Fordham Law hosts training webinar on online sexual harassment in the workplace
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The online discussion, hosted by Fordham Workers’ Rights Advocates on April 28, provided an overview about sexual harassment law—specifically what employees’ rights are and what an employee should consider when reporting an incident. Students asked questions regarding the current status of filing complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and how…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Erika McDonald, a third-year University of Houston Law Center student, was the recipient of the National Order of the Scribes Award at the virtual Dean’s Ceremony on April 21.
Read More about University of Houston Law Center student Erika McDonald receives writing recognitionUniversity of Kansas Law Advance Care Planning Clinic offers legal services for essential health care workers
LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD — The Advance Care Planning Clinic will help workers complete documents, including general durable power of attorney for health care and/or financial decisions, health care directives/living wills, and last will and testament for low-income and low-asset estates, according to the law school’s Monday news release.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Small Business Legal Clinic at Lewis & Clark Law School, which provides business transactional legal services to low-income small and emerging businesses in Oregon, has set up one-on-one meetings with attorneys for COVID-19 related issues as well as created a web page for all COVID-19 related general legal information.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s Startup Practicum continues to dig in to help its clients deal with the impact of COVID-19. The first thing the Startup Practicum did was advise its startup clients on the new loan programs created by the CARES Act.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — A federal judge ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reduce by hundreds the number of people detained in three Florida detention centers, in response to a lawsuit led by the University of Miami School of Law’s Immigration Clinic.
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF LAW — Bach reached out to legal services organizations throughout the state to determine whether students could assist in some way related to eviction law. Her queries led Bach to Professor Katy Ramsey at the University of Memphis who also had eviction law experience.
Read More about University of Tennessee Law professor Wendy Bach and students assist in researching state eviction lawsLaw students discusses experience in clinics during pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — Clinical law students across the country face similar situations, and some say their work helping clients remotely is now much different and more difficult because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it comes closer to real-life lawyering than ever before, according to some law professors who direct the clinics.
Read More about Law students discusses experience in clinics during pandemicRutgers and Seton Hall law schools delay on-campus interviews
LAW 360 — Students at Rutgers University and Seton Hall University law schools will be able to get another semester of letter grades under their belts before seeking associate positions, as the institutions announced plans Monday to delay on-campus interviews by a few months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The Covid-19 pandemic is revealing the breadth of education’s digital divide, separating those who have access to the internet from those who don’t. Yet in this spring of makeshift virtual instruction, many low-income students face challenges that go well beyond a lack of computers and connectivity.
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