FIU Law clinic students help children of immigrants with work permits and temporary protection

June 22, 2015

FIU MAGAZINE – Florida International University’s Carlos A. Costa Immigration and Human Rights Clinic has become an important provider of legal services to the poor while giving law students the opportunity to practice under the supervision of seasoned attorneys.

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Kansas Law class on human trafficking aids victims

June 8, 2015

LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD – Kansas University clinical associate professor Katie Cronin taught KU’s first Human Trafficking Law and Policy class this spring, where law students went to work on real cases.

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Penn Law students honored by U.S. military for their work on interdicting foreign terrorist fighters

June 8, 2015

PENN LAW – Six students in Robinson’s spring course, “Using Law to Interdict Foreign Terrorist Fighters,” received an official commendation recognizing their “outstanding support to Special Operations Command Pacific,” and each was awarded a special military coin from the SOCPAC Commander.

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UNM Law School uses AMC’s ‘Breaking Bad’ as inspiration for latest law journal

June 8, 2015

LAW STREET – A class at the University of New Mexico Law School analyzed the legal issues surrounding this popular television show and published their findings in a student-run journal for the school.

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Loyola law student earns J.D. after spending 10 years in prison due to wrongful conviction

May 26, 2015

WBBM-TV (CBS CHICAGO) – Jarrett Adams received his law degree from Loyola after spending 10 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

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Harvard Law School increases mandatory pro bono requirement for students to 50 hours

May 11, 2015

HARVARD LAW TODAY — The Harvard Law School faculty has voted to increase the school’s mandatory pro bono service requirement for students from 40 hours to 50 hours of service during the students’ three years of law school.

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UVA law clinic broadens Supreme Court docket

March 2, 2015

CBS NEWS — A law professor and his students prepare to take a case over gun ownership rights to the high court.

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Clinics at Miami and University of Chicago Law report on impact of deportations to Haiti

February 23, 2015

MIAMI COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS — A report documenting the failure of the United States to safeguard the human rights of those it deports to post-earthquake Haiti has been released by the Human Rights and Immigration Clinics at the University of Miami School of Law and the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago School of…

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Idaho Law students lobby to remove copyrights on state laws

February 23, 2015

TIMES-NEWS — A group of University of Idaho law school students is backing legislation that would remove Idaho’s copyright on its state laws and make them part of the public domain.

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Tips for prospective law students in determining return on investment

January 26, 2015

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — For all that’s uncertain about the future of legal education in America, some things remain consistent.

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