Brooklyn Law School’s Disability and Civil Rights Clinic challenges discriminatory actions against client

January 30, 2017

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL – Lauren Wechsler, a 30-year-old-woman with severe developmental disabilities, is no longer confined to her home following the year-long advocacy of students in the Disability and Civil Rights Clinic.

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UVA Law litigation clinic’s workers’ rights case to be heard by Supreme Court

January 30, 2017

CAVALIER DAILY – A University Law School clinic case is advancing to the U.S. Supreme Court. Epic Systems v. Lewis was granted certiorari Jan. 13, and will likely be heard by the nation’s highest court in April.

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Colorado Law launches technology platform to support legal clinics

January 30, 2017

YAHOO FINANCE – The University of Colorado Law School has deployed Ericom AccessNow to support its nine on-campus legal clinics, where students have the opportunity to practice law with faculty guidance.

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University of Mississippi Law student selected to join state’s opioid and heroin task force

January 30, 2017

OXFORD EAGLE – Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant has appointed Ole Miss law student Josh Horton to the state’s Opioid and Heroin Study Task Force.

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Three Penn Law students receive public interest fellowships

January 30, 2017

DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN – Three Penn Law students and a recent alumna have been awarded national fellowships in the public interest sector that will enable them to use their educations for civic good.

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IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law team wins the Best Written Materials Award at the 2017 National Baseball Arbitration Competition

January 30, 2017

ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – The Chicago-Kent College of Law team of Sean Fitzgerald ’19, Daniel Haze ’18, and Mark Reel ’17 won the Best Written Materials Award at the 2017 National Baseball Arbitration Competition.

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Syracuse Law hosts Fulbright students from Eurasia for LL.M. program in American Law

January 30, 2017

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY – Kseniia Guliaeva, Jeyhun Haqverdiyev and Shahnoz Mamadatoeva are studying at the College of Law as Fulbright students.

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UVA Law health law clinic assists clients’ needs in shifting legal landscape

January 30, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW – The hands-on course gives students experience filing benefits claims, responding to Social Security overpayments, and drafting wills, advanced directives and powers of attorney, among other legal tasks.

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UVA Law student opens up about her White House internship in final months of Obama presidency

January 26, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW – As the nation transitions to a new presidency, Tuba Ahmed, a third-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law, will return to her classes this semester with tales from the previous one.

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Yale Law School study find Asian-Americans are underrepresented in influential legal jobs

January 23, 2017

ASSOCIATED PRESS – Findings emerged from a new study by Liu and law students at Yale University that provides a portrait of Asian-Americans in the legal profession.

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