Wake Forest Law students assist area residents with unemployment benefit questions
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL — The opportunity to give law students at Wake Forest University real-world experience amid the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a pro bono initiative assisting applicants for unemployment insurance benefits. The students — under the supervision of faculty members — are offering free guidance and consultation to residents who have questions about state…
Read More about Wake Forest Law students assist area residents with unemployment benefit questionsYale Law professors Tracey Meares, Tom Tyler and Caroline Nobo Sarnoff discuss police reform and procedural justice
YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Center operates using a specific theory of change, procedural justice — in which the central goal of the criminal justice system must be to increase cooperation and trust between individuals and the state. To this end, the JC recently released a report titled “Re-Imagining Public Safety: Prevent Harm and Lead with the…
Read More about Yale Law professors Tracey Meares, Tom Tyler and Caroline Nobo Sarnoff discuss police reform and procedural justiceLewis & Clark Law Low Income Taxpayer Clinic helps prepare tax returns for homeless persons
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) at Lewis & Clark Law School has collaborated with Street Roots, a local nonprofit, to prepare tax returns for homeless individuals so they can receive their stimulus checks.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The communities the Environmental Justice Clinic serves are particularly vulnerable to displacement because of the high proportion of renters and the rent burdens they face. In response to concerns raised by the clinic’s community partners, the EJC developed the Displacement Vulnerability and Mitigation Tool, known as the DVMT or the Anti-Displacement…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL –Bringing together commercial and legal innovation, the DIPTC is enabling entrepreneurial enterprises to maximize value from their IP, and helping budding lawyers future-proof their careers, through exposure to the advanced tech tools that are increasingly essential in IP work. The DIPTC joined forces with CPA Global to provide students…
Read More about Penn Law clinic provides students access to patent data and analytic toolsSt. Mary’s and University of Texas law clinics create eviction hotline
ST.MARY’S UNIVERSITY — The hotline is a collaboration between St. Mary’s Law’s Consumer Protection Clinic and Pro Bono Program, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, and the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic of the University of Texas School of Law.
Read More about St. Mary’s and University of Texas law clinics create eviction hotlineA look at University of St. Thomas Law’s Access to Justice Fellowship Program
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS — With the support of John and Sue Morrison, the law school launched its pilot program in 2014, originally called the Access to Justice Fellowships program. It supported five graduates in the program (through 2018) and of those five, three transitioned into permanent public service employment. Kate and Jack Helms sponsored a…
Read More about A look at University of St. Thomas Law’s Access to Justice Fellowship ProgramSMU Dedman Law launches COVID-19 legal helpline for North Texas residents
SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW — Beginning June 1, SMU Dedman School of Law will launch a clinic project with an emergency helpline that offers North Texas residents the opportunity to secure free legal assistance with matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as housing, immigration and consumer protection.
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UVA TODAY — The Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law has joined an effort to protect a historic African American schoolhouse and surrounding property, which community members say are threatened by a proposed landfill.
Read More about University of Virginia Law Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic joins effort to protect historic African American schoolhouseUniversity of Virginia Law professor Crystal Shin to direct clinic on juvenile defense
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Crystal Shin ’10 will step down as director of the Program in Law and Public Service to direct a new University of Virginia School of Law clinic. The clinic, which starts this spring and has yet to be formally named, will focus on holistic juvenile defense.
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