Loyola University Chicago Law student Jaqueline Ingles donates meals to Chicago Help Initiative throughout pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — Assembling sandwiches helped recent law school graduate Jacqueline Ingles focus during remote classes, and over the past year she made more than a thousand of them for the Chicago Help Initiative, a nonprofit group that takes food to pantries and free meal sites.
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KU TODAY — Bria Nelson, a recent graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law, is a recipient of a 2021 Equal Justice Works Regional Public Interest Award. Nelson is one of eight students selected for the national award, which recognizes law students for their exemplary commitment to public interest law and pro bono work.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — A historic African American schoolhouse in Central Virginia that a University of Virginia School of Law clinic is helping to preserve was recognized Thursday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, improving the chances the site may be saved.
Read More about University of Virginia Law clinic works to save schoolhouse recognized by National Trust for Historic PreservationYale Law clinic offers legal support to veterans in high profile cases
DAILY JOURNAL — Two Army veterans, suffering from physical and mental injuries were discharged with less than honorable characterizations to their discharge. As a result, they were denied valuable veteran benefits they earned. The veterans’ case was filed as a nationwide class action by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School.
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DAILY NORTHWESTERN — The Evanston homelessness prevention, shelter and housing program Connections for the Homeless held a virtual Milestone Celebration Tuesday honoring the program’s participants, volunteers and staff.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — In a new peer-reviewed paper, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science Cary Coglianese offers an in-depth analysis of soft law governance of environmental quality, concluding that while it holds much appeal, decision makers should also be aware of its limitations.
Read More about Penn Law professor Cary Coglianese publishes paper on ‘soft law’ governance of environmental standardsSamford Cumberland Law launched several clinics during the pandemic
SAMFORD CUMBERLAND LAW — Despite hurdles caused by COVID-19, Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law has successfully launching four real-world legal clinics for its students during the 2020-21 academic year.
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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — ALI members voted today at The American Law Institute’s Annual Meeting to unanimously approve Restatement of the Law, The Law of American Indians. This is the first Restatement on this important area of law. The project Reporters are Matthew L.M. Fletcher and Wenona T. Singel, both of Michigan State University College of…
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NEBRASKA TODAY — Law students at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have a unique opportunity to serve the community’s most vulnerable, while getting real-time court experience.
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NORTHEASTERN LAW — Un(Re)Solved, an unprecedented multi-platform investigation of civil rights era cold case murders, produced by the PBS investigative series, FRONTLINE, in collaboration with Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, will receive its world premier at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
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