Washburn Law Clinic launches project to help hospital workers with legal needs
13WIBW — Washburn Law Clinic faculty, students, alumni, and other attorney volunteers, have launched a program to help Topeka hospital employees. The Washburn Hospital Employees Legal Preparedness Project (HELP) is offering to draft living wills and durable powers of attorney for hospital employees who are risking exposure to COVID-19 and may not be able to afford…
Read More about Washburn Law Clinic launches project to help hospital workers with legal needsUniversity of Akron Law student Briana Vamosi creates webpage to help elderly and vulnerable residents
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.
Read More about University of Akron Law student Briana Vamosi creates webpage to help elderly and vulnerable residentsAlbany Law receives gift from AccessLex Institute to support student emergency fund
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law School announced today that it has received a $25,000 gift from AccessLex Institute to support the school’s student emergency fund.
Read More about Albany Law receives gift from AccessLex Institute to support student emergency fundBrooklyn Law launches Pandemic Employment Relief Clinic
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.
Read More about Brooklyn Law launches Pandemic Employment Relief ClinicUCLA 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.
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