University of Georgia Law students M. Paige Finley and Peyton R. Stuart honored by Georgia Access to Justice Committee and Pro Bono Resource Center
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Congratulations to third-year students M. Paige Finley and Peyton R. Stuart for receiving the State Bar of Georgia’s 2020 Law School Excellence Award presented by the bar’s Access to Justice Committee and Pro Bono Resource Center.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — In recognition of Earth Day, we highlight some recent work and perspectives of Harvard Law’s students and scholars committed to environmental change.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Almost 30 students worked with EELP this academic year. Twelve of them and their research are highlighted below. They represent just a small fraction of the students who have worked with the program over the past few years.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — Prior to the pandemic, students attending the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law had to perform 60 hours of pro bono service, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, it’s now 30. But that hasn’t dampened the enthusiasm of 2L Devin C.K. Forrest.
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KU LAW BLOG — Under the supervision of a judge, law clerk or staff attorney, Judicial Field Placement Program interns perform research, draft documents and observe courtroom proceedings to expand their knowledge of how our court systems operate.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Over 350 households attended the 30th Annual Public Interest Law Project Auction. The group raised over $63,000 to fund summer stipends for students working in public interest law.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — A lawsuit filed in April by the Miami Law’s Immigration Clinic seeks release from immigration detention of a 43-year-old father and resident of New Jersey who is exercising his First Amendment right to protest the conditions of his lengthy incarceration with a month-long – and counting – hunger strike.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s International Moot Court team recently competed in the virtual oral rounds of the 2020-2021 International and European Tax Moot Competition, the largest and most prestigious in the legal field of transnational taxation.
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LEGAL ED NEWS — Morgan Pattan is this year’s recipient of the State Bar of Michigan’s Wanda A. Nash Award, named after the founder of the SBM Animal Law Section. The annual award recognizes a 3L law student at a Michigan law school for substantial contributions to animal law. The award ceremony was held via Zoom…
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NORTHWESTERN NOW — It’s been a busy few weeks for entrepreneurs across the Northwestern University campus. Tight teams of undergraduate and business school students at various phases of ideation and fundraising came together virtually at a variety of events to highlight creative inventions in time for the United Nations’ World Creativity and Innovation Day.
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