University of Colorado Law professor Deborah Cantrell honored by Boulder County Healthy Community Award
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.
Read More about University of Colorado Law professor Deborah Cantrell honored by Boulder County Healthy Community AwardDuke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic secures win for client
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…
Read More about Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic secures win for clientNortheastern Law professor Margaret Burnham and Michael Meltsner contribute to release of client from prison
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.
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Margaret Burnham and Michael Meltsner contribute to release of client from prisonWilliam & Mary Law Immigration Clinic announces J. Nicole Alanko as Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow
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…
Read More about William & Mary Law Immigration Clinic announces J. Nicole Alanko as Immigrant Justice Corps FellowAmerican 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.
Read More about American Bar Endowment provides grants for access-to-justice projectsOpinion: Colleges should ensure students have information on voting
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.
Read More about Opinion: Colleges should ensure students have information on votingUC Irvine Law Criminal Justice Clinic secures compassionate release for client
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.
Read More about UC Irvine Law Criminal Justice Clinic secures compassionate release for clientHarvard Law program gives university community legal advice on immigration
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.
Read More about Harvard Law program gives university community legal advice on immigrationLewis & Clark Law International Animal and Environmental Law Clinic organizes petition to protect pangolins
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.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law International Animal and Environmental Law Clinic organizes petition to protect pangolinsUSC Gould Law faculty submits amicus briefs on national and international court cases
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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