Valparaiso Law student pursues dream despite disability
NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES – Amanda Bagwell is unable to see, but she has a clear vision of what she wants to do with her life. Bagwell, 23, of Kokomo, is a first-year law student at the Valparaiso University School of Law.
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SETON HALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – The Center for Social Justice celebrated a victory in February: the Immigrants’ Rights/International Human Rights Clinic obtained asylum for a woman and her two children, survivors of severe domestic violence and child abuse in their native Honduras.
Read More about Seton Hall Law international human rights clinic obtains asylum for abused familyVermont Law School students volunteer legal assistance to asylum-seeking mothers and children in detention centers
VT DIGGER – This month a group of Vermont Law School students volunteered with the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project in Texas to provide legal assistance to asylum-seeking mothers and children being held at detention centers by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Read More about Vermont Law School students volunteer legal assistance to asylum-seeking mothers and children in detention centersIndiana Maurer Law provides free tax assistance through clinics
INDIANA DAILY STUDENT – The IU IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program helps hundreds of local taxpayers file state and federal tax returns every year.
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KNPR (NPR NEVADA) – In its fourth year, it’s a law school program to expose students to the rural court system in Nevada.
Read More about UNLV Law students learn about Nevada’s rural court system for alternative spring breakFormer professional musician finds renewed calling as Detroit Mercy Law student
THE DETROIT NEWS – Ryan J. VanOver’s life as a student at Detroit Mercy Law is a far cry from his previous persona as professional musician by the name of Ty Stone, whose brand of southern rock/country music was discovered by Kid Rock.
Read More about Former professional musician finds renewed calling as Detroit Mercy Law studentHarvard Law students take online business fundamentals program through business school
HARVARD LAW TODAY – HBX Credential of Readiness (CORe)—the online business fundamentals program launched by Harvard Business School in June 2014 to provide a strong foundation in the language and tools of business—will be offered to entering students at Harvard Law School for the second consecutive year.
Read More about Harvard Law students take online business fundamentals program through business schoolSeattle Law international human rights clinic aids in release of activist from Mexican prison
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER – Salgado’s release came in large part through more than two years of efforts by Seattle University School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic, which argued her cause before the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Read More about Seattle Law international human rights clinic aids in release of activist from Mexican prisonYale Law’s Media and Freedom Information Access Clinic wins lethal injection case in Missouri
YALE LAW SCHOOL – The Media and Freedom Information Access Clinic secured a victory in a Missouri Circuit Court on March 21, 2016 when a judge ruled that the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) was required under state law to disclose the names of the pharmacies from which it purchases the drugs used to execute…
Read More about Yale Law’s Media and Freedom Information Access Clinic wins lethal injection case in MissouriLouisville Brandeis School of Law students win national employment law moot court competition
THE LANE REPORT – The University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law’s Moot Court Team of Megan Diffenderfer, Kellie Money and Carolyn Purcell won the national championship March 20 at the 40th annual Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition.
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