Seattle University Law hosts Housing Justice Clinic as part of Pro Bono Week
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, housing insecurity has emerged as an area where legal services can provide crucial support for vulnerable communities. That need inspired Seattle University School of Law students and staff to hold a Housing Justice Clinic as part of Pro Bono Week in October.
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WILX NBC — The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office and the Western Michigan University-Cooley Law School Innocence Project announced Monday that the Department of Justice is awarding a $500,000 grant to collaborate on case review and DNA testing in post-conviction cases. The funding supports their continuing collaboration.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — This year’s Veterans’ Rights Pro Bono Project events will pay special honor to one of Albany Law School’s own while continuing the effort to connect service members and their families with important resources to navigate the legal system. This year’s leaders planned the virtual events in memory of 1L SSG Joseph Gentile.
Read More about Albany Law hosts Veterans Pro Bono Project events to honor Veterans in NovemberUC Irvine Law Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology Clinic seek return of student journalist’s seized property from county sheriff
UC IRVINE LAW SCHOOL — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology (IPAT) Clinic submitted a letter to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva demanding the return of a student journalist’s cell phone and camera memory card, which the clinic contends were unlawfully seized by deputies.
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW — For the past 50 years, the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic has been the place where University of Maine School of Law students learn essential lawyering skills while making a positive change in their communities and in the lives of scores of clients. The Clinic represents more than 600 clients annually.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s Environmental Justice Clinic, building on the environmental justice and climate change movements, is collaborating with community partners, such as the Miami Climate Alliance, to further the “energy justice” movement.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Penn Law announces that its Future of the Profession Initiative will partner with Access to Justice Tech Fellows, a nonprofit organization that develops summer fellowships for law students seeking to leverage technology to create equitable legal access for low-income and marginalized populations.
Read More about Penn Law Future of the Profession Initiative partners with Access to Justice Tech Fellows for residence programSMU Dedman Law Child Advocacy Clinic receives grant from Texas Bar Foundation to support legal services for foster children who have aged-out of care
SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW — The Child Advocacy Clinic at SMU’s Dedman School of Law was awarded a $12,500 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to fund ongoing work on its Aged Out Program that provides legal services to North Texas youth who have aged out of foster care. The grant will also fund other efforts with foster youth.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — A federal court rejected the latest attack on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in the Batalla Vidal v. Wolf lawsuit. The plaintiffs in the case are represented by the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, Make the Road New York, and the National Immigration Law Center.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Yale Law School Veterans Legal Services Clinic represent the plaintiffs in the case Kennedy v. McCarthy. The settlement holds the Army accountable to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with less-than-honorable discharges and is part of a series of cases that advocate for the rights of veterans.
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