A look at the Drake Law Institute for Justice Reform and Innovation

August 19, 2020

DRAKE UNIVERSITY — During his 25-year career as a federal district judge in the Northern District of Iowa, Mark W. Bennett tried civil and criminal cases in six different federal districts and frequently sat by invitation on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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USC Gould Law Saks Institute partners on college mentorship program for students with psychiatric disabilities

August 19, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — The USC Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics has entered into a partnership supporting higher education for students with psychiatric and psychosocial disabilities, as part of Pearson Education’s Corporate Disability Mentorship Program.

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A look at the USC Gould Law Post Conviction Justice Project

August 19, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — As Black Lives Matter draws national attention to the pervasive systemic racism of the U.S. criminal system, USC’s Post-Conviction Justice Project continues to work on the front lines, in June freeing three life-sentenced clients from state prisons.

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Loyola Los Angeles Law’s Project for the Innocent secures release of client

August 12, 2020

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL — The Loyola Project for the Innocent (LPI) at LMU Loyola Law School has secured the release of client Jane Dorotik, whose murder conviction was overturned by San Diego Superior Court Judge Harry M. Elias.

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USC Gould Law student Ricca Prasad assists Los Angeles’ homeless community

August 12, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — When third year law student Ricca Prasad moved to Los Angeles to attend USC Gould School of Law, she knew the city’s homelessness situation was bad but was still shocked by what she saw. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she feared the worst for the unhoused

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Texas A&M Law Criminal Defense students help secure release of vulnerable prisoners

August 12, 2020

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — For the past year, the Texas A&M Law Criminal Defense Clinic has represented a woman in her 60s, sentenced to life in prison in her 50s for a first-time drug offense. Students, under the guidance of clinic director and professor Amber Baylor, successfully petitioned for compassionate release on

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Law student volunteers assist small businesses in Pennsylvania with access to pandemic relief programs

August 4, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Small businesses have been hit especially hard during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a group of University of Pennsylvania Carey Law students and recent graduates continue to be “indispensable” to the Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund, an innovative program that provides financial assistance to small businesses during these unprecedented times,

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A look at Penn Law’s Civil Practice Clinic

August 4, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Students who participate in the Civil Practice Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School quickly discover that attorneys have the power to change their clients’ lives for the better in immediate, tangible ways.

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NYU Law students provide legal assistance to Impact Investment Fund

July 29, 2020

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — Fund makes $25,000 investment in a company whose mission is to engage elementary school aged students in STEM, particularly girls.

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Northeastern Law Community Business Clinic assists small businesses navigate reopening and COVID19 guidelines

July 29, 2020

NEWS@NORTHEASTERN — Hector Plaza and Francheska López-Rivera celebrated the opening of Red City Fitness with much fanfare last August. But seven months later, their Allston-based studio, which offers personal and partner training and group exercise classes, was forced to shutter its doors following Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s orders in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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