Harvard Law students engage in advocacy through film
HARVARD LAW TODAY – Harvard law students, Andrea Clay ’16 and Sam Koplewicz ’16, discuss the impact of documentary storytelling in their advocacy work.
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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – An international team of law students featuring Fordham Law School 2L Carolina van der Mensbrugghe claimed top honors at the global Law Without Walls ConPosium in Miami last month with a phone app designed to help public defenders better represent their clients at sentencing hearings.
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CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SCHOOL OF LAW – CUNY Law’s Student Advocacy Project represented half a dozen students in Queens in suspension hearings before a division in the city’s Department of Education.
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IIT CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW – Chicago-Kent Law student Karen Vaysman ’17, in collaboration with Distinguished Professor Richard Wright, presented a scholarly paper to leading private law scholars from around the world at the biennial Obligations Conference, held July 19 to 22 at Downing College at the University of Cambridge in England.
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CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA – In 2014, the Clemency Project was added to the clinic through a partnership with former Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Boston University School of Law students, Noel Chavez and Katherine Fahey, of the Immigrants’ Right Clinic persuaded a judge that the US had an obligation to allow their client to remain in the country because of threats she faced in her home country of Haiti.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Through the Housing, Employment, Family & Disability Clinic, Boston University School of Law students Hannah Chapel and Adrienne Langlois were able to help their client, “Sity,” finalize divorce papers from an abusive marriage and create a safe living environment for her and her son.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Lilly Feinberg argued in a report she wrote for Senator Cynthia Creem’s office, the rate of cancer deaths has risen precipitously since chemical flame retardants first appeared in household products in the 1970s.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW – American University Washington College of Law students participating in the International Organizations, Law and Diplomacy summer program in Geneva, Switzerland, accompanied by Professor Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon had the opportunity to witness an historic resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW – A group of American University Washington College of Law students got the chance to explore the legal implications of social media platforms in a summer seminar, “Social Media and the Law.” The course explored topics impacted by social media including ethics, privacy, national security, speech, defamation, intellectual property, e-discovery and employment law.
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