Texas A&M Law veteran’s clinic students secure disability benefits for client

September 9, 2019

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY — Texas A&M University School of Law clinic client, Carlos Gonzalez, is a Gulf War disabled veteran who, in 2017, filed for full disability benefits. The claim was filed in March 2019 and was approved in May.

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University of Alabama Law hosts boot camp to prepare incoming students for success

September 3, 2019

THE CRIMSON WHITE — The University of Alabama Law hosted the Susan B. Livingston Boot Camp for Success, which is an initiative to provide incoming law students from diverse backgrounds the preparation they need for law school.

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Arizona State University Law’s First Amendment Clinic wins argument to unseal documents for client’s case

September 3, 2019

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY — Arizona State University Law’s First Amendment Clinic wins argument to unseal the investigation documents to the Scott Warren case. Ryan Bailey, one of the clinic’s students, played a key role by delivering the oral argument.

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CUNY Law’s Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic helps overturn detainment of client

September 3, 2019

CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW — A joint team of students from the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) project and the Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic (INRC) successfully overturned Somali immigrant, Abdi’s, illegal detainment.

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Columbia Law student Emilie Shwarz wins LSAC Justice Innovation Challenge for project supporting domestic violence survivors

September 3, 2019

LSAC — A student-developed online tool to help increase access to justice for immigrant domestic violence survivors has won first place in the Law School Admission Council’s inaugural Justice Innovation Challenge, which focuses on addressing community legal needs. Pocket VAWA Self-Petitions, a project by Columbia Law School student Emilie Schwarz, received the honor, along with

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A look at University of Georgia Law’s student-driven diversity initiatives

September 3, 2019

THE RED & BLACK — The New Approaches to Diversity and Inclusion program was initially a larger scale, university-wide initiative announced by UGA President Jere Morehead in spring 2019. The funds encouraged schools within UGA to “recruit and retain historically underrepresented groups,” which resulted in the law school’s Benham Scholars program, which is dedicated to increasing

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Georgia State University Law’s Pro Bono Law Program expands student practice opportunities through new partnerships

September 3, 2019

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS — Georgia State Law’s Pro Bono Law Program is partnering with The Justice Collaborative and Georgia Lawyers for the Arts (GLA) this year to offer law students more practice opportunities. Volunteers can sign up for both organizations—and 10 other projects– on the College of Law website. The College of Law’s award-winning

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Penn State Dickinson Law Children’s Advocacy Clinic director Lucy Johnston-Walsh helps found foster youth mentorship program

September 3, 2019

PENNSTATE DICKINSON LAW — Lucy Johnston-Walsh, director of the Children’s Advocacy Clinic at Penn State’s Dickinson Law, was a key player in advocating for the creation of a program to offer support, resources and guidance to foster youths at the University. The result is the Fostering Lions program, which proactively works with county agencies that work

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Louisiana State University Law students share experiences in summer field placements

September 3, 2019

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW — 126 LSU Law students participated in the Summer Field Placement Program this year. The students were placed with judges, government agencies and nonprofit organizations across the United States—from California to Florida and Michigan to Texas—earning credits while gaining invaluable hands-on experience.

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University of Missouri-Kansas City Law students hear from wrongfully convicted man freed through work of school’s clinic

September 3, 2019

KSHB CHANNEL 41 NEWS — Students from Sean O’Brien’s (University of Missouri-Kansas Law) courses worked directly on the case of Ricky Kidd. O’Brien and his students proved Kidd’s innocence, and he was released from prison earlier this month.

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