UCLA Law students help hospitality and restaurant workers secure unemployment benefits
UCLA LAW SCHOOL — During its first week of operation, the project filed claims to return more than $1.4 million in unemployment benefits to members of the UNITE HERE Local 11 union who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 crisis.
Read More about UCLA Law students help hospitality and restaurant workers secure unemployment benefitsUCLA Law Criminal Defense Clinic secures release of at-risk detainee from ICE processing center
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Students and faculty members with UCLA School of Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic played a key role in securing the release last week of an at-risk inmate from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center as part of the clinic’s broader effort to reduce the acute risks to prisoners from the coronavirus.
Read More about UCLA Law Criminal Defense Clinic secures release of at-risk detainee from ICE processing centerChapman Law Mediation Clinic hosts virtual conflict resolution program for incarcerated youth
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY –The Mediation Clinic — which allows students to develop and practice mediation skills under the supervision of experienced attorney mediators — has continued to meet online using videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom.
Read More about Chapman Law Mediation Clinic hosts virtual conflict resolution program for incarcerated youthFordham Law Federal Litigation Clinic and Criminal Defense Clinic secures release of at-risk prisoners
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — For the past five weeks, students and staff at Fordham Law School’s Federal Litigation Clinic and Criminal Defense Clinic have been working to secure the release of inmates whose medical conditions make them vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus, as well as those whose sentences are almost complete and those who are being held while awaiting trial.
Read More about Fordham Law Federal Litigation Clinic and Criminal Defense Clinic secures release of at-risk prisonersUniversity of Miami Law immigration clinic wins lawsuit to secure release of at-risk detainees
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — In a decision on a suit brought by the University of Miami’s immigration clinic, a federal magistrate in Miami instructed Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement substantially lower the populations in three South Florida detention centers due to the likelihood of exposure to COVID-19.
Read More about University of Miami Law immigration clinic wins lawsuit to secure release of at-risk detaineesNorthern Kentucky Law professor Jennifer Kinsley assists client in commutation of life sentence
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY CHASE COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Kinsley had pursued appeals to the Ohio Supreme Court and the Ohio Parole Board on behalf of Ms. Martin, who as a juvenile had pleaded guilty in adult court to charges related to the murder of her trafficker.
Read More about Northern Kentucky Law professor Jennifer Kinsley assists client in commutation of life sentencePenn Law student Peter Neal co-creates CARES Act online eligibility calculator
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Peter Neal L’22 and his quarantine partner Naomi Biden C’16 have waded through the 335-page CARES Act and devised an online quiz that calculates eligibility for federal relief under the coronavirus stimulus bill’s provisions.
Read More about Penn Law student Peter Neal co-creates CARES Act online eligibility calculatorPenn State Dickinson Law professor Mohamed Rali Badissy awarded grant to assess efforts to reduce pollution in Africa
PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Badissy was recently awarded a $5,000 seed grant from Penn State’s Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) for his project, “Mapping Legal Liability from Power Market Decarbonization Policies by African Governments.”
Read More about Penn State Dickinson Law professor Mohamed Rali Badissy awarded grant to assess efforts to reduce pollution in AfricaSanta Clara Law students inform state criminal reform bill
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Working with a team of students and faculty advisors … created a bill to help seal arrest or related records of a dismissed conviction under California law. …The bill was introduced to the California legislature as SB 1045. If enacted, SB 1045 will allow Californians to seal arrest and related…
Read More about Santa Clara Law students inform state criminal reform billTexas A&M Law professor Gabriel Eckstein hosts online public webinar on understanding the provisions of the CARES Act
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Eckstein envisioned some manner of online seminar – a webinar – to offer the public a straight-forward translation of the relevant provisions, presented in a compelling, easy-to-use format. Enlisting the aid of Texas A&M Law faculty and staff, Eckstein forged a team of expert presenters.
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