Maine law students return from volunteer trip to New Mexico detention center
BANGOR DAILY NEWS — Two University of Maine Law School students who spent a week in Artesia, New Mexico, volunteering at an immigration detention center thought they were prepared to deal with the stories they’d hear from the women and children held there.
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DAILY PLANET — What is in your hands to make a difference in the world? Dr. Artika Tyner raises this important question during each student interaction. Dr. Tyner shared her thoughts on taking action to reimagine education at the inaugural at TEDxUniversityofStThomas. The title of her TEDx Talk was: Education for Social Change. Her vision…
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WILLIAMSBURG YORKTOWN DAILY — A legal clinic at the William & Mary School of Law focused on assisting victims of domestic violence is expanding its services with the help of a federal grant.
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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH – As the community awaits the grand jury’s decision on whether to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer involved in the tragic shooting of Michael Brown, we at Washington University School of Law are actively engaged in ways to help our community.
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THE TIMES PICAYUNE – The Loyola University College of Law has added a new social justice certificate program for students interested in advocating for poor and marginalized people.
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DAILY PRESS – William and Mary’s law school said this month that it has received a $250,000 grant to expand its Domestic Violence Clinic.
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PIONEER PRESS – Two Twin Cities law schools are starting pro-bono, student-led legal chapters to advance the civil and human rights of Jewish people.
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THE DES MOINES REGISTER – James Pedersen has spent the past two decades writing wills, preparing tax returns and serving as Ringgold County’s judicial magistrate. Now he’s ready to retire.
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DETROIT FREE PRESS – Wayne State University’s Law School will freeze tuition next year and give a scholarship to every incoming student in a move designed to make a law degree more affordable, while boosting sagging enrollment at the Detroit school.
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THE PITTSBURGH COURIER – University of Pittsburgh Law School Dean William M. Carter, Jr. has been awarded the Leadership Diversity Award from the National Diversity Council and the Pennsylvania Diversity Council. He will be recognized at the 2014 Leadership Excellence Awards Luncheon at the University of Pittsburgh on October 29, 2014.
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