Columbia Law students spearhead Puerto Rico hurricane relief efforts
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL – Three Columbia Law School students, all from Puerto Rico, organized a legal corps to assist in recovery from Hurricane Maria.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW – Students in Miami Law’s Immigration Clinic prevailed in immigration court, stopping the deportation of a Guatemalan couple that has lived in the United States since 2002 and has three U.S. citizen children.
Read More about Miami Law Immigration Clinic halts deportation of parents of U.S. childrenColumbia Law Mass Incarceration Clinic helps free a woman who spent 34 years in prison
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL – Students in the Mass Incarceration Clinic argued for a new parole hearing for their client, Karen Ely, in New York State Supreme Court.
Read More about Columbia Law Mass Incarceration Clinic helps free a woman who spent 34 years in prisonCapital Law School Bankruptcy Bypass Clinic learns about pro bono opportunities
CAPITAL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL – Students in the Bankruptcy Bypass Clinic had the unique opportunity to hear about bankruptcy related pro bono opportunities from United States Bankruptcy Judge John E. Hoffman, Jr. and others from The Legal Aid Society of Columbus (LSAC). Judge Hoffman informed the students of the great need for bankruptcy relief for…
Read More about Capital Law School Bankruptcy Bypass Clinic learns about pro bono opportunitiesNew England Law students file complaint with new federal guidance on investigating campus sexual assaults
NEW ENGLAND LAW SCHOOL | BOSTON – Alison Shea, a 4L evening student, and Rachael Bandeira, a 3L student, worked alongside New England Law adjunct professor and sexual violence expert Wendy Murphy to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education’s new guidance on investigating campus sexual assaults.
Read More about New England Law students file complaint with new federal guidance on investigating campus sexual assaultsTennessee Law students participate in Alternative Spring Break pro bono projects
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF LAW – 32 students participated in Alternative Spring Break pro bono projects to meet clients’ unmet legal needs for spring break 2017. These students donated more than 900 hours, some conducting remote research and others representing the University of Tennessee at one of six sites located in four states.
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KBIA – The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law partnered with the MU Family Impact Center to offer free estate planning to Columbia residents. Eight students participated in the pro bono clinic in an effort to give back to the community.
Read More about Missouri Law offers free estate planning to the communityKentucky Law students provide free tax return assistance to low income individuals
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF LAW – Law student volunteers in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program provided free assistance with tax preparations and filings to mostly low income individuals with simple returns.
Read More about Kentucky Law students provide free tax return assistance to low income individualsMcGeorge Law helps clients with naturalization applications at ninth annual fair
MCGEORGE SCHOOL OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC – More than 75 McGeorge students, staff, faculty, alumni, and local attorneys provided free legal services to 40 people with naturalization applications at the ninth annual Citizenship Fair. Blake Nordahl, the supervising attorney in the McGeorge Immigration Law Clinic, organized the community service event.
Read More about McGeorge Law helps clients with naturalization applications at ninth annual fairTulane Environmental Law Clinic prevails in red snapper ruling in Fifth Circuit Court
TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Tulane Environmental Law Clinic student-attorney Michelle Felterman (L ’17) secures a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in favor of her client, the Charter Fisherman’s Association, in its effort to uphold a rule on red snapper fishing quotas in federal waters.
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