University of Virginia Law professor Michael Gilbert publishes study on the impact of voter identification laws
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Michael Gilbert and other academics studied voter lines in 2016 in 28 election jurisdictions across the United States. The study, titled “Waiting to Vote in the 2016 Presidential Election: Evidence from a Multi-county Study,” is believed to be the largest review of its kind.
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor Michael Gilbert publishes study on the impact of voter identification lawsYale Law Veterans Legal Services Clinic co-publishes report on Agent Orange exposure
YALE LAW SCHOOL — According to a new white paper released on May 8, 2020 by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School (VLSC) and the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP), veterans who served on Guam from 1962 to 1975 satisfy the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) legal standard for exposure to Agent Orange…
Read More about Yale Law Veterans Legal Services Clinic co-publishes report on Agent Orange exposureYale Law Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic secures win in case related to prisoner health and safety
YALE LAW SCHOOL — On May 12, 2020, Judge Michael P. Shea of the District of Connecticut issued a temporary restraining order against the Warden of FCI Danbury, the federal prison in Connecticut and the sole federal prison in New England that incarcerates women.
Read More about Yale Law Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic secures win in case related to prisoner health and safetyUniversity of Akron Law student Briana Vamosi creates website to connect elderly and vulnerable residents to food services
AKRON BEACON JOURNAL — Vamosi said she heard about an effort created by classmates at Cincinnati that links volunteers with those unable to venture out of their homes to get groceries or run other errands. With a little help from them, Vamosi set up a similar webpage for the Akron-Canton area at https://akronmatch.wixsite.com/mysite.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — His revised solution: A computer program called the H.A.R.M. calculator (Habitability, Abatement of Rent, Mathematical), which he designed to automatically compute reasonable damages based on monthly rent; how long the issue has gone on; and the percentage of rent abated for the particular issue in prior housing-related court cases.
Read More about Albany Law student Jordan Fruchter creates calculator to empower tenants in courtUniversity of Baltimore Law Community Development Clinic honored for Water Justice Project
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — The UB School of Law Community Development Clinic (CDC)’s Water Justice Project has won Honorable Mention for the 2020 Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Project.
Read More about University of Baltimore Law Community Development Clinic honored for Water Justice ProjectUniversity at Buffalo Law Veterans Legal Practicum moves online
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Last month, COVID-19 interrupted this vital in-person work. What to do? The obvious: move online. The practicum has now begun operating its popular help desks through an online portal, using a confidential sign-up inquiry system to offer meetings via Zoom to interested veterans.
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SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER — UC Hastings College of the Law and others filed a lawsuit Monday asking the courts to intervene in the “desperate crisis” unfolding on the streets of the Tenderloin.
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UCI NEWS — The COVID-19 pandemic has awakened a vigorous spirit of public service in countless people across the globe. For UCI Law students, however, the urge to serve the most vulnerable is far from new.
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UCLA LAW — Members of three UCLA School of Law clinics are part of a coalition including people who are incarcerated in Los Angeles County jails, lawyers and activists that has sued the county and county sheriff’s department seeking the release of medically vulnerable people and the implementation of heightened health and safety standards in jails…
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