Rosa Parks attorney Fred Gray to deliver lecture at Creighton Law on civil rights

December 27, 2017

CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY – A central figure in the American Civil Rights Movement will visit the Creighton University School of Law next month for a conversation with students.

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Georgia State Law’s HeLP Legal Services Clinic students work to improve health of children

December 22, 2017

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Georgia State Law’s HeLP Legal Services Clinic is a collaboration between law students and medical students working to solve issues that impede the health of children being treated at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

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Georgia State Law introduces public interest law certificate and pro bono program

December 22, 2017

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Georgia State Law’s Center for Access to Justice introduced a Public Interest Law and Policy Certificate and the student-run Pro Bono Program, both of which are designed to prepare law students to serve underrepresented populations.

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Georgia State Law’s Investor Advocacy Project testified in front of SEC Investor Advisory Committee

December 22, 2017

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Georgia State Law’s Investor Advocacy Project testified in front of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Investor Advisory Committee, advocating on behalf of the Georgia State Law Investor Advocacy Clinic and its clients.

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Redesigned UMN Law’s Economic Justice Clinic teach students how to practice like lawyers

December 22, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF LAW —  Students in the newly redesigned Economic Justice Clinic at the University of Minnesota School of Law are learning to think and practice like lawyers. The clinic aims to reduce structural inequality and promote equitable economic development in low-income communities through legal support for community-based organizing efforts in the

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Tulane Law student groomed for leadership in new civil legal aid initiative

December 21, 2017

TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Anais Moore-Jaccard, now a second-year student at Tulane Law School, completed the Access to Justice Developing Leader Intern Program, a new initiative sponsored by the Louisiana State Bar Association and four New Orleans law firms. Four students – one from each law school in Louisiana – were selected for

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Baylor Law student veteran pursues law degree to help orphans

December 21, 2017

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Baylor Law School student and U.S. Army veteran Stephen Carl was named a 2017 Pat Tillman Foundation Scholar in recognition of his military service and for his mission to help children.

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Akron Law clinics help expunge criminal records for residents

December 21, 2017

AKRON LEGAL NEWS — The University of Akron School of Law’s Reentry Clinics have helped help low-income Akron residents who have criminal pasts get their records sealed.

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Baylor Law launches innovative pro bono clinic through e-portal

December 21, 2017

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Baylor Law has partnered with Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, PLLC to offer an innovative pro bono clinic–an “Answer-a-Thon”–using the Texas Legal Answers website of the State Bar of Texas.

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University of South Carolina Law students raise money to benefit Allendale County’s schools

December 21, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of South Carolina School of Law’s Pro Bono Program has partnered with the Allendale Fairfax Education Foundation on their latest campaign, Change for Change. Collection jars for donations were placed around the School of Law, and student organizations created a fundraising plan. The donations funded school supplies,

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