Virginia Law Foundation grants support law school clinics and public interest projects in state
CBS 19 NEWS — Two local organizations are among two dozen that are getting grant funding for law-related projects. The Virginia Law Foundation announced its 2021 grant recipients on Tuesday, saying 24 organizations are getting nearly $600,000.
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WAVY — Two men convicted decades ago of serious crimes in Norfolk have received pardons thanks to the University of Virginia School of Law’s Innocence Project.
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UVA TODAY — Emerson Stevens is the third client of the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law to receive an absolute pardon from Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam in a month’s time.
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ASU NEWS — When Arizona voters approved Proposition 207 last fall legalizing recreational marijuana, a provision in the law allowed expungement of marijuana offenses from criminal records. This fall, Arizona State University’s Post-Conviction Clinic in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law will begin assisting eligible people to expunge those convictions. The clinic will partner with the Arizona Justice Project…
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE SCHOOL OF LAW — Using simultaneous translation, the conversation centered on best practices to protect the human rights of marginalized communities and indigenous people in Thailand, including issues of mass detention, mistreatment and expulsion from national parks.
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DUKE LAW — Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) will now cover gender-affirming facial feminization surgeries for transgender individuals after a legal team including Duke Law’s Health Justice Clinic successfully advocated for the change in policy.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The White House has appointed Caroline Bettinger-López as a Special Advisor on the White House Gender Policy Council, charging her with assisting in the development of a National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence in the United States.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — Professor Susan Wolf has been selected to serve on the new Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust, established by the National Academy of Sciences to convene stakeholders across the research enterprise to develop ways to promote high-quality research practices and to anticipate and address challenges to research ethics and integrity.
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PENN LAW — Upon graduation, 18 graduates of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Class of 2021 will pursue important and diverse public interest work with the support of prestigious fellowship funding.
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PENN LAW — Two 2021 graduates of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s LLM program have secured post-graduate positions advocating for the protection of human rights. The work of Hugh Fitzgibbon LLM’21 and Meri Baghdasaryan LLM’21, supported through the Law School’s LLM Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship, concentrates on the fair administration of global trials as…
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