Students at five law schools to develop ideas for legal tech products during Thomson Reuters product design challenge

November 7, 2016

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL – Teams of business- and entrepreneurially-minded students will work together to develop proposals to expand the capabilities of TR’s Practice Point.

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Indiana McKinney Law professor, alumna and student collaborate on project to create to Service Member Civil Relief Act

November 7, 2016

INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW – Professor Carrie Hagan, Sarah Thurman, ’16, and 3L Nasha Baughman have completed a project with Army OneSource and the Servicemember Civil Relief Act Foundation to create the Indiana Judge’s Guide to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

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Duquesne Law’s Juvenile Defender Clinic helps clear juvenile records

November 7, 2016

DUQUESNE DUKE – Duquesne’s Juvenile Defender Clinic won a $100,000 grant to help current or potential public housing residents with juvenile records to attain or keep their homes.

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Marquette Law student assists veterans with legal advice through clinic

November 7, 2016

BEFORE THE BAR – By observing Darnieder and being involved in the case, Scott was given an up-close view of the process, specific legal issues and the resolution of this case.

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UVA Law students take up disability claims for disabled veterans

November 7, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW – A team of University of Virginia School of Law students and local attorneys is building a record of success in advocating for veterans pursuing disability claims.

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University of Maryland Law clinic frees man wrongly convicted of murder

November 7, 2016

WBAL (NBC BALTIMORE) – University of Maryland Carey School of Law Professor Renee Hutchins, who is the co-director of the Clinical Law Program, led the clemency petition effort for Grant, along with a team of students.

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Rutgers Law students offer free legal assistance to voters on Election Day

November 7, 2016

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY – If an Essex County resident goes to vote on Election Day and gets turned down at the polls, that voter can get free legal assistance from students at Rutgers Law School in Newark.

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IIT Chicago-Kent Law student wins best advocate award at national tournament

November 7, 2016

ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – Bryce Hensley, a third-year student at Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, has won the best advocate award at the 2016 Tournament of Champions.

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Wake Forest Law Health Law and Policy Program study looks at Medicaid and military veterans

November 7, 2016

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Wake Forest Law’s Mark A. Hall, professor of Law & Public Health, and Katherine E. Booth, Health Law and Policy research associate, have released the study entitled, “Can Medicaid help (North Carolina) military veterans?”

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Student in Texas A&M Law’s Advocacy Program wins individual mock trial award during national competition

November 7, 2016

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY – Second-year law student Elizabeth Anderson won Best Direct Examination at the Lone Star Classic Mock Trial Competition in San Antonio.

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