Case Western Reserve Law First Amendment Clinic aids in civil rights lawsuit

January 17, 2024

CASE WESTERN RESERVE SCHOOL OF LAW — In a pivotal legal development, Chris Martin, a Cleveland resident, has initiated a federal civil rights lawsuit against Cleveland City Council and Council President Blaine Griffin. 

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University of Houston Law Center Entertainment Law Clinic files first Copyright Claims Board action 

January 17, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center’s Entertainment Law Clinic filed its first Copyright Claims Board (CCB) action this fall. Led by 3Ls Jordan Marget and Bailey Pruitt, the team assisted a local artist in protecting her creative work.

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University of Tennessee Law clinical professors honored with awards

January 16, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE COLLEGE OF LAW — At the College of Law Honors Banquet, Professor Eric Amarante received the Marilyn V. Yarbrough Faculty Award for Writing Excellence and was named the Wilkinson Junior Research Professor for his extensive scholarship on charitable organizations.

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Kuehn: Who’s Minding The Clinical Legal Education Store?

January 16, 2024

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an op-ed from Robert Kuehn (Washington University in St. Louis Law) that analyzes the process for hiring faculty and staff for law school clinics.  

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Baylor Law Veterans Clinic honors lawyers for dedication to the local community 

January 2, 2024

WACO TRIBE HERALD — The Baylor Law Veterans Clinic honored Dan MacLemore and Hailee Yip with the 2023 Advocate of the Year Awards at the Waco-McLennan County Bar Association luncheon Nov. 10.

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Baylor Law establishes family law clinic to aid self-representing litigants

January 2, 2024

THE NATIONAL JURIST — Baylor University School of Law announced the creation of a Family Law Clinic that will open in Fall 2024.  The clinic, its seventh, will focus on serving clients who will represent themselves in court. 

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Duke Law shares pro bono hours completed by law students

January 2, 2024

DUKE LAW NEWS — The first semester at Duke Law is packed with new faces, places, and experiences, not to mention adjusting to the rigors of the curriculum. So one would forgive 1Ls for being absorbed in their own lives.

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Fordham Law Federal Litigation Clinic wins appeal in Second Circuit court 

January 2, 2024

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — When Alexander Rosa, who had been incarcerated at the Bridgeport Correctional Center in Connecticut since 2019, wanted to file a complaint in the U.S. District Court of Connecticut alleging he had received inadequate medical care in prison, he asked to pay $400 filing fee in installments pursuant to the Prison Litigation

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Gift to University of Maine Law to support Refugee and Human Rights Clinic

December 29, 2023

MAINE LAW —  The Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (RHRC) at the University of Maine School of Law recently received a transformative gift of a half million dollars from Leslie and Wells Person of Austin, TX.

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University of Minnesota Law Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic and the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic aid in national immigration case

December 29, 2023

MINNESOTA LAWYER — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 8 on an important immigration case that has drawn attention — and the significant involvement of two University of Minnesota law clinics.

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