Penn Law professor Michael Knoll and students help Pennsylvania small businesses apply for aid
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL – When real estate developer Jeff Bartos, co-founder of the Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund, asked Theodore K. Warner Professor of Law and Professor of Real Estate Michael Knoll for assistance in getting his project to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic moving, Professor Knoll knew that University of Pennsylvania…
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UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS — Working with faculty at University of Minnesota Law School and Hamline Mitchell School of Law, Osler weighed in on the development of the application and review process. Soon afterward, Minn. Stat. § 244.05, subd. 8, was put in place, which states “the commissioner of corrections has the authority to place adult…
Read More about Minnesota law schools collaborate on prisoner medical release program in stateUCLA Law Prison Law & Policy Program tracking COVID-19 cases in prisons
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Sharon Dolovich, a UCLA School of Law professor and Director of the UCLA Prison Law & Policy Program, founded the UCLA COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project on March 17 to track health conditions in incarceration facilities and efforts to decrease prison populations during the pandemic.
Read More about UCLA Law Prison Law & Policy Program tracking COVID-19 cases in prisonsFordham Law’s Feerick Center for Social Justice Report calls for changes in New York City school admissions
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — A report from the Feerick Center for Social Justice was highlighted in an article in Chalkbeat. Due to the coronavirus and the change in learning, the report calls for an immediate end to selective admissions in middle schools and a gradual elimination in high school admissions in New York City.
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIʻI NEWS — Just before final exams for the past 16 years, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law faculty and staff have donned chef hats and aprons and dished up an elaborate lunch and dinner for their students, which was unfortunately canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More about University of Hawaiʻi Law celebrates public service ‘heroes’Lewis & Clark Law Criminal Justice Reform Clinic wins parole and clemency for clients
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Governor Kate Brown commuted two clients of the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) at the beginning of April. Suzanne Miles and Patricia Butterfield both applied for clemency in 2018 and were released from Coffee Creek Correctional Facility on April 10, 2020.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law Criminal Justice Reform Clinic wins parole and clemency for clientsUniversity of Michigan Law students create COIVD Corps to provide free legal assistance during pandemic
M LIVE — University of Michigan law students are offering free legal assistance to groups facing legal issues during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More about University of Michigan Law students create COIVD Corps to provide free legal assistance during pandemicUniversity of North Carolina Law student Alyssa Leader creates service to connect pro bono attorneys with law student volunteers
LAW 360 — Leader set up two online forms — one for attorneys in need of assistance and one for law students and paralegals to sign up for a group email list. Every day, she sends new volunteer opportunities to the email list. She vets the first people who raise their hands, to ensure they are…
Read More about University of North Carolina Law student Alyssa Leader creates service to connect pro bono attorneys with law student volunteersTexas A&M Law hosts business bankruptcy webinar
FORT WORTH BUSINESS PRESS — Experts from the Texas A&M Law faculty and the local legal community share practical, fact-based information about business bankruptcy during the Coronavirus pandemic in this FREE webinar. Ask your questions when you register and during the webinar.
Read More about Texas A&M Law hosts business bankruptcy webinarTouro Law establishes helpline to answer pandemic related legal questions
TOURO COLLEGE JACOB D. FUSHSBERG LAW CENTER — Dean Elena B. Langan is pleased to announce that Touro Law has established a helpline to answer legal questions arising from the pandemic. Volunteer attorneys will provide referrals to our own clinical program and appropriate legal partners on a wide range of legal issues.
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