Rutgers Law launches Rayman L. Solomon Scholars Program for students dedicated to public service
THE DAILY TARGUM — Rutgers—Camden recently launched the Rayman L. Solomon Scholars Program at Rutgers Law School to aid students who have exhibited devotion to academic excellence and public service, according to the Rutgers Law School website. An anonymous donor provided $3.5 million to fund the program.
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UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Chemerinsky accepted the Association of American Law Schools Deborah L. Rhode Award from the organization’s Section on Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities on January 6. “It’s hard to express how much this means to me,” Chemerinsky said during the online award ceremony.
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DUKE LAW — On Jan. 19 a Mecklenburg County Superior Court judge vacated the conviction and ordered the release of Wrongful Convictions Clinic client Willie George Shaw, who spent nearly six years in prison after entering an Alford plea in connection with the death of a nursing home resident. Shaw is the clinic’s 10th client to be exonerated.
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — A 15-year-old boy hospitalized at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles with an advanced brain tumor was reunited with his parents in July, thanks to the persistence of the USC Gould Immigration Clinic and alum Carson Scott (JD 2020). The clinic advocated for humanitarian parole for Alfredo’s parents.
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HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — The goal of interdisciplinary tournament was to develop apps that help serve the underrepresented and change the face of dispute resolution. Law students were matched with legal experts in the areas of dispute resolution and access to justice, as well as Hofstra computer science students to help develop ideas.
Read More about Hofstra Law hosts Legal Innovation Tournament to develop apps that help serve underrepresented populations in dispute resolutionLewis & Clark Law’s Center for Animal Law Studies helps to expand animal law efforts in Asia
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Professor of Practice Joyce Tischler sat down with two of her former students—Animal Law LLM alumni (’20), Lyudmilla Shegay, our first student from Kazakhstan, and Zihao Yu, one of our first students from China—to discuss how they are expanding animal law in Asia. Lu and Zihao have recently founded a nonprofit.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Sarah Best L’21 is a Tennessee native who hopes to work in education law one day. “Last Spring, I had the privilege of working with the Education Law Center (ELC). I worked primarily with the litigation team for the Glen Mills Schools class action lawsuit.”
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PENN STATE LAW — Though operating remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Penn State Law in University Park Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic (CIRC) continued to produce impactful work on immigration-related matters in fall 2020. This article includes short accounts of the work of CIRC during the fall 2020 semester.
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SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Devastating wildfires raged across California in recent years. A group, under the umbrella of the Broadband Institute of California (BBIC) at Santa Clara Law, has been on an unpaid, David vs. Goliath quest to protect millions of Californians from mishaps and failures that can cause wildfires.
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — During the COVID-19 pandemic, students in USC Gould’s Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic (IPTLC) advised Get Us PPE, a nonprofit startup based in Massachusetts that distributes donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to hospitals across the country.
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