UCLA Law to host Public Service Challenge to promote civic engagement
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law will host its first-ever Public Service Challenge. The entire UCLA Law community – including students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and families – will be encouraged to vote and volunteer as poll workers, do election protection work or engage in other pro bono or public service opportunities.
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — IU McKinney has just launched a new intellectual property law clinic. It came about when a law student was seeking an externship opportunity for Summer 2020; he needed to replace the one that fell through once the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States.
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NBC 2 HOUSTON — The office has partnered with South Texas College of Law Houston and the Eviction Defense Coalition to offer free legal advice to tenants and landlords, including helping tenants fill out paperwork to qualify for the temporary eviction stop ordered by the Centers for Disease Control.
Read More about South Texas College of Law Houston partners with Harris County to provide legal advice for those facing evictionUniversity of Virginia Law Innocence Project client discusses path to pardon from state’s governor
VIRGINIA LAW WEEKLY — On Monday, October 5, UVA Law Innocence Project client Rojai Fentress came to speak at the Law School. With the clinical assistance of the Innocence Project, which investigated for years his claim to innocence, Fentress was released from prison just this past summer on a conditional pardon by Governor Northam.
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NBC 29 — Students at the University of Virginia School of Law have a unique opportunity to help change the lives of others in the future. “That’s kind of the value of clinical education, generally, at the law school where students have the opportunity to do real world work…,” UVA Law professor Andrew Block said.
Read More about University of Virginia Law students to help improve Virginia Parole Board policiesFordham Law Clinic students provide assistance to community aid organizations providing COVID-19 related relief
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — With so many of the most vulnerable people cut off from essential resources, communities throughout the city sprang into action, creating mutual aid groups designed to provide members of their community with groceries, masks and other PPE, medicine, and even emotional support.
Read More about Fordham Law Clinic students provide assistance to community aid organizations providing COVID-19 related reliefA look at public interest service opportunities at Georgia State University Law
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS — The College of Law was one of 12 schools in the nation awarded an A+ for public interest law by Prelaw Magazine and was the winner of the State Bar of Georgia’s Law School Excellence in Access to Justice Award in 2018.
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LEGALNEWS.COM — Wayne County Judge Tracy Green set aside the conviction of Lacino Hamilton who was wrongfully convicted in 1994. The path to his freedom began with the tireless work of his legal team. The C&N team was led by attorneys Mary Chartier and Takura Nyamfukudza, both WMU-Cooley Law school alumni.
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WYOMING PUBLIC MEDIA — The Defender Aid Clinic at the University of Wyoming’s College of Law is behind a new podcast that dives into the racial disparities in the United States criminal justice system.
Read More about University of Wyoming Law Defender Aid Clinic launches podcast examining the criminal justice systemUniversity at Buffalo Law launches COVID Response Legal Clinic
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — UB School of Law’s clinical legal education program serves clients who need the help most – and the novel coronavirus has made the need greater than ever.
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