University of Washington Law students help wrongly convicted through Innocence Project NW
KXLY (SPOKANE) – Most law students go to school, hoping to some day make a change. For students involved with clinics at Innocence Project NW, they’re not waiting until after graduation to free the innocent and change the criminal justice system.
Read More about University of Washington Law students help wrongly convicted through Innocence Project NWIndiana Maurer School of Law students offer legal advice to incarcerated though Inmate Legal Assistance Project
INDIANA DAILY STUDENT – The Inmate Legal Assistance Project is student-run at IU and funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. Students don’t give legal advice, but provide legal research assistance to inmates.
Read More about Indiana Maurer School of Law students offer legal advice to incarcerated though Inmate Legal Assistance ProjectTexas A&M Law Family Law and Benefits Clinic to open services for veterans
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY – The Veterans Project enables the clinic to represent qualifying low-income veterans in family law cases, Social Security disability cases and veterans disability benefits.
Read More about Texas A&M Law Family Law and Benefits Clinic to open services for veteransWashburn Law hosts legal clinic for veterans with variety of services
WIBW (TOPEKA) – The students will assist the veterans with any issues they may have on their wills, living wills, or the topic of Durable Powers of Attorney.
Read More about Washburn Law hosts legal clinic for veterans with variety of servicesSouth Dakota Law offers free tax services and advice to students
THE VOLANTE – The USD School of Law does offer a separate free service for income-eligible students at their Federal Tax Clinic.
Read More about South Dakota Law offers free tax services and advice to studentsMarquette Law students share experience studying international conflict resolution in Cuba through exchange program
MARQUETTE WIRE – Over winter break, the Marquette Law School allowed 25 students and six faculty members to embark on a six-day journey to Havana, Cuba, during winter break.
Read More about Marquette Law students share experience studying international conflict resolution in Cuba through exchange programYale Law School clinic files lawsuit on behalf of individuals quarantined in Connecticut during Ebola outbreak
WTIC (FOX CONNECTICUT) – Yale Law School students filed the federal lawsuit Monday. The law students say the plaintiffs had no Ebola symptoms but were quarantined for two to three weeks.
Read More about Yale Law School clinic files lawsuit on behalf of individuals quarantined in Connecticut during Ebola outbreakRutgers Law School wins Mid-Atlantic Black Law Students Association’s mock trial competition
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY – Rutgers Law School earned first place at the Mid-Atlantic Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition in Philadelphia.
Read More about Rutgers Law School wins Mid-Atlantic Black Law Students Association’s mock trial competitionIndiana Maurer School of Law students aid local residents with low income tax filing
WFHB (Bloomington) – Indiana University students from the Maurer School of Law and Kelley School of Business are helping local residents with their taxes. Local taxpayers who have an annual income of less than $54,000 are eligible for help filing state and federal tax returns.
Read More about Indiana Maurer School of Law students aid local residents with low income tax filingTexas Tech Law students represent indigent clients in rural counties
LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL – Texas Tech School of Law’s Caprock Regional Public Defender Office sends third-year students to try or plea-bargain criminal cases in a dozen or so rural counties. Clients have been ruled indigent, or lacking funds to pay for a private attorney.
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