Albany Law students provide tax preparation services for community
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Few things are certain in life. Paying taxes is one of those things. Each year, as Americans work to file their taxes by the mid-April deadline, many low-to-moderate income people, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and those with limited English-speaking skills turn to volunteer-based government programs to make sure they file on…
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — Third-year law students Hannah Malone and Katelyn Phillips advanced to the semi-final round of the Texas Young Lawyers Association’s National Trial Competition in February, becoming the first team in school history to accomplish the feat. Out of the 24 teams competing in the remote regional contest, Malone and Phillips were among the…
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UCLA NEWSROOM — California’s agricultural and other outdoor workers have always labored under hot conditions, especially in arid Southern California, but the effects of global warming are now increasing their exposure to extreme heat and wildfire smoke. To provide more protections for outdoor workers, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia introduced legislation this month that would direct California’s Division of…
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COLORADO LAW — On March 1 and 3, 2022, student attorneys in Colorado Law’s American Indian Law Clinic delivered remote will drafting legal services to tribal members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. The Tribe is located on the Southern Indian Ute Reservation approximately 330 miles south of Boulder, Colorado. The Reservation spans roughly 1 million…
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DUKE LAW NEWS — Two new podcasts produced by Duke Law students launched Feb. 22 on major podcast platforms. Voices of Innocence, produced by the Duke Law Innocence Project, is a season-long exploration of the case of former Wrongful Convictions Clinic client Dontae Sharpe, who was convicted of murder by a Greenville, N.C., jury in 1994 and sentenced…
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DUKE LAW — Four first-year Duke Law students have been accepted to competitive summer programs in the Navy and Air Force Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps. Madison Cash ’24 will work with the Navy JAG Corps this summer, and Madison Dunbar ’24, Riley Flewelling JD/LLM ’24, and Katie Retzbach ’24 will work with the Air Force JAG Corps. It is unusual…
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FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS — For the third year in a row, Florida State University College of Law’s Black Law Students Association (FSU BLSA) won first place in the regional Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition during the Southern Region of the Black Law Students Association Convention. The 2022 meeting took place Feb. 24-26, in Atlanta. After winning…
Read More about Florida State University Law Black Law Students Association wins mock trial competitionHarvard Law student Shaza Loutfi leads efforts to assist women members of the former Afghan government
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Rangina Kargar has stared down adversity in a way that few others have. When she was running to become a member of Afghanistan’s parliament for the Faryab region in 2010, she received ominous warnings from those who disapproved of her candidacy and her advocacy for women’s rights. At times, the threats escalated…
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KU SCHOOL OF LAW — For the second consecutive year, a University of Kansas School of Law team won first place at the National Native American Law Students Association (NNALSA) Moot Court Competition. Second-year law students Emily Depew, of Neodesha, and Douglas Bartel, of Olathe, defeated a team from Boston University School of Law in the final…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Three law students ace the challenging inter-school advocacy competition this year. The environmental law moot court team of 3L students Haley Nicholson, Kassie Kometani and Matt Campa, coached by Professor Craig Johnston, were named national champions of the 2022 Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC). Haley…
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