Vermont Law students to advocate on behalf of island nation at UN climate change convention
BURLINGTON FREE PRESS — Alongside top leaders and scientists from around the world, Vermont Law School students will be supporting a small island nation at the 2021 U.N Climate Change Conference starting Sunday in Scotland. Professor Sarah Reiter, who teaches the service learning class that serves as the law school’s delegation, said her students will be supporting their client from the…
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THE COLUMNS — Licensing. Zoning. Trademarks. Liability. It can be a lot for individuals to manage when looking to start a new business. But thanks to a unique partnership between students at W&L Law, the law firm Vinson and Elkins, and the Walker Program, aspiring business owners can access the legal support they need to build…
Read More about Washington and Lee Law students help local start-up businesses with legal needsWest Virginia University Law students advocate for children in abuse and neglect cases
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Three students at theWest Virginia University College of Law are learning firsthand how to provide quality legal representation for children in abuse and neglect cases. Rachael Mullins, Carrie Miller and Christian LaParne are participating in a new externship program through the West Virginia Court Improvement Program Board. The Supreme Court of…
Read More about West Virginia University Law students advocate for children in abuse and neglect casesWest Virginia University Law clinic partners with graduate social work student to assist clients
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Graduate student Hannah Jack is making her mark as the first social work intern in the law clinics at the West Virginia University College of Law. While earning her Master of Social Work from the WVU School of Social Work, Jack is helping the law clinics serve clients holistically, including connecting…
Read More about West Virginia University Law clinic partners with graduate social work student to assist clientsLaw students report concerns about food insecurity and eviction during the pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — Out of 13,000 law students who participated in the annual Law School Survey of Student Engagement, 95% reported the COVID-19 pandemic interfered with their ability to concentrate, 43% had increased concerns about having enough food and 29% feared eviction and housing loss. The report, released Thursday, is titled The Covid Crisis in Legal Education.…
Read More about Law students report concerns about food insecurity and eviction during the pandemicLMU Loyola Law School to address systemic inequality as part of core curriculum
LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL — Transformative. The word captures LMU Loyola Law School, the first law school in the country to enact and mandate throughout its core curriculum a learning outcome devoted to deconstructing systemic inequality. It reflects the law school’s commitment to Structural Change Within. The required Systemic Inequality Learning Outcome urges the evolution of the…
Read More about LMU Loyola Law School to address systemic inequality as part of core curriculumNortheastern Law clinic student Kaylie Simon helps investigate Jim Crow-era lynching
MOTHER JONES DAILY — For more than a year, the country has been gripped by a racial reckoning caused by the high-profile killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and other Black men and women. The reckoning has fueled a public desire to reexamine murders that happened decades ago and still haunt surviving families, some…
Read More about Northeastern Law clinic student Kaylie Simon helps investigate Jim Crow-era lynchingCharleston Law creates housing clinic to support low-income families
CHARLESTON SCHOOL OF LAW — Charleston School of Law and Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services are partnering to create the Charleston Pro Bono Housing Clinic, a new program designed to support low-income families in need of legal representation. Last June, the South Carolina Access to Justice Commission published “Measuring South Carolina’s Justice Gap,” a report that included…
Read More about Charleston Law creates housing clinic to support low-income familiesUConn Law celebrates a century of legal education
UCONN TODAY — Hundreds of alumni, faculty, staff and students gathered at the UConn School of Law on Monday to celebrate a century of progress since the law school’s first class was held in rented rooms in downtown Hartford.“That small night school for insurance workers who desired a legal education has grown into a preeminent law…
Read More about UConn Law celebrates a century of legal educationHarvard Law students Anoush Baghdassarian and Sondra Anton bond over dedication to international human rights
HARVARD LAW TODAY — It was against the din of barroom conversation and clinking glasses at Grendel’s Den that new first-year Harvard Law School students Anoush Baghdassarian ’22 and Sondra Anton ’22 first realized how remarkably similar their lives had been up to that moment. They had both been raised in families scarred by mass atrocity. Both had studied in…
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