UC Hastings Law Center for Social Justice supports students with opportunities in public interest law

November 3, 2022

UC HASTINGS LAW — Most UC Hastings student applicants list wanting “to make a difference in the world” as their primary motives for attending law school, according to recent student surveys. A new center at UC Hastings will help law students build on that value and find ways to integrate it into their future legal…

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Cardozo Law launches Freedom Clinic to help the wrongfully convicted

November 2, 2022

PIX 11 — A prominent civil rights attorney focused on innocence, justice and freedom, Josh Dubin built his career in courtrooms around the country, helping exonerate the wrongfully convicted. In an exclusive interview with PIX11 News, Dubin explained, “I fell in love with the feeling associated with helping another human being.”

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Grant to Duke Law will support First Amendment Clinic in providing legal services to local journalists

November 2, 2022

LOCAL NEWS LAB — In September 2022, the Legal Clinic Fund for Local News announced $2.4 million in new multi-year grant awards to 9 grantees that will provide critical legal support to local newsrooms and journalists across the country.

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How Marquette Law Volunteer Legal Clinics have aided the local community

November 1, 2022

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL FACULTY BLOG — A series of blog posts was not my plan, more than a month ago, when I wrote about the American Association of Law Schools’ pro bono honor roll with respect to Marquette Law School.

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Notre Dame Law Exoneration Justice Clinic hosts Innocence Network summit

November 1, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — Attorneys and investigators from wrongful-conviction clinics across the Midwest gathered at Notre Dame Law School on October 18-19 for the Innocence Network Midwest Regional Summit, hosted by the Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic.

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Penn Carey Law Transnational Legal Clinic honored with organization of the year award

November 1, 2022

PENN CAREY LAW — Local immigration non-profit Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC) has honored the Transnational Legal Clinic (TLC) with its annual Light of Liberty Award. At the ceremony, which took place on September 21, 2022, PIRC named the TLC as Law Firm/Organization of the Year.

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Pepperdine Law Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief in case involving prisoner with dreadlocks

November 1, 2022

PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso Law’s Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief yesterday asking the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to overturn a district court decision in Thomas Walker v. John Baldwin, et al.The brief, filed on behalf of noted social science expert Professor…

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University of Colorado Law Sustainable Community Development Clinic helps residents of mobile home park

October 27, 2022

THE NATIONAL JURIST — University of Colorado Law School students in the Sustainable Community Development Clinic have played a vital role in helping the residents of a mobile home park in Fort Collins, CO.

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Marquette Law reflects on the history of their Volunteer Legal Clinic

October 27, 2022

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL FACULTY BLOG — The spirit and ideals underlying Marquette Law School’s embrace of pro bono work are timeless—part of our Catholic, Jesuit heritage and mission and reflecting the best traditions of the legal profession. Yet there are some key dates in our history, and, without doubt, one of them is from…

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USC Gould Law professor Deepika Sharma launches Housing Law and Policy Clinic

October 26, 2022

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — With a nationally recognized track record of legal advocacy for housing security and empowering tenants, Professor Deepika Sharma shares her skills and expertise with budding lawyers as the founding director of USC Gould’s Housing Law and Policy Clinic (HLPC). Sharma’s professional and academic background includes a wide range of…

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