Idaho Law students organize free monthly legal aid clinic for veterans
THE WASHINGTON TIMES – The clinic is the product of nearly two years of work by UI law students Heather Norton and Dennis Cygan, who are co-presidents of the law school’s Veteran Law Association. Their goal is to provide on-the-spot, free legal assistance to veterans unable to afford an attorney regarding a number of civil…
Read More about Idaho Law students organize free monthly legal aid clinic for veteransYale Law clinic contributes to investigation of Myanmar genocide
AL JAZEERA AMERICA – Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has uncovered what it says amounts to “strong evidence” of a genocide coordinated by the Myanmar government against the Rohingya people, according to an assessment by Yale University Law School.
Read More about Yale Law clinic contributes to investigation of Myanmar genocidePenn State Law’s family clinic proposes proclamation for freedom from domestic violence as a human right
ONWARD STATE – Students from the Penn State Law School’s Family Law Clinic proposed a proclamation declaring freedom from domestic violence to be a fundamental human right.
Read More about Penn State Law’s family clinic proposes proclamation for freedom from domestic violence as a human rightFlorida International Law’s Black Law Student Association reaches out to high school students
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY LAW – On Friday, October 16, the FIU Law H.T. Smith Black Law Student Association (BLSA) through its BLSA Reaching Out (BRO) program, hosted its annual Law Student for a Day Program – a progressive endeavor aimed at propelling the experiences and academic perspective of high school students in Miami-Dade County by…
Read More about Florida International Law’s Black Law Student Association reaches out to high school studentsCincinnati Law students defend wrongfully convicted individuals alongside innocence project
THE NEWS RECORD – In coincidence with the second annual International Wrongful Conviction Day, the University of Cincinnati’s Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday presented a collaborative effort between UC’s College of Law and the Ohio Innocence Project (OIP).
Read More about Cincinnati Law students defend wrongfully convicted individuals alongside innocence projectVermont Law student founds initiative to empower incarcerated women through debate skills
VPR (NPR VERMONT) – Last spring, a Vermont Law School student named Jessica Bullock did something unprecedented at the all-female prison. With help from the University of Vermont debate team she started teaching incarcerated women how to debate issues they care about.
Read More about Vermont Law student founds initiative to empower incarcerated women through debate skillsHarvard Law’s Community Enterprise Project publishes legal handbook for immigrant entrepreneurs
HARVARD LAW TODAY – Harvard Law School’s Community Enterprise Project has published a first-of-its kind guidebook for immigrant entrepreneurs. The guidebook offers a comprehensive analysis of the many legal implications of immigrant entrepreneurship.
Read More about Harvard Law’s Community Enterprise Project publishes legal handbook for immigrant entrepreneursCUNY Law assists Guantanamo detainee set to be freed
THE GUARDIAN – Ramzi Kassem, a law professor at the City University of New York who, with his students, co-represents Aamer, told Aamer the news of his impending release in person at Guantánamo. Aamer initially did not believe him, he said.
Read More about CUNY Law assists Guantanamo detainee set to be freedLewis & Clark Law provides law student with hands-on experience through new Criminal Justice Reform Clinic
LAW STREET – A new clinic called the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic is a collaboration between the law school and the Oregon Justice Resource Center (OJRC) and will benefit both law school students, and members of the community in need of legal resources.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law provides law student with hands-on experience through new Criminal Justice Reform ClinicNorthern Illinois Law students assist patients-in-need through medical-legal partnership clinic
DAILY HERALD – The 60-year-old was denied Social Security disability benefits two years ago and told to appeal locally because the government thought he had other income sources. But that all changed after he was referred to the Northern Illinois University Health Advocacy Clinic, a rare partnership between doctors and lawyers launched in Aurora a…
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