Penn Law Future of the Profession Initiative partners with Access to Justice Tech Fellows for residence program
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.
Read More about SMU Dedman Law Child Advocacy Clinic receives grant from Texas Bar Foundation to support legal services for foster children who have aged-out of careYale Law Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic partners with legal organizations to protect DACA
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.
Read More about Yale Law Veterans Legal Services Clinic win settlement agreement for Army veterans who were denied benefitsUCLA Law students and faculty participate in inaugural Public Service Challenge
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Hundreds of members of the UCLA School of Law community participated in the law school’s inaugural Public Service Challenge, which took place over five days, from Oct. 30 through Nov. 3, and served a great number of voters, charitable groups and others in Southern California.
Read More about UCLA Law students and faculty participate in inaugural Public Service ChallengeGeorgia State University Law Immigration Clinic wins green card for client
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — Students in Georgia State Law’s new Immigration Clinic won its first merits hearing for their client at the Atlanta Immigration Court. The student team of Cruz Espitia (J.D. ’21) and Haley Solomon (J.D. ’22) represented a young woman who arrived in the U.S. from Guatemala at the age of 15.
Read More about Georgia State University Law Immigration Clinic wins green card for clientUniversity of Oregon Law clinic supports nonprofit organizations during the pandemic
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — Applications are now open for the UO School of Law’s Nonprofit Clinic, which offers a free governance assessment to Oregon-based 501(c)(3) organizations in need of structural assistance. This year, the clinic will provide its services remotely in spring 2021.
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NBC BOSTON — With access to Massachusetts’ court system restricted amid the coronavirus pandemic, students and leaders at Suffolk University Law School have been working for months to create a tool to help people navigate the court system.
Read More about Suffolk Law launches online legal service tools to navigate court systemLaw students and faculty volunteer at election polls and for voter protection efforts
LAW360 — Across the country, attorneys worked to safeguard one of the most contentious and litigated elections in U.S. history. Those attorneys were volunteer poll workers, ushering voters into their polling places, handing them their ballots, and guiding them through the many possible hiccups in the process.
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NEWS 10 ABC — Shortage of poll workers not a problem in Vermont, thanks to partnership with state bar. In September, election officials around the country were scrambling to find volunteers to work the polls on November 3. But that’s not a problem in Vermont, according to several town clerks.
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