New Penn Law course looks at community lawyering as a solution to mass incarceration
PENN LAW — In one of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s newest courses, “Community Lawyering to End Mass Incarceration,” students learn how to engage a range of legal, political, and advocacy strategies to advocate for the rights of incarcerated individuals and lead change in the criminal justice system. Co-lecturer and Legal Director of the Abolitionist…
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PENN STATE — Third-year Penn State Dickinson Law students Mitchell Snyder and Tyler Eckert won Region 3 in the New York City Bar Association’s 77nd National Moot Court Competition, held virtually Nov. 13-14. In addition to Dickinson Law, teams from the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Drexel University, the University of Baltimore, American…
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PENN STATE — This fall, the Penn State Law Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic (EAC) launched an Underserved Small Businesses (USB) legal services program, which targets entrepreneurs who are generally categorized as socially and economically disadvantaged. The program is an extension of the existing EAC program, adding targeted educational outreach to qualifying entrepreneurs including people of color, women,…
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WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — Under a new partnership with Legal Innovators, Willamette Law students have increased access to top career opportunities. Legal Innovators is an alternative legal service provider and end-to-end talent management solution. It recruits, vets, trains and mentors new graduates, offering a new pathway for students to jobs in Big Law and corporate legal departments. With its…
Read More about Willamette Law partners with Legal Innovators alternative legal service providerYale Law veterans clinic files suit against Connecticut National Guard over right to unionize
YALE DAILY NEWS — The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, asking the court to confirm the right of the Connecticut National Guard to unionize while on state active duty. The Veterans Clinic, along with co-counsel at Livingston, Adler, Pulda, Meiklejohn & Kelly PC, filed the…
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Kerry Initiative announced that seven Yale Law School students have been named Kerry Fellows for the 2021–2022 academic year. The Kerry Fellows were selected on the basis of outstanding academic and, if appropriate, professional achievement, with some priority given to interdisciplinary work in the core subjects on which the Kerry Initiative is…
Read More about Yale Law Students honored with fellowships for excellence in academicsYale 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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