Fordham Law students advocates for tax debt law reforms
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Students in Fordham Law’s Legislative Policy and Advocacy Clinic convened with elected officials in Albany and authored an op-ed during the spring semester as part of ongoing efforts to reform the state’s tax debt law so that thousands of New Yorkers facing extreme financial hardship would be exempt from license suspension.
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EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Emory Law 3L student Victoria Sparks accomplished so much while in law school: symposium editor for Emory International Law Review, president of Emory Black Law Students Association, and recipient of the Delores P. Eldridge Commitment to Diversity Award and the Excellence in Leadership Award in 2017.
Read More about Emory Law student finds the confidence to embrace excellenceElon Law students learn about law and policies of South American prison system
ELON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Elon Law students with an interest in prisoners’ rights visited South Africa in December as part of an experiential learning course that examined the dimensions of America’s penal system and how its evolution compares to the one there.
Read More about Elon Law students learn about law and policies of South American prison systemDuke Law students conduct research in support of hearings on international human rights
DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Students from Duke Law’s International Human Rights Clinic and Advanced International Human Rights Clinic conducted extensive research and legal analysis, data visualization, and reporting in support of hearings held in late 2017 by the North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture on a range of issues relevant to the commission.
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DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Five Duke Law students joined peers from 10 other U.S. law schools in Washington, D.C. in late February to explore the future of public and private international law at the sixth annual Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program.
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DRAKE UNIVERSITY — Drake Law student Jasmine Meikle applied and was accepted in the Council on Legal Education Opportunity. The organization matched Meikle with several law schools, and Drake was at the top of her list. While studying at Drake, Meikle interns at the Des Moines Civil and Human Rights Commission.
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DRAKE UNIVERSITY — Drake Law 2L student Ashle Bray was selected as a Student Fellow for the Rural Summer Legal Corps, a joint program of Equal Justice Works and the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). The program provides direct services in underserved rural communities across the United States and its territories.
Read More about Drake Law student selected for Rural Summer Legal CorpsCornell Law students win settlement for client fired for union-related activity
CORNELL LAW SCHOOL — Cornell Law’s Labor Law Clinic students Michael Iadevaia ’19, David Edelman ’18, and Matt Lutwen ’19 recently won a settlement for their client, Jane Guskin, in a case before the National Labor Relations Board. Guskin, who had worked at a nonprofit in New York City, had been fired for union-related activity.
Read More about Cornell Law students win settlement for client fired for union-related activityCleveland-Marshall Law students secure unemployment benefits for client
CLEVELAND-MARSHALL COLLEEG OF LAW — After a representation spanning more than two years, Cleveland-Marshall Civil Litigation Clinic students were successful in securing unemployment benefits for client Lemmie Smoot by obtaining a reversal of a benefit denial from the Eighth District Court of Appeals.
Read More about Cleveland-Marshall Law students secure unemployment benefits for clientChicago-Kent Law students named John Paul Stevens Public Interest fellows
CHICAGO-KENT SCHOOL OF LAW — Chicago-Kent students Joanna Martin ’19, Carl Sessions ’19 and Rebecca Spira ’19 have been awarded 2018 Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Summer Fellowships. Martin will work for the Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project in Los Angeles. Sessions will work at Lake County Public Defender’s Office in Waukegan, I.L. Spira will…
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