Georgia State University Law student Madison Hayes describes experience in disability rights clinic
GEORGIA STATE NEWS — Madison Hayes (J.D. ’22) spent every career day growing up in a blazer with a legal pad and coffee mug because “that’s what lawyers do.” Hayes knew early on that she wanted to be an attorney, partially because she was known in her family to be skilled at arguing.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Through the Hague Convention Mediation Program, second-year University of Houston Law Center students Nicholas Martinez and Matthew Rando recently resolved a case involving a parent who breached custody rights by illegally removing a child outside of their country of habitual residence.
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — An order overturning a wrongful murder conviction and granting a new trial, pursued for several years by students and faculty in Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic, was affirmed by the Indiana Court of Appeals last week in a 50-page opinion.
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PATCH FLORIDA — The Florida Bar Foundation announced the winners of the 2021 Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge April 5, and Stetson University College of Law won the top honor, the MVP Pro Bono Champion Award, for matching the most students with its own alumni.
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ABA JOURNAL — Law firms are getting involved in the controversy over voting restrictions, already passed in Georgia and under consideration in Texas. Leaders of 62 of the nation’s top 100 law firms have signed a statement denouncing voting restrictions, as have 19 general counsels, report Law.com and Bloomberg Law.
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MINNESOTA LAW — Minnesota Law 1Ls Mica Standing Soldier, Emanual Williams, and Tony Sanchez were already planning to join classmates and others expected at protests during the murder and manslaughter trials of fired Minneapolis police officers in the killing of George Floyd.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — While the work was challenging — especially during a pandemic —Albany Law School students, faculty and alumni worked together this past fall to bring hope to several asylum seekers in the largest refugee tent city on the US-Mexico Border.
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DUKE LAW — Duke Law’s Civil Justice Clinic has received a cy pres award that will be used to further the work of its Eviction Diversion Program. A cy pres award is a charitable distribution from funds remaining from a class action settlement after the class members, fees, and expenses are paid.
Read More about Duke Law Civil Justice Clinic receives award to support Eviction Diversion ProgramFordham Law clinic explores the future of Ireland
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — This semester, Fordham Law launched the new Rule of Law Clinic, overseen by Dean Emeritus and Norris Professor of Law John D. Feerick ’61 and Visiting Clinical Professor John Rogan’ 14. The clinic’s 10 students conduct research and participate in a weekly seminar class.
Read More about Fordham Law clinic explores the future of IrelandHarvard Law launches Election Law Clinic
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Ruth Greenwood, founding director of Harvard Law School’s new Election Law Clinic, shares what she believes are the most urgent issues in election law. Harvard Law Today recently spoke to Greenwood about why she thinks it is important to train a new generation of lawyers to practice in this burgeoning field.
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