Washington State tests legal technician licensing project to broaden legal reach
BLOOMBERG BNA – So far, Washington is the only state to create a new class of legal advisor, the Limited Licensed Legal Technician, or LLLT. The first six, all women, will have more authority than a paralegal and less than a lawyer, when their licenses take effect, expected later this year, after the final administrative details…
Read More about Washington State tests legal technician licensing project to broaden legal reachMajor race disparity among elected prosecutors
NPR – A report out this week found that 95 percent of the country’s elected prosecutors are white, and 83 percent are men. Only 1 percent are women of color, according to the findings from the Reflective Democracy Campaign, a project of the left-leaning Women Donors Network. But there doesn’t seem to be much choice at the…
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UCHICAGO NEWS – The seven-week class, “Internet Giants: The Law and Economics of Media Platforms,” will be available beginning July 13 for its alumni and the public.
Read More about University of Chicago Law offers free online course on technology and law to alumni and publicGift to Rutgers’ law schools supports public interest law efforts
NEW JERSEY BUSINESS – The pro bono and public interest initiatives underway at Rutgers law schools in Camden and Newark will expand their reach throughout the state with a $1 million investment to support future practitioners and those unable to afford legal services, thanks to Rutgers Law–Camden alumnus James Maida and his wife Sharon.
Read More about Gift to Rutgers’ law schools supports public interest law effortsStudents at UC Davis Law’s civil rights clinic defend Yuba County prisoners
THE SACRAMENTO BEE – Prisoners at the overcrowded and understaffed Yuba County Jail have found formidable allies in law students studying civil rights at UC Davis.
Read More about Students at UC Davis Law’s civil rights clinic defend Yuba County prisonersBaylor Law receives State Bar of Texas grant for clinic providing free legal counsel to Texas military veterans
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY NEWS – For the first time in Baylor Law School history, the State Bar of Texas has awarded a grant to support and foster the ongoing effort of the Baylor Law School Veterans’ Assistance Clinicto provide Texas military veterans free legal counsel.
Read More about Baylor Law receives State Bar of Texas grant for clinic providing free legal counsel to Texas military veteransASU Law introduces teaching law firm for new lawyers
LEGAL BROADCAST NETWORK – Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law developed a not-for-profit law firm to train recent graduates of the law school with on-the-job learning and to provide the public with affordable legal services in a variety of practice areas.
Read More about ASU Law introduces teaching law firm for new lawyersUtah Law’s Cliff Rosky is honored with Equality Award from Human Rights Campaign
UTAH POLICY – Utah Law Professor Cliff Rosky is one of the country’s leading experts on the constitutionality of laws against same-sex marriage, one of several reasons he will be honored this week by the Human Rights Campaign at the organization’s 2015 Utah Gala as the recipient of the Equality Award.
Read More about Utah Law’s Cliff Rosky is honored with Equality Award from Human Rights CampaignMSU Law Civil Rights Law Clinic students win case over violation of constitutional rights
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW – A pair of MSU Law students enrolled in the Civil Rights Law Clinic secured a $20,000 settlement for an indigent client in a federal court case.
Read More about MSU Law Civil Rights Law Clinic students win case over violation of constitutional rightsLaw professors contribute to SCOTUS understanding of the Affordable Care Act
THE CONVERSATION – A key fact driving this changed understanding [of ACA] is the way in which law professors contributed to the case, both in the public discourse and more formally before the court.
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