A 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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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Three Albany Law School students will make an impact on the lives of veterans and their families this summer. Through Albany Law School’s Veterans Rights Summer Fellowship, the students will work with local agencies to advance the legal rights of veterans.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Every year, Albany Law School celebrates the public interest and pro bono work of the graduating class. The effort is organized by The Justice Center, which administers the pro bono program. The Justice Center also operates the law school’s in-house clinics, which provide free legal services to eligible Capital Region residents and offer…
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Under the supervision of Professor Minna Kotkin, director of the Law School’s Employment Law Clinic, students will have the opportunity to serve clients in the community, particularly freelancers, gig workers, and those not normally eligible for unemployment insurance.
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law’s Veterans Legal Clinic has teamed with the National Association of Minority Veterans of America to publish an advisory that outlines police practices and policies on Veterans Administration campuses that create barriers to providing necessary care for veterans.
Read More about UCLA Law Veterans’ Legal Clinic co-publishes advisory on Veterans Administration police practicesUC Irvine Law professor Katharine Tinto to testify before California legislature on prisoner re-entry and employment
UCI LAW — Leading expert in criminal law and procedure, UCI Law Clinical Professor of Law Katharine Tinto will testify, remotely, before the California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety on Tuesday, May 19. Prof. Tinto will testify in support of a bill that would allow formerly incarcerated individuals who have successfully completed Conservation (Fire) Camps while in…
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Katharine Tinto to testify before California legislature on prisoner re-entry and employmentFordham Law Immigration Rights Clinic succeeds in granting green cards for client family
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On March 9, 2020, just before Fordham University shut down its campus, a client of Fordham Law’s Immigrant Rights Clinic (IRC) came to the Law School to pick up an envelope containing green cards for her and her two daughters. The day was over four years in the making.
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