Notre Dame Law Religious Liberty Clinic represents clients in inmate’s religious rights case
NOTRE DAME LAW — The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief last month in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit case Loving v. Morton, representing Sikh, Jewish, and Muslim groups. The brief argues that the Second Circuit should re-examine its precedent to allow for monetary damages for…
Read More about Notre Dame Law Religious Liberty Clinic represents clients in inmate’s religious rights caseUniversity at Buffalo Law Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic helps transgender clients with legal name change process
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO LAW — What’s in a name? It’s a reflection of one’s identity. Yet for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, changing their legal name to align with their identity is often a difficult and intimidating process. A new initiative by UB School of Law’s Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic, led by Associate Professor…
Read More about University at Buffalo Law Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic helps transgender clients with legal name change processCatholic University Law professor Jocelyn Dyer discusses cross-clinic collaborations at AALS Clinical Conference
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY LAW — Catholic Law’s Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor Jocelyn Dyer joined colleagues from University of Maryland and American University’s law schools on April 28, 2023, in presenting at the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Clinical Conference on Finding Hope in Each Other: Capacity-Building through Cross-Clinic Collaborations and Community Partnerships.
Read More about Catholic University Law professor Jocelyn Dyer discusses cross-clinic collaborations at AALS Clinical ConferenceMitchell Hamline Law celebrates 50 years of clinical legal education
MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW — Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the clinical program at Mitchell Hamline School of Law was not something Roger Haydock foresaw when he helped launch it as one of the nation’s the first such programs in 1973. But that’s what Haydock, a founding professor of the Mitchell Hamline Clinical Program, and other…
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Law celebrates 50 years of clinical legal educationNortheastern Law Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy releases report on water policy transparency
NORTHWESTERN LAW — Northeastern Law’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE), has released the latest publication in its series on water and human rights in the U.S., “Data on Tap: Realizing Human Rights through Water Utility Reporting Laws.” This briefing paper examines U.S. initiatives to promote water policy transparency through the lens…
Read More about Northeastern Law Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy releases report on water policy transparencyNorthwestern Law Center for International Human Rights to represent journalist
NORTHWESTERN LAW — Bolot Temirov, a Kyrgyzstani human rights defender and prominent journalist, has been unable to return to Kyrgyzstan since he was forcibly removed to Russia last November. May 3rd, on World Press Freedom Day, the Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law is announcing that CIHR will…
Read More about Northwestern Law Center for International Human Rights to represent journalistUSC Gould Law professor Robin Craig offers insight into Colorado River plan with environmental expertise
USC GOULD LAW — Earlier this month, the Biden administration proposed a plan to distribute cuts from the Colorado River and resolve the century-long legal dispute between states across the American Southwest that share its water supplies. Decades of drought and overuse have brought the river’s water levels to historic lows. States in the Lower…
Read More about USC Gould Law professor Robin Craig offers insight into Colorado River plan with environmental expertiseStanford Law Religious Liberty Clinic celebrates 10th anniversary
STANFORD LAW — When Stanford Law School Professor James Sonne launched the school’s Religious Liberty Clinic in 2013, there were no blueprints to consult or models on which to build. Stanford Law School’s clinic was the first of its type in the country. This year, as the clinic celebrates 10 years of pioneering education and…
Read More about Stanford Law Religious Liberty Clinic celebrates 10th anniversaryUniversity of Utah Law Refugee Law Clinic helps Ukrainian refugees
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH LAW — Ukrainian refugees had few safe options as they fled their country after Russia’s 2022 invasion. One such family ended up in Utah. In April of last year, a mother and her two children entered the United States from Mexico and started the arduous process of applying for asylum. The family’s…
Read More about University of Utah Law Refugee Law Clinic helps Ukrainian refugeesUC Irvine Law Innocence Project help free pro bono clients
UC IRVINE LAW — After nearly 17 years of wrongful imprisonment, Juan Rayford and Dupree Glass have been exonerated of all charges related to a 2004 shooting in Lancaster. Today, a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge vacated the final count against them, affirming their innocence and ending a long and painful chapter in their lives.…
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