Duke Law entrepreneurship LL.M students to participate in summer program in Silicon Valley

April 19, 2016

DUKE UNIVERSITY – Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative and Law School are launching a summer program that takes graduate students to the world’s hub for technical innovation and enterprise.

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Tulsa Law student shares public defender internship experience

April 19, 2016

TULSA BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS – Katie Dunning wanted to be a prosecutor. But her goals changed during her internship at the Tulsa County Public Defender’s office.

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Tennessee Law’s Appellate Litigation Clinic argues two cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

April 11, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE – KNOXVILLE – Students of the University of Tennessee College of Law’s Appellate Litigation Clinic recently traveled to Cincinnati to argue two cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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NCCU School of Law launches new intellectual property law institute

April 11, 2016

NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY – North Carolina Central University School of Law is establishing a new Intellectual Property (IP) Law Institute that will provide legal expertise, curriculum and training for students while serving the public interest.

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Yale Law mortgage foreclosure clinic initiates pilot program to help residents

April 11, 2016

YALE LAW SCHOOL – After months of advocating the state of Connecticut to change the rules to allow for limited-scope representation, and working with court officials to sort out legal profession’s ethical details, the clinic got the green light to launch the Attorney for Short Calendar pilot program (ASC) this Spring.

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West Virginia University Law helps three prisoners get clemency as a result of summer clinic work

April 11, 2016

THE DOMINION POST – Three of the people who will soon be leaving federal prisons because of a Presidential clemency order had their cases handled through a WVU program.

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University of Tulsa Law students gain confidence and direction through mock trial competition experience

April 11, 2016

TULSA BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS – Mock trial competition can refocus legal careers. Some University of Tulsa College of Law students learned they really preferred a different course of study and more about themselves.

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Clinic at Yale Law School highlights need to protect veterans from predatory colleges

April 11, 2016

YALE LAW SCHOOL – Senator Richard Blumenthal ’73 and the advocacy group Veterans Education Success have called on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to act against the deceptive recruitment of veterans by predatory colleges citing a recent legal memorandum produced by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School.

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Harvard Law students spend spring break working with clinics and legal organizations

April 11, 2016

HARVARD LAW TODAY – This year, during the week of March 11-18, students worked locally at the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association; at Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS)/Legal Advocacy and Resource Center (LARC); and at the law school’s own Legal Services Center (LSC)/Veterans Legal Clinic.

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Former Miami Law immigration clinic students provide legal service to immigrants throughout the county

April 7, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW – Brittany Young, JD ‘12, is the Immigration and Refugee Case Manager at Catholic Charities of West Virginia. Young is one of many former Immigration Clinic students who have successfully pursued careers in immigration law.

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