CUNY Law partners with Newmark School to provide legal assistance for people serving prison sentences

July 30, 2021

SPECTRUM NEWS 1 — A collaboration between the Newmark School and CUNY Law School seeks to hold the city and the state’s legal systems accountable by working to provide legal assistance to people serving lengthy terms in prison. It’s called “The Clemency Project.”

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Fordham Law Parole Information Project improves public access to government documents

July 30, 2021

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The Parole Information Project makes tough-to-access documents accessible to families, the general public, and attorneys trying to obtain parole for clients. As the outcry over mass incarceration continues to grow, here’s why this crucial resource is ramping up and why it matters so much now.

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Georgetown Law students and professor Brian Wolfman target legal doctrine allowing employers to discriminate against workers

July 30, 2021

GEORGETOWN LAW — A Georgetown Law professor and students are taking aim at an entrenched legal doctrine — known as the “adverse employment action” doctrine — that courts are using to allow employers to continue to discriminate against workers on the basis of race, sex and other legally protected traits.

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Gonzaga Law student Abby Riley addresses access to justice through Rural Summer Legal Corps

July 30, 2021

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY — Rural communities in the US often face a severe shortage of lawyers, and members of these communities must travel long distances to find legal assistance. This summer, rising 3L Abby Riley decided to dedicate her time and talents to help address the access-to-justice crisis for people living in rural areas.

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Harvard Law clinic helps to reach settlement in lawsuit over prison health care in Vermont

July 30, 2021

VERMONT BIZ — Vermont Business Magazine A federal district court in Burlington gave preliminary approval on a class action settlement reflecting Vermont’s agreement to improve and expand access to the Hepatitis C cure for people in Department of Corrections (DOC) custody.

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University of Miami Law Immigration Clinic files lawsuit over unsafe conditions at South Florida immigration detention facilities

July 30, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — A class action lawsuit of Miami Law’s Immigration Clinic challenging conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic of three South Florida immigration detention jails has settled.

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Notre Dame Law Exoneration Justice Clinic secures exoneration of client

July 30, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — Royer is the first client of Notre Dame Law School’s new Exoneration Justice Clinic to be exonerated.

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University of the Pacific McGeorge Law launches Military Law Center

July 29, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF PACIFIC  — After surveying its veteran and military-affiliated students, McGeorge is launching a new Military Law Center to support its military-serving and veteran students. The goal is to provide extraordinary service and support to the students attending McGeorge and the other programs on the University of the Pacific’s Sacramento campus.

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USC Gould Law Immigration Clinic works to reunite mother with seven-month-old baby

July 29, 2021

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — USC Immigration Clinic represents mother separated from seven-month-old baby as part of poultry plant arrests.

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University of Virginia Law Innocent Project secures absolute pardon for client

July 29, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — A client of the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law was granted an absolute pardon by Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday.

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