Yale Law Housing Clinic helps local residents facing eviction, foreclosures, and fair housing issues
YALE DAILY NEWS — In light of the economic challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Law School Housing Clinic has intensified its fight for local and national housing justice. The clinic provides law students with the opportunity to practice direct service across three tracks: evictions, foreclosures and fair housing. Each track offers a different scope of…
Read More about Yale Law Housing Clinic helps local residents facing eviction, foreclosures, and fair housing issuesYale Law European Law Association co-hosts climate initiatives talk
YALE DAILY NEWS — The Yale Law School European Law Association co-hosted a talk titled “A Ray of Hope? Green Law and Policy in the EU” with the Harvard European Law Association on Monday afternoon. The talk featured four panelists from varying fields of European climate policy and international environmental law. Matei Alexianu YLS ’23, a board…
Read More about Yale Law European Law Association co-hosts climate initiatives talkStudents report continued struggles with mental health during the pandemic despite vaccines and easing of lockdowns
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — College students are not bouncing back from the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, a troubling new study finds. Researchers were surprised to find that one year after the start of the pandemic, college students were still less active and more at risk for depression even as social restrictions…
Read More about Students report continued struggles with mental health during the pandemic despite vaccines and easing of lockdownsHow the legal community created opportunities for underrepresented law students during the pandemic
REUTERS — Over the past 18 months, students from diverse backgrounds have borne witness, all too often, to a broken system of law enforcement amid a global pandemic, race-based hate crimes, and the continuing dehumanization of undocumented persons and refugees — all of which have put a spotlight on the stark inequities in our legal system…
Read More about How the legal community created opportunities for underrepresented law students during the pandemicMentorship-focused non-profit organization partners seasoned attorneys with new lawyers
ABA JOURNAL — An informal networking organization that matched law students and new lawyers with mentors has become a nonprofit organization that’s set to grow nationwide. DLA Piper is a founding sponsor of the Legal Mentor Network, which got its start with a 2020 LinkedIn post that went viral, according to Law.com, a DLA Piper press release…
Read More about Mentorship-focused non-profit organization partners seasoned attorneys with new lawyersRemote learning and student burnout possible explanations for bar pass rate drop
ABA JOURNAL — Bar exam pass rates dropped in July 2021, and some fear another decrease for 2022 graduates nationally because most candidates will have experienced at least half their legal education during the pandemic. Related problems mentioned by academics include getting used to online learning, isolation, anxiety and exhaustion.“They have had the largest pandemic impact…
Read More about Remote learning and student burnout possible explanations for bar pass rate dropUniversity of Arizona Law library partners with International Dark-Sky Association to combat light pollution
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA JAMES E. ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW — Electricity powers our world, but there’s a dark side to illuminating the planet. Light pollution, designated as the excessive or inappropriate use of artificial light, has been shown to cause problems that affect human health, slow or stop the growth cycle of plants, decrease reproduction…
Read More about University of Arizona Law library partners with International Dark-Sky Association to combat light pollutionArizona State University Law student Charmaine Chui pursues law degree at 16 years old
ASU NEWS — Charmaine Chui doesn’t like to be told no. And for the 16-year-old law school student – the youngest in the history of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University – that mantra has served her well. “I think that’s been a recurring theme in my life – I don’t like being…
Read More about Arizona State University Law student Charmaine Chui pursues law degree at 16 years oldUniversity at Buffalo Law Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic helps local journalists access public information
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Journalists often face a reoccurring issue: People in power don’t always like to be held accountable for their actions, so they resist inquiries by the watchdogs called to do just that. One solution: strategic legal intervention by the law school’s Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic. The Clinic, directed…
Read More about University at Buffalo Law Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic helps local journalists access public informationUniversity at Buffalo Law professor Heather Abraham passes passion for public interest to her students
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — For Associate Professor Heather Abraham, her experience as an Equal Justice Works Fellow was a pivotal point in her career as an advocate for fair housing rights. Now, with her appointment to the organization’s newly established and highly selective Alumni Advisory Council, she’ll be in position to help…
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