized an agreement with Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law at UH Mānoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law to continue the Aʻo Aku Aʻo Mai Initiative (“Initiative”). This Initiative was created to provide access to justice for…
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TIMES UNION – Albany Law School will hold its second LGBT Law Day. The daylong event makes free legal help available to anyone facing legal issues in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
Read More about Albany Law offers free legal help to LGBT community at eventUniversity of Virginia Law reveals new plan to fund students in summer public service jobs
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW – The University of Virginia School of Law will guarantee funding for qualifying students working in public service jobs over the summer under a new plan for Public Interest Law Association grants.
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