Law students argue cases pro bono in front of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals through program

March 27, 2017

U.S. NEWS – Andrews is among scores of students who have had the opportunity to argue at the 9th Circuit, based in San Francisco, under an unusual program that offers law schools the opportunity to take on appeals.

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Temple Law students help change Philadelphia practice of billing parents for incarceration of their children

March 27, 2017

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY – Law students’ investigation of Philadelphia’s policy of billing parents for the cost of incarcerating their children prompted the city to put an end to the practice.

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Harvard Law students support refugees during hearing in front of Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

March 27, 2017

HARVARD CRIMSON – Two students from Harvard Law School’s Immigration and Refugee Clinic argued that the United States was no longer a “safe country” for refugees before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, D.C.

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UCLA Law’s Critical Race Studies Program helps Los Angeles set policy for police body camera footage

March 27, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW – UCLA School of Law’s Critical Race Studies Program has joined to help establish LAPD policy for the release of body camera footage taken following officer-involved shootings and other critical incidents.

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WVU Law students help former Army medic win education benefits

March 27, 2017

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY – Student attorneys in the Veterans Advocacy Law Clinic at West Virginia University recently helped a former Army Ranger pursue his dream of becoming a medical doctor.

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Loyola Law Los Angeles Project for the Innocent helps free wrongfully convicted man

March 27, 2017

CBS NEWS – Loyola Law School’s Project for the Innocent, which fought for Wilson’s release, pointed to numerous due-process violations.

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Richmond Law students create report on addressing poverty in city as part of new class

March 27, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND – Students launched into a week-long, intensive study of poverty in the Richmond area over the spring 2017 semester break by getting out of the classroom and into the community.

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Penn State Law Civil Rights Appellate Clinic files Supreme Court amicus brief for Federal workplace rights case

March 27, 2017

PENN STATE LAW – The clinic filed its brief on behalf of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association in Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board.

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