American Bar Endowment provides grants for access-to-justice projects
ABA JOURNAL — Kentucky’s Legal Aid of the Bluegrass bought a Mercedes Sprinter van outfitted with a mobile law office. Iowa Legal Aid opened its state’s first medical-legal partnership in a VA medical center.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — While colleges must avoid partisanship, they should do everything they can to ensure that students get all the information they need to participate in the upcoming election, writes Gary Orfield.
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UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Criminal Justice Clinic has secured the compassionate release of one of its clients, David Stringer, Jr.
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THE HARVARD GAZETTE — Growing up in his native Lebanon, he worried about being outed as a gay man in a homophobic land. After finishing his undergraduate in biochemistry and a master’s in France, he came to the U.S. to pursue a doctoral degree at Harvard. But he still did not feel safe.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Early this morning, we took action to protect pangolins through the filing of a petition under the Pelly Amendment, 22 U.S.C. § 1978, in response to the conservation crisis facing pangolins.
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — When they’re not sharing their knowledge in the classroom or through research, USC Gould School of Law professors bring their expertise to bear by filing amicus curiae briefs, informational documents with the potential to influence court decisions all over the world.
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SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Arturo Jimenez, a 44-year-old man who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1995, had his conviction reversed and all charges dismissed.
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — William & Mary Law School’s Virginia Coastal Policy Center (VCPC) is undertaking a project with the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership (APNEP) to increase engagement among tribal communities, government agencies, and universities.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — A San Francisco superior court judge has ruled against popular ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft, just months after the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) at Yale Law School worked with the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office to sue Uber and Lyft for misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors.
Read More about Yale Law San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project secures ruling requiring ride share companies to classify drivers as employeesYale Law Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic to challenge Trump administration on changes to DACA
YALE LAW SCHOOL — On August 14, 2020, a federal court in Brooklyn approved a request from immigrant youth with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status and the organization Make the Road New York to sue the Trump Administration over its newest attempt to dismantle the DACA program.
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