Fordham Law sees record number of students volunteer in Public Service Day
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — A record number of Fordham Law students volunteered their time to important legal and non-legal causes during this year’s Public Service Day. Around 140 students participated in nine projects organized by student-group leaders affiliated with Fordham’s Public Interest Resource Center and Student Bar Association.
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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Fordham Law’s Immigration Advocacy Project received the 2017 New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) President’s Pro Bono Service Award for its outstanding volunteer efforts on the behalf of asylum seekers held in a family immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas.
Read More about Fordham Law’s Immigration Advocacy Project wins 2017 NYSBA President’s Pro Bono AwardDuke Law’s Environmental Law and Policy Clinic aim to reduce childhood lead poisoning in North Carolina
DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Duke Law’s Environmental Law and Policy Clinic have worked on a series of legislative and policy initiatives aimed at reducing incidents of childhood lead poisoning in North Carolina. Students’ efforts are combatting a disturbing statewide rise in lead levels in children’s blood over the past decade.
Read More about Duke Law’s Environmental Law and Policy Clinic aim to reduce childhood lead poisoning in North CarolinaDenver Law’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic provides free legal services to the taxpayer community
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER STURM COLLEGE OF LAW — The College of Law’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic has been helping the low-income population (those with an annual gross income of $30,000 or less) with free legal services for tax issues. Since 1982, the student-staffed clinic has provided over 5,000 service hours a year to the taxpayer…
Read More about Denver Law’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic provides free legal services to the taxpayer communityUniversity of Virginia Law student Michele St. Julien honored by school for commitment to justice
UVA LAW — Michele St Julien, a second-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law, is this year’s recipient of the Gregory H. Swanson Award, named in honor of UVA and the Law School’s first black student. The award recognizes students who demonstrate a commitment to justice within the community.
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SANTA CLARA — Santa Clara Law Professional Responsibility students in Professor Flagsberg’s fall class recently scored a victory in the California Supreme Court. In December, the Court granted requests made by the students & Professor Flagsberg to depublish the case of People v. Hayes (2018) 27 Cal.App.5th 340.
Read More about Santa Clara Law students score a victory in the California Supreme CourtUniversity of Iowa Law students learn about the intersection of legal issues and health care
IOWA NOW — As part of a seminar on improving safety and process in health care, UI Law students participated in a simulation that placed them in the roles of doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals.
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LAW.COM — Brigham Young University’s law school hopes that a new national storytelling competition for law students will spur more interest in storytelling as a key skill for lawyers, and a way to connect more personally with the law.
Read More about BYU Law invites law students to participate in storytelling initiativeOpinion: University of Dayton Law Dean Andy Strauss makes case for expanding online law school offerings to improve accessibility
EDUCATION DIVE — If we are to promote a society where everyone feels enfranchised, and where rule of law is safeguarded, we must come up with ways to democratize access to legal education. In the legal academy, we often forget just how hard it is to access legal education in the U.S.
Read More about Opinion: University of Dayton Law Dean Andy Strauss makes case for expanding online law school offerings to improve accessibilityColumbia Law students use spring break to provide free legal services to underserved populations
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — More than 100 Columbia Law students participated in the Spring Break Pro Bono Caravans program. Working full-time with 23 public interest organizations and public defenders’ offices, they used the spring break to provide free legal services to underserved populations and understaffed organizations.
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