University of Iowa Law Federal Criminal Defense Clinic successfully advocates sentence-reduction motion for client
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — Christopher Davis was sentenced to a 262-months in prison for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. He faced a mandatory-minimum sentence. Mr. Davis walked out of federal prison 7-years early thanks to the efforts of the Federal Criminal Defense Clinic at the University of Iowa College of Law.
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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — This semester, the law students in Professor Lea VanderVelde’s Employment Law course have researching how the pandemic is impacting work laws, as it re-arranges workplaces, requires business closures, transforms the ways we get goods, decimates the service sector, and sickens millions of workers.
Read More about University of Iowa Law professor Lea VanderVelde and students research impact of the pandemic on employment lawUniversity of Iowa Law students take honors at Tulane International Baseball Arbitration Competition for writing
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — A new class in the University of Iowa College of Law teaches students about those dollar figures by introducing them to player salary arbitration and participating in mock arbitration hearings, using baseball as a learning tool. Students form their arguments just as team attorneys do in real-life.
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UK NOW — University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law second-year law student Kelly Daniel will serve as the first Black editor-in-chief of the college’s Kentucky Law Journal (KLJ) for the 2021-2022 academic year. KLJ has continuously published since 1913 and is the 10th oldest continuously published law review in the nation.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Brittany Rowe ’21 appeared in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York via Zoom on behalf of seven animal protection organizations represented by the Animal Law Litigation Clinic at the Center for Animal Law Studies. She also spoke up for more than 500,000 pigs.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law student Brittany Rowe presents in federal courtUniversity of Minnesota Law mock trial team wins regional competition
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — A Minnesota Law mock trial team recently won the American College of Trial Lawyers/Texas Young Lawyers Association Region 12 mock trial competition. The team will advance to the national competition and will compete against the best trial advocacy programs in the country.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — A team of four Minnesota Law students emerged as Midwest Region champions in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) National Patent Application Drafting Competition. The team defeated Notre Dame Law School in the final round to take the championship.
Read More about University of Minnesota Law student team wins regional patent application drafting competitionUniversity of Minnesota Law Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic wins legal victories for clients
MPR NEWS — As part of the Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic in the University’s Law School, students represent clients in juvenile delinquency and child custody cases under the supervision of the two licensed attorneys who lead the clinic. The students work as their clients’ primary lawyers for free.
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC — Erika Patty Munoz ’21 has changed the lives of many clients in the Sacramento area. Through University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law Immigration Clinic, she has helped numerous undocumented immigrants with legal proceedings to reunite them with their families and also help them stay in America legally.
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THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN — The event, titled, “Examining the Current Escalation of Anti-Asian Racism with Cecillia Wang,” was part of Penn Law School’s Achieving Racial Justice Series. It was moderated by Asian Pacific American Law Students Katelynn Catalano and Maya Reddy about the causes of anti-Asian racism in the United States.
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