USC Gould Law student Ricca Prasad assists Los Angeles’ homeless community

August 12, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — When third year law student Ricca Prasad moved to Los Angeles to attend USC Gould School of Law, she knew the city’s homelessness situation was bad but was still shocked by what she saw. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she feared the worst for the unhoused

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Texas A&M Law Criminal Defense students help secure release of vulnerable prisoners

August 12, 2020

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — For the past year, the Texas A&M Law Criminal Defense Clinic has represented a woman in her 60s, sentenced to life in prison in her 50s for a first-time drug offense. Students, under the guidance of clinic director and professor Amber Baylor, successfully petitioned for compassionate release on

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University of Virginia Law professor Rip Verkerke and students co-author report on procurement contracts and living wages

August 12, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Localities and public universities in Virginia are prohibited from imposing living wage requirements in their procurement contracts. A professor and two students at the University of Virginia School of Law want to change that.

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University of Akron Law student Henna Schafer selected co-chair for university’s Inclusive Excellence Action Team

August 5, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — Third-year (3L) University of Akron (UA) School of Law student Henna Schafer has been named the graduate school co-chair of the University’s newly created Inclusive Excellence Action Team. Schafer worked as a legal intern at the Ohio Civil Rights Commission in the summer of 2019 and was a law clerk earlier

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College students consider pros and cons of sitting out the fall semester due to the pandemic

August 5, 2020

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students considering sitting out the fall semester because of the pandemic risk losing guaranteed on-campus housing when they return to colleges with strict leave-of-absence policies.

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Students unsure what to expect from college this fall

August 5, 2020

THE WASHINGTON POST — As the middle of July approached, Callie Rice was itching to head southwest from her home in Boise, Idaho, to Los Angeles, where she was to begin freshman year at Occidental College on Aug. 24.

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Federal guidance bars new international students from entering US if taking online-only classes

August 4, 2020

INSIDE HIGHER ED — New U.S. immigration guidance clarifies that new international students — unlike continuing international students — cannot come to American colleges to take a “100 percent” online course load this fall.

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University of Akron Law student Christopher Elko co-authors article on labor law during the pandemic

August 4, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — University of Akron School of Law third-year student Christopher Elko has co-authored a law review article with former Akron Law Visiting Professor Rick Bales that will be published this fall in Cumberland Law Review.

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Arizona State University Law students describe summer law firm experiences

August 4, 2020

ASU NOW — Students in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University not only gain an exceptional experience at the nation’s No. 24-best law school, they have numerous opportunities to stay and work for prestigious firms right here in the Valley of the Sun.

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UC Irvine Law professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow establishes Public Interest ScholarshiP

August 4, 2020

UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is delighted to announce the establishment of the, “Carrie Menkel-Meadow and Robert Meadow Endowed Public Interest Scholarship.”

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