Miami Law student helps startup Welever launch U.S. headquarters
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s Startup Practicum provided legal assistance to global group Welever this spring as it established Miami as its U.S. headquarters to expand its social impact platform. Miami Law LL.M. student Jitka Kastankova helped bring the company into the practicum.
Read More about Miami Law student helps startup Welever launch U.S. headquartersMiami Law students gain perspective on water issues in Vietnam and China
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law students participating in the Water Resources Policy Program join students from Vietnamese and Chinese universities to learn a broad spectrum of water issues, including access to drinking water, wetlands preservation, and wastewater management.
Read More about Miami Law students gain perspective on water issues in Vietnam and ChinaMiami Law travels around the globe to bring relief to the needy
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Rising 3L student Catalina Rodriguez has already traveled to Vietnam and China, where she studied water conservation and international river management through Miami Law’s Water Resources Law and Policy Program. Now she is spending the remainder of her summer at the One Stop Career Center of Puerto Rico.
Read More about Miami Law travels around the globe to bring relief to the needyUniversity of Houston Law student wins national writing competition
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law 3L student Christina Beeler was chosen as the winner of the 2018 American Constitution Society Constance Baker National Student Writing Competition. Beeler will receive a cash prize for her paper, “Felony Disenfranchisement Laws: Paying and Re-paying a Debt to Society.”
Read More about University of Houston Law student wins national writing competitionUDC Law offers experiential course for students to visit and study in Puerto Rico
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CLARKE SCHOOL OF LAW — A cohort of UDC Law students are participating in the one-week experiential summer course, Legal Issues in Puerto Rico, offered by the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. Students will learn to address legal, political and social issues in the island.
Read More about UDC Law offers experiential course for students to visit and study in Puerto RicoUDC Law student gives testimony on plight of Puerto Rico before U.N. Special Committee on Decolonization
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CLARKE SCHOOL OF LAW — UDC Law student Antonio Camacho (’19), Adviser to and former Vice President of the UDC Law Latin-x Law Student Association (LLSA), gave testimony before the U.N. Special Committee on Decolonization on the plight of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Read More about UDC Law student gives testimony on plight of Puerto Rico before U.N. Special Committee on DecolonizationDenver Law student wins wage-theft case
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER — Denver Law 3L student Kate Brown in the Civil Litigation Clinic had just scored the first major victory of her legal career. Four immigrant day laborers won $15,000 in damages and wages an employer had stolen from them.
Read More about Denver Law student wins wage-theft caseDayton Law student helps client facing criminal charges
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON — Dayton Law student Tanner Wall discusses his experience representing a client who didn’t have a criminal record but was now facing charges. Students in the Criminal Law Clinic have the opportunity to represent real-life clients from the initial arrest to appeal if necessary.
Read More about Dayton Law student helps client facing criminal chargesColorado Law students awarded Peggy Browning fellowships
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL — The Peggy Browning Fund has awarded 10-week summer fellowships to Rachel Calvert (’19) and Dominique DiNallo (’19) to pursue public interest labor law work. Calvert will be working at the Laborers’ International Union of North America in Washington, D.C, and DiNallo will working at United Auto Workers in Detroit, M.I.
Read More about Colorado Law students awarded Peggy Browning fellowshipsUConn Law provide legal assistances to young people affected by DACA discontinuation
UCONN TODAY — UConn Law students are offering consultations to young people affected by the discontinuation of the DACA immigration policy, while learning practical skills that will be useful in their own future careers, through a new Immigration and Detention and DACA Clinic at UConn Law.
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