Wayne Law hosts Winter Wishes project to provide gifts to families in need
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Twelve families, including seven children and 23 adults, will have a warmer holiday season thanks to students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of Wayne State University Law School. Gift recipients are clients of the Law School’s Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer Clinic (LAPC).
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Mortgage Foreclosure track of the Housing Clinic at Yale Law School filed an amicus brief on December 7, 2020 arguing that courts should be able to give ill-gotten profits back to the Federal Trade Commission for distribution to consumers. The Clinic submitted the brief in support of respondents at the Supreme Court.
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WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD — Baylor University Law School’s Veterans Clinic honored attorneys Lori Krasienko and Carlie C. Gause with its Veterans Clinic Advocate of the Year Awards. The annual awards are given to the Baylor Law Veterans Clinic volunteer lawyers who go above and beyond in pro bono legal service to veterans.
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THE DAILY — During a massive statewide crackdown on human trafficking last month, Anjali Kanwar and several of her classmates at Case Western Reserve University played critical roles. Housed within the School of Law, the clinic collaborates with the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.
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UCONN TODAY — Kennedy was one of two named plaintiffs in a lawsuit on behalf of more than 3,000 veterans who were denied honorable discharges by the Army Discharge Review Board. The clinic argued that the board failed to evaluate the soldiers’ mental health conditions when deciding whether to upgrade their discharge status.
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DRAKE UNIVERSITY — Drake Law School and the Iowa State Public Defender are excited to announce a new collaboration creating a Wrongful Convictions Clinic. The Wrongful Convictions Clinic at Drake Law School will begin in January 2021. The Clinic will be led by the State Public Defender’s Wrongful Convictions Division.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Earthrise Law Center at Lewis & Clark Law School, on behalf of their client San Francisco Baykeeper, recently won an important case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to protect salt ponds in Redwood City, California. On October 5, 2020, Judge William Alsup reversed EPA’s determination.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — A Mexican family that narrowly escaped cartel members who shot and pursued them is “ecstatic” after overcoming the odds to win asylum in the United States with the help of Minnesota Law’s Immigration and Human Rights Clinic. Winning an asylum case is no small feat, according to Professor Stephen Meili.
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Charles took a step that would change his life. He went to a workshop sponsored by the Post-Conviction Justice Project, a legal clinic run by the USC Gould School of Law. The USC justice reform project works with people serving adult life sentences for crimes they committed as youths.
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WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — William Grasty’s work through the Willamette Law Business Law Clinic helped to give a local business a needed boost when it came to trademarking their logo. Grasty describes his time in the law clinic as being similar to a law firm atmosphere that challenges students and instills the value of completing high-quality work.
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