Yale Law Rule of Law clinic assists legislation to ban prison gerrymandering in Connecticut
YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut celebrated the historic approval of S.B. 753, legislation to abolish prison gerrymandering, by the Connecticut General Assembly’s Government Administration and Elections Committee.
Read More about Yale Law Rule of Law clinic assists legislation to ban prison gerrymandering in ConnecticutHarvard Law students William Roberts and Anna Vande Velde publish report on non-police public safety solutions in Boston
HARVARD MAGAZINE — Last fall, Harvard Law School’s Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program volunteered to help city administrators think through concrete possibilities for how to change public-safety procedures. Law students William Roberts and Anna Vande Velde spent several months as part of the program’s Dispute Systems Design Clinic.
Read More about Harvard Law students William Roberts and Anna Vande Velde publish report on non-police public safety solutions in BostonCase Western Reserve Law creates First Amendment Clinic and Fellowship
THE NATIONAL JURIST — Case Western Reserve University School of Law received $1.3 million from the Stanton Foundation to establish a First Amendment Clinic and Fellowship in the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center. The clinic will focus on litigation involving freedom of speech, press, assembly and petition, and will offer pro bono services.
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UC NEWS — An appeals court granted a new trial for two men who spent the last 14 years in prison for the shooting of two people and the attempted shooting of a Cleveland police officer. One of the men, Michael Sutton, was represented by UC’s Ohio Innocence Project.
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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.
Read More about University of Minnesota Law student launches organization to advocate for gender-neutral language in state constitutionQuinnipiac Law students propose anti-trafficking legislation in Connecticut
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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