Cincinnati Law students contribute briefs to important SCOTUS decision
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF LAW — Cincinnati Law students worked along side prominent defense attorneys from the National Association for Public Defense to urge the Supreme Court to hear the case, Byrd v. United States. The case involved a critical yet contentious question regarding the Fourth Amendment and the rise of ridesharing services.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL — Chicago Law student Jordan Poole, ’20 volunteers at the Domestic Violence Legal Clinic in downtown Chicago. Volunteering at the legal clinic is a natural extension of Poole’s broader interests in human rights at home and abroad.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL — Chicago Law student Derek Tisler ’19 has always been interested in voting rights. With his volunteer work at the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Tisler had the opportunity to work with a diverse group of community organizations and to learn more about the obstacles that people face in voting.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL — Chicago Law student Leah Garner ’19 is involved in environmental activism across the Law School. Garner chose the Law School in part because of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic. Her recent clinical work focuses on energy democracy in Michigan.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL — Chicago-area high school students signed up for Chicago Law Professor Emily Buss’s special seminar on the constitutional rights of minors. Chicago Law students serving as Buss’ teaching assistants taught local youth and explored issues that affect young people.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL — Chicago Law 1L student Subria Whitaker reflects on her trip to Memphis and the key takeaways from the experience. The bus tour was organized by Rainbow PUSH to recognize the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 2018
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL — Three Chicago Law students — Alli Hugi, ’18, Eian Katz, ’18, and Marcela Barba, ’19 — in the International Human Rights Clinic traveled to Mexico preparing for the fact-finding mission they hoped would help curb violence and discrimination against women in the Mexican agriculture industry.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL — Two Chicago Law students, Darrius Atkins, ’19 Kevin Carlson, ’19, published an op-ed about the environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) policy shift favoring private redevelopment in The Chicago Reporter. Atkins and Carlson argued that the EPA’s Superfund site policy could advance gentrification in communities of color.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW — UC Hastings 2L student Jessica Valadez was awarded a Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation Summer Grant, which will provide financial support for her summer clerkship working on juvenile delinquency cases at the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Two Berkeley Law students, Mei-Wah Lee ’18 and Zahraa Hadi ’18, from the Post-Conviction Advocacy Project helped their client, Chris Deragon, to create supportive post-release plans before his parole hearing.
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