A look at Penn State Law’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic
PENN STATE LAW — Though operating remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Penn State Law in University Park Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic (CIRC) continued to produce impactful work on immigration-related matters in fall 2020. This article includes short accounts of the work of CIRC during the fall 2020 semester.
Read More about A look at Penn State Law’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights ClinicSanta Clara University Law professor Catherine Sandoval and students fight to protect Californians from power shutoffs and wildfires
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Devastating wildfires raged across California in recent years. A group, under the umbrella of the Broadband Institute of California (BBIC) at Santa Clara Law, has been on an unpaid, David vs. Goliath quest to protect millions of Californians from mishaps and failures that can cause wildfires.
Read More about Santa Clara University Law professor Catherine Sandoval and students fight to protect Californians from power shutoffs and wildfiresSanta Clara University Law professor Deborah Moss-West and student Wilson X. Hall honored at Charles Houston Bar Association
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — In early December, the Charles Houston Bar Association (CHBA) held its 65th annual Gala. As part of the evening, CHBA honored Wilson X. Hall JD ’21, who received a $2,000 Student Achievement Award, and Deborah Moss-West JD ’94, who received the President’s Award.
Read More about Santa Clara University Law professor Deborah Moss-West and student Wilson X. Hall honored at Charles Houston Bar AssociationUSC Gould Law Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic helps startup provide protective equipment for health care workers
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — During the COVID-19 pandemic, students in USC Gould’s Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic (IPTLC) advised Get Us PPE, a nonprofit startup based in Massachusetts that distributes donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to hospitals across the country.
Read More about USC Gould Law Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic helps startup provide protective equipment for health care workersVermont Law announces inaugural spring JD class
VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — For the first time in Vermont Law School’s (VLS) nearly 50-year history, this week a cohort of students began their law school careers during the spring semester. The spring start was developed by VLS in response to new juris doctor students whose law school plans were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More about Vermont Law announces inaugural spring JD classAmerican University Washington College of Law student Juliette Anne Jackson relaunches Native American Law Students Association
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — At the start of the fall 2020 semester, Jackson reached out to her American Indian Law Professor Ezra Rosser to discuss reforming the AUWCL chapter of the Native American Law Students Association (NALSA), which had fallen inactive in recent years.
Read More about American University Washington College of Law student Juliette Anne Jackson relaunches Native American Law Students AssociationUC Berkeley Law student Kevin Frazier launches organization to provide financial assistance for communities in need
PATCH.COM — Frazier has worked to understand the political and legal barriers to internet access through his public policy studies at the Harvard Kennedy School and now at Berkeley Law. When the pandemic hit, he saw an optimal time to turn study into practice. Frazier launched the creation of a “NOLO Zone” this past summer.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law student Kevin Frazier launches organization to provide financial assistance for communities in needUC Irvine Law student Sarah Kahn named finalist for the PSJD Pro Bono Publico Award
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law is delighted to announce that Sarah Kahn, a 3L at UCI Law has been named a finalist for the PSJD Pro Bono Publico Award. Sarah has already devoted 400 hours to pro bono work while at UCI Law.
Read More about UC Irvine Law student Sarah Kahn named finalist for the PSJD Pro Bono Publico AwardFordham Law moot court team wins National Moot Court Competition regional finals
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law’s moot court team won big at the National Moot Court Competition’s Regional Finals. After mooting five rounds over Zoom, captain Frank Piacenti ’21, Kevin Sette ’21, and Cody Anthony ’21 eventually beat out the NYU Law team in the final round to win the championship and best brief.
Read More about Fordham Law moot court team wins National Moot Court Competition regional finalsFordham Law students argue for compassionate release of client before federal court
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Federal Litigation Clinic students Elizabeth Marley ’21, Kelly O’Connor ’21, and Bayron Flores Tapia ’21 argued a compassionate release motion in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The students represented a client convicted on a drug-dealing charge who three years remaining on his sentence.
Read More about Fordham Law students argue for compassionate release of client before federal court