Penn Law Criminal Defense Clinic students protect rights of accused

September 23, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — When one of his classmates fell ill the morning of her client’s preliminary hearing, Evan Frohman L’20 was handed the client’s file and was told to be ready to face the prosecutor in court in under an hour.

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Southern Illinois Law hosts voter registration drive

September 23, 2020

WPSD LOCAL 6 — SIU School of Law students are coordinating a voter registration drive at two locations in Carbondale, Illinois. The four-day event will begin on Sept. 19 and run through National Voter Registration Day, which is Sept. 22.

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University at Buffalo Law Advocacy Institute receives grant to support efforts to reduce sentences for imprisoned trauma survivors

September 17, 2020

WKBW ABC BUFFALO — The Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act provides an opportunity for lesser criminal punishments, in a case where the crime committed was due to being in a domestic violence situation.

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USC Gould Law International Human Rights Clinic students help Syrian refugees escape persecution

September 17, 2020

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — After four years in limbo Abdulbaset Nasri. his wife Janan and their four children are safe in Italy. The good news caught their lawyer, Natalia DaSilva, completely off guard.

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USC Gould Law Small Business Clinic helps to establish mentorship program for children of incarcerated parents

September 16, 2020

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Six years ago, actress Ciera Payton started a passion project to bring arts programs to underserved areas of Los Angeles with a particular focus on providing mentorship to children whose parents or loved ones are incarcerated.

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USC Gould Law Immigration Clinic provides legal services to undocumented children in hospital care

September 16, 2020

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Partnership with USC Gould Immigration Clinic, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and AltaMed brings legal-aid services to undocumented young patients.

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Yale Law Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic helps win suit over CIA censorship on publication

September 16, 2020

NEW HAVEN REGISTER — Ali Soufan, a former FBI counterterrorism agent, told lawyers from Yale Law School the reason the CIA redacted portions of his 2011 memoir about the war on terrorism was that it didn’t agree with the agency’s version of events.

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UC Irvine Law Immigrant Rights Clinic files lawsuit over improper detainment of client

September 9, 2020

UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Immigrant Rights Clinic filed suit on behalf of Kelvin Hernandez Román over his detention by Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) deputies in July 2019 in order to facilitate his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Georgia State Law Center for Access to Justice hosts NAACP Legal Defense Fund lawyer Samuel Spital for public interest talk

September 9, 2020

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — The Georgia State Law Center for Access to Justice hosted its annual Public Interest Keynote virtually on Sept. 1. This year’s speaker was Samuel Spital, director of litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

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USC Gould Law Small Business Clinic helps to establish mentorship program for children of incarcerated parents

September 9, 2020

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Six years ago, actress Ciera Payton started a passion project to bring arts programs to underserved areas of Los Angeles with a particular focus on providing mentorship to children whose parents or loved ones are incarcerated.

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