Indiana McKinney Law students participate in ‘Inside-Out’ class alongside inmate to examine criminal justice issues

July 17, 2017

INDIANA LAWYER – The IU McKinney group, which included enrollees in the day and night programs, said the class was eye-opening and very much changed their views of people who are incarcerated.

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Baltimore Law students help human trafficking victims expunge prostitution convictions

July 17, 2017

BALTIMORE SUN – Hoping to help survivors of trafficking, student lawyers at the University of Baltimore School of Law are working with the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service to expunge or vacate such convictions.

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Albany Law School Immigration Law Clinic wins Lawful Permanent Residence application for client

July 17, 2017

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL – Clinic students applied for her Lawful Permanent Residence, and filed a request to expedite Dahlia’s application on humanitarian grounds, so that she could see her now 102-year-old mother.

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Dayton Law students work in real-world lab to develop new legal products and services through collaborations with global tech companies

July 17, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON – Minutes away from campus, students are working with LexisNexis lawyers to see what technology they can develop to help the legal community do their jobs better.

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Yale Law helps win reproductive rights case in San Francisco

July 17, 2017

YALE LAW SCHOOL – The San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project has helped secure a major victory for reproductive justice.

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Iowa Law clinic takes part in initiative to limit physical restraints and seclusion in Iowa schools

July 17, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW – University of Iowa Law and Policy in Action Clinic law students and faculty are playing a pivotal role in an initiative to limit the use of physical restraints or seclusion rooms in Iowa schools.

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Mississippi Law’s Justice Center helps achieve settlement agreement for clients in federal class-action suit

July 17, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW – The Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Mississippi announced a settlement agreement in their federal class-action suit Burks v. Scott County, Mississippi.

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Duke Law’s Civil Justice Clinic pilots program to defend against evictions

July 17, 2017

DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – The Eviction Diversion Program has been accepted by Durham County court and social services administrators as a pilot program with a projected start date of August 1.

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Yale Law’s Center for Global Legal Challenges files student-researched amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court

July 17, 2017

YALE LAW SCHOOL – Professor Hathaway was assisted by several Yale Law School students and recent graduates who collaborated in the researching and drafting of the brief.

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Duke Law students benefit from self-designed course on African development trends

July 17, 2017

DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Last spring, Liz Wangu ’16 and nine other Duke Law students undertook a self-directed examination of the legal, political, economic, and social landscape of sub-Saharan Africa.

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