University of Minnesota Law student launches organization to advocate for gender-neutral language in state constitution
THE MINNESOTA DAILY — In 2017, Kristin Trapp sat in the offices of the Minnesota State Senate as a legislative assistant to Sen. Sandra Pappas, DFL-St. Paul. Pappas, the Minnesota Supreme Court’s chief justice, and the state’s U.S. senators who were elected in the following months, are all women.
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PATCH CONNECTICUT — Members of the Quinnipiac University School of Law’s Civil Justice Clinic and Human Trafficking Prevention Project have proposed anti-trafficking legislation that was debated at a public hearing of the state Legislature’s judiciary committee at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 24.
Read More about Quinnipiac Law students propose anti-trafficking legislation in ConnecticutCase Western Reserve Law Appellate Litigation Clinic students argue criminal appeals
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Last year, Case Western Reserve University School of Law launched a new Appellate Litigation Clinic, which recently completed a marathon month of oral arguments in four criminal appeals. In normal times, the court of appeals would likely have set these cases for in-person oral argument.
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law Appellate Litigation Clinic students argue criminal appealsUC Irvine Law recaps student pro-bono projects over the last year
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Pro Bono service between March 2020 and February 2021 under primarily virtual conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 55% of currently enrolled UCI Law J.D. students have provided pro bono service since March 2020.
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UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — UCI Law students spent part of their spring break doing what UCI Law students do best – volunteering their time helping others. Earlier this month, nine students volunteered virtually for the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ), by conducting research, collecting evidence, identifying witnesses, and much more.
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WALB 10 NEWS — A free virtual legal clinic for Georgia veterans will be held Saturday, March 27 Veterans in the southern part of Georgia will be able to access the clinic through physical locations located near the southeastern and southwestern Georgia/Florida borders, while veterans from across the state can connect.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — A Haitian man suffering mental illness was recently released from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center by the diligence of Clinical Professor Geoffrey Hoffman, students from the University of Houston Law Center’s Immigration Clinic and attorneys.
Read More about University of Houston Law Immigration Clinic wins release of client facing deportationUniversity of Kentucky Law students Shantale Davis and Ashlei McPherson win diversity case competition
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY NEWS — University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law students Shantale Davis and Ashlei McPherson, both first-year law students, placed first in the 2021 Law Student Diversity Virtual Case Competition hosted by Cincinnati-based law firm Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL.
Read More about University of Kentucky Law students Shantale Davis and Ashlei McPherson win diversity case competitionUniversity of Virginia Law State and Local Government Policy Clinic helps pass education legislation in the state
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — These days, changing law with bipartisan support is rare. But the new State and Local Government Policy Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, which provides Virginia’s lawmakers and governmental executives legal and policy research support for their initiatives, is doing just that.
Read More about University of Virginia Law State and Local Government Policy Clinic helps pass education legislation in the stateYale Law faculty and students help to advocate for the removal of gender-specific language in Connecticut parenthood law
YALE DAILY NEWS — For the last two years, around 40 Yale Law School students and faculty have worked together with other groups such as GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders to help pass state legislation that would ensure all Connecticut children have equal access to the security of a legal parent-child relationship.
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