UC Irvine Law Afghanistan Human Rights Project initiates coalition aimed at highlighting human rights in UN Afghanistan Assessment
UC IRVINE LAW — A coalition of civil society organizations and individuals today, initiated by the Afghanistan Human Rights Project at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Director Hashmat Nadirpor with Director of the International Justice Clinic David Kaye, called on the United Nations (UN) Secretary General and High Commissioner for…
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UC IRVINE LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Ninth Circuit Appellate Litigation Clinic provides students with an exceptional experience learning how to be effective advocates representing real clients in appeals before the Ninth Circuit. Third-year students Roy Bendavid and Nicole Tackabery researched, briefed and argued a recent case before…
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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT LAW — The UConn School of Law joined with Otis Worldwide for the second year of Lifting the Law, a program designed to expose members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford to a variety of legal careers, beyond the kind they may have seen on television. Four lawyers from Otis,…
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GEORGETOWN LAW — The Georgetown African Law Society (GALS) hosted its launch event at the Sarah and Bernard Gewirz Student Center where it discussed rights of women in Africa. The event features Special Rapporteur Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie on the Rights of Women in Africa Washington D.C. The event, held on 19 April 2023, brought together…
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW — Two of the first cases ever addressed by the Michigan Innocence Clinic saw the wrongfully convicted defendants released recently after separate 14-year legal odysseys. Both cases involved gun killings in the Detroit area, both convictions leaned on unreliable witnesses, and both ended with commutations late last year. Yet in each…
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW — To pay tribute to the support he received as a law student, in 2016, Bobby Wood established the Bobby Wood Clinical Programs Student Award Fund, awarding $500 each to full-time students who excel in the field work component of a clinical course. Recently, Wood decided to increase his support with…
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RUTGERS LAW — More than two dozen people from 18 countries took the U.S. Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States and became U.S. citizens in an emotional ceremony at Rutgers Law in Camden on April 19. The event also marked the 10th anniversary of the Rutgers Law Immigrant Justice Clinic.
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA LAW — The University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law Veterans Legal Education Group (VLEG) hosted a clinic on March 10 at the Military Heritage Alliance in Sioux Falls. The organization’s goal is to provide free legal services and advice to military veterans and their families. They offer this support…
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA LAW — The University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, in partnership with Catholic Charities of Sioux City and Immigration Attorney Revathi Vongsiprasom, held the Immigration Clinic in downtown Sioux City, Iowa, in late March. The Immigration Clinic, led by Joy Moore, visiting instructor of legal writing, is an initiative…
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WILLAMETTE LAW — Professor Buske, College of Law faculty, is teaching an International Children’s Rights course during the Summer 2023 intersession. Along with Professor Cook, she will take 12 students across the globe to Africa for a new perspective. While there for three weeks, students will have class sessions each morning and will spend the…
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