UCLA Law hosts LMI-Sandler New Entrepreneurs Competition
UCLA LAW SCHOOL — Student-run startup companies in technology, dental hygiene and women’s clothing won the top awards in UCLA School of Law’s $100,000 Lowell Milken Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs competition, which concluded its fifth-annual event on April 20.
Read More about UCLA Law hosts LMI-Sandler New Entrepreneurs CompetitionUCLA Law establishes fund to assist students with urgent needs
UCLA LAW SCHOOL — UCLA School of Law has established a fund to assist students with urgent needs brought on by the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and address some of the long-term impacts of the related disruptions.
Read More about UCLA Law establishes fund to assist students with urgent needsUCLA Law students help hospitality and restaurant workers secure unemployment benefits
UCLA LAW SCHOOL — During its first week of operation, the project filed claims to return more than $1.4 million in unemployment benefits to members of the UNITE HERE Local 11 union who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 crisis.
Read More about UCLA Law students help hospitality and restaurant workers secure unemployment benefitsUCLA Law Criminal Defense Clinic secures release of at-risk detainee from ICE processing center
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Students and faculty members with UCLA School of Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic played a key role in securing the release last week of an at-risk inmate from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center as part of the clinic’s broader effort to reduce the acute risks to prisoners from the coronavirus.
Read More about UCLA Law Criminal Defense Clinic secures release of at-risk detainee from ICE processing centerCase Western Reserve Law global program creates alternative international law internships for students
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — In response to the disruption, the leaders of CWRU’s Case Global program worked together to create an alternative arrangement for students who lost their summer placements, inviting them to work remotely for the summer….
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law global program creates alternative international law internships for studentsChapman Law Mediation Clinic hosts virtual conflict resolution program for incarcerated youth
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY –The Mediation Clinic — which allows students to develop and practice mediation skills under the supervision of experienced attorney mediators — has continued to meet online using videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom.
Read More about Chapman Law Mediation Clinic hosts virtual conflict resolution program for incarcerated youthFordham Law Federal Litigation Clinic and Criminal Defense Clinic secures release of at-risk prisoners
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — For the past five weeks, students and staff at Fordham Law School’s Federal Litigation Clinic and Criminal Defense Clinic have been working to secure the release of inmates whose medical conditions make them vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus, as well as those whose sentences are almost complete and those who are being held while awaiting trial.
Read More about Fordham Law Federal Litigation Clinic and Criminal Defense Clinic secures release of at-risk prisonersFordham Law co-hosts online moot court competition
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Adam Shlahet, the director of the Moore Advocacy Center, was quoted in National Jurist discussing his efforts to coordinate a novel online moot court competition with UCLA Law. More than 170 law students from 67 different schools participated in the competition.
Read More about Fordham Law co-hosts online moot court competitionUIC John Marshall Law students win Capitol City Challenge trial advocacy competition
UIC JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL — UIC John Marshall Law School students James Betzelos, Ryan Chancellor, Shelby Page, Jacinta Reck and Antoinette Bolz were named national champions after winning the Capitol City Challenge trial advocacy competition. The team took the top prize from a field of twenty-six other law schools.
Read More about UIC John Marshall Law students win Capitol City Challenge trial advocacy competitionUniversity of Miami Law immigration clinic wins lawsuit to secure release of at-risk detainees
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — In a decision on a suit brought by the University of Miami’s immigration clinic, a federal magistrate in Miami instructed Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement substantially lower the populations in three South Florida detention centers due to the likelihood of exposure to COVID-19.
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