Northeastern Law Domestic Violence Clinic launches COVID-19 Rapid Response project
NEWS@NORTHEASTERN — So Lindauer had an idea—Northeastern would bring the clinic to clients. Working in tandem with the NULawLab innovation hub …they came up with is the COVID Rapid Response Project, a two-stage effort involving a website where users fill out a few forms and choose a convenient and secure time to talk or text.
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AROUND THE O — The University of Oregon School of Law welcomed 14 recent graduates from the Class of 2020 into the prestigious Order of the Coif national honor society. Considered one of the highest honors a law student can receive, elected students must earn a juris doctor degree and a grade-point average that places him…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School student Jessica Rizzo L’21 has won the 2020 Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts (PMC) writing competition. The contest carried a prize of $5,000 and was sponsored by Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath.
Read More about Penn Law student Jessica Rizzo wins Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts writing competitionA look at the Penn Law Appellate Advocacy Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — In its inaugural year, students in the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s yearlong Appellate Advocacy Clinic handled a range of cases in state and federal court, with a particular focus on issues of economic justice in the criminal law context. Professor Jean Galbraith teaches the clinic with Ilana Eisenstein L’04. Currently…
Read More about A look at the Penn Law Appellate Advocacy ClinicUniversity of Virginia Law student Christina Luk named editor-in-chief of Virginia Law Weekly
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Third-year law student Christina Luk was drawn to the University of Virginia School of Law because of how the student newspaper chronicled life on North Grounds. Now she’s the paper’s top editor.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL – Thanks to a team effort between Albany Law School and University at Albany students, nonprofit organizations now have access to a new online resource that will guide their advocacy and lobbying efforts while preserving their nonprofit status.
Read More about Albany Law students help launch guide to nonprofit advocacyUC Irvine Law students help overturn life sentences for wrongfully convicted clients
UC IRVINE LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Innocence Rights of Orange County Pro Bono project has successfully aided in overturning 11 consecutive life sentences for two wrongfully convicted individuals — Juan Rayford and Dupree Glass. Annee Della Donna, a trial litigator and founder of the Law Offices of Annee Della…
Read More about UC Irvine Law students help overturn life sentences for wrongfully convicted clientsFlorida State University Law graduate Daniela Donoso selected as Equal Justice Works Fellow
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS – Immigration has been a part of Daniela Donoso’s life since she and her family left Quito, Ecuador, for Miami when she was six months old. Now, just months after graduating with her law degree from Florida State University’s College of Law, she’s going to put that passion and education to work with the backing of a two-year, $100,000 fellowship from the Equal Justice Works Foundation…
Read More about Florida State University Law graduate Daniela Donoso selected as Equal Justice Works FellowFordham Law Federal Litigation Clinic students appeal New York State correctional rule in court
FORDHAM LAW NEWS – Prior to the coronavirus shutdown, recent graduate Katherine Anne Boy Skipsey ’20, along with Nina Riegelsberger ’21 and Ruadhan McKeone ‘20, had the remarkable and rare opportunity to argue an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII – Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Lawis continuing to support summer legislative fellowships for law students with Hawaiʻi’s congressional representatives. This long-standing program honors the late Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink.
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