UC Irvine Law Civil Rights Litigation Clinic sues area district attorney office for unlawful collection of DNA

February 26, 2021

UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The Irvine School of Law Civil Rights Litigation Clinic filed suit this week on behalf of local taxpayers. The suit alleges that the District Attorney’s Office is using taxpayer funds to coerce persons charged with misdemeanors into forfeiting their constitutional rights through the unlawful collection of DNA.

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UC Irvine Law International Justice Clinic successfully urges Los Angeles County to implement global gender rights treaty

February 26, 2021

UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — For two years, students in the UCI Law International Justice Clinic have advocated for Los Angeles County to implement the United Nations Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Last month, the County Board of Supervisors approved a motion supporting CEDAW.

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Harvard Law students assist public housing tenants amid pandemic

February 26, 2021

HARVARD LAW TODAY — The Tenant Advocacy Project, a student-run organization at Harvard Law School that advocates for current and prospective public housing tenants, changed the lives and experience of several first-year students, allowing them to gain skills and learn to practice law in a remote work environment.

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University of Nebraska Law establishes Tenant Assistance Project to help residents facing eviction

February 26, 2021

NEBRASKA TODAY — Richard Moberly, dean of the College of Law, shared the recent work of the Civil Clinical Law program in establishing the Tenant Assistance Project with local non-profits, which paired student and volunteer attorneys with residents facing eviction. “They leveled the legal playing field for tenants during the pandemic,” Moberly said.

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Pepperdine Law Community Justice Clinic collaborates with global institutions to investigate human trafficking in the US

February 26, 2021

PEPPERDINE NEWSROOM — In fall 2020 faculty and students at the Community Justice Clinic at the Caruso School of Law partnered with law professors and students in Brazil and Colombia to research and compare laws in every nation in North, Central, and South America, with a particular focus on human trafficking and modern slavery.

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Texas Tech Law honors Distinguished Service Award recipients

February 25, 2021

TEXAS TECH TODAY — The Texas Tech University School of Law has announced the 2020 Distinguished Alumni and Distinguished Service Award recipients. The Texas Tech Law School Foundation recognizes and honors alumni who have distinguished themselves professionally and through service to the law school at the Annual Scholarship Gala each March.

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WMU-Cooley Law Innocence Project secures early release for client

February 25, 2021

FOX 47 NEWS — Today, Wayne County Judge Bruce Morrow set aside the conviction of Mr. Kenneth Nixon. Nixon was wrongfully convicted of murder, attempted murder and arson in 2005.  Nixon is represented by the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School Innocence Project (WMU-Cooley Innocence Project).

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Albany Law clinic pairs students and alumni to help asylum seekers at US-Mexico border

February 18, 2021

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — While the pandemic has changed collaborations, Albany Law School students, faculty, staff, and alumni still found a way to work together to help asylum seekers in the largest refugee tent city on the US-Mexico Border this past fall. The teams assisted asylum seekers living in Matamoros, Mexico with asylum applications.

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UCLA Law environmental clinic and institute files amicus brief in auto emissions standards case

February 18, 2021

UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Five members of UCLA School of Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, challenging the Trump administration’s rollback of federal vehicle pollution and fuel standards.

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Case Western Reserve Law student Laura Graham discusses experience with International Criminal Court case

February 18, 2021

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — While working as a visiting professional at The Hague in 2019, third-year law student Laura Graham was a participant in one of the most controversial cases to come before the International Criminal Court in recent years. the ICC in The Hague found Dominic Ongwen guilty of 61 charges.

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