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

September 9, 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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University of Texas Law to launch center for the discussion and scholarship of the First Amendment

September 9, 2020

UT NEWS — The School of Law at The University of Texas at Austin is opening the Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center, which will be dedicated to advancing the discussion, education and scholarship of the First Amendment.

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

September 9, 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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Albany Law Government Law Center provides resources for policymakers regarding guardianship for adults with developmental disabilities

September 2, 2020

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — The laws surrounding adult protective services and guardianship for adults with developmental disabilities in New York State are complex, but Albany Law School’s Government Law Center has prepared two new explainer documents to help attorneys and policy makers understand the law more fully.

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Brooklyn Law Criminal Defense and Advocacy Clinic secures early release for client after judicial review

September 2, 2020

NEWSDAY — A son serving 20 years in prison for killing his physician father in Westbury after enduring years of sadistic abuse at his hands was granted freedom Wednesday after a defense team that included law students successfully lobbied for a lesser punishment under new legislation.

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Brooklyn Law Corporate and Real Estate Clinic helps families save building from foreclosure

September 2, 2020

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — After six years of dedicated representation by Brooklyn Law School’s Corporate and Real Estate Clinic and its director, Professor Debra Bechtel, along with an extensive pro bono effort from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel’s bankruptcy department, 16 long-time residents of 2178 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn have emerged from a foreclosure and

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University of Colorado Law professor Deborah Cantrell honored by Boulder County Healthy Community Award

September 2, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW — University of Colorado Law School Professor and Director of Clinical Programs Deborah Cantrell is a recipient of Boulder County Public Health’s 2020 Healthy Community Award.

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Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic secures win for client

September 2, 2020

DUKE LAW — Ronnie Long, a client of Duke Law School’s Wrongful Convictions Clinic, was released from prison on Thursday, Aug. 27, after spending 44 years in North Carolina prisons for a rape conviction that was not supported by evidence from the crime scene and had proceeded in part due to the suppression of evidence

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Northeastern Law professor Margaret Burnham and Michael Meltsner contribute to release of client from prison

September 2, 2020

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The release from MCI-Norfolk prison of Arnie King, who committed a murder when he was 18 and served almost 50 years of a life-without-parole (LWOP) sentence, was the work of many hands but Northeastern Law faculty and students played significant roles.

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William & Mary Law Immigration Clinic announces J. Nicole Alanko as Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow

September 2, 2020

WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — William & Mary Law School’s Immigration Clinic is excited to announce that J. Nicole Alanko J.D. ’18 has joined the Clinic as an Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow. Alanko is joining the Clinic after two years as an Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow at Safe Horizon’s Immigration Law Project, the immigration

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