A look at Willamette Law Community and Environmental Law Clinic
WILLAMETTE LAW — Students in the Community and Environmental Justice Clinic (CEJC) at Willamette Law, are given the opportunity to work on real legal casework as part of the clinic. New to Willamette Law in 2021, the clinic is headed by Professor Sarah Matsumoto, who previously worked as an attorney in public interest environmental law.…
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I — The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law has hired its inaugural Innovator in Residence as part of the Dean’s Innovation Fund, which will allow Dean Camille Nelson to bring the type of innovative approach that drives business into legal education. The Dean’s Innovation Fund was created…
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LAW — With a four-year, $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Nebraska historians William Thomas, Katrina Jagodinsky and Jeannette Eileen Jones, with collaborators from the College of Law, will establish an academic program that enables undergraduate and graduate students to study how marginalized groups in American history — enslaved…
Read More about Grant to University of Nebraska Law will fund research into the connection between law and race in American historyPace Law opens legal call-in center for community
PACE LAW — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University has opened Westchester County’s first Legal Hand Call-in Center, in partnership with Legal Hand, Inc., an innovative community-based service. Legal Hand is based on the powerful idea of Neighbors helping Neighbors. Legal Hand’s highly trained non-lawyer volunteers are available to community members to…
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MERCY LAW — Mercer Law School has launched a new program to help Central Georgians file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief who otherwise would not be able to afford it. Mercer law students are working under the supervision of mentor attorneys to provide no-cost legal assistance to qualified people who could not otherwise afford to…
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PACE UNIVERSITY ELISABETH HAUB LAW — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University has partnered with Legal Hand, Inc., a New York State not-for-profit corporation, to launch the Legal Hand Call-In Center serving Westchester County. The virtual center is staffed and operated by Haub Law, and is scheduled to open for visitors this…
Read More about Pace Law opens legal advice call-in center for local communityEmory Law Environmental Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiative aims to promote diversity in environmental law
EMORY UNIVERSITY LAW — Emory University School of Law has a newly established diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program with goals to grow diversity in the practice of environmental law. The Environmental Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiative will provide annual scholarships and summer stipends to diverse students. Students will have opportunities to engage with environmental…
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FORDHAM LAW — The Center on Asian Americans and the Law, Fordham Law School’s newest academic center, celebrated its formal launch on November 9. Co-directed by Senior U.S. Circuit Court Judge Denny Chin, Lawrence W. Pierce Distinguished Jurist in Residence, and Thomas H. Lee, Leitner Family Professor of International Law, the center is among the…
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PENN STATE UNIVERSITY CAREY LAW — In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, individuals and communities across the country are committing to a day of service. Dr. King’s unwavering vision for change radically altered civil rights protections and inspired generations of activists dedicated to continuing his work to dismantle the systems of oppression…
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RUTGERS LAW — In response to the growing homeless problem, the New Jersey Housing Justice Corps (HJC) officially launched in September 2022. HJC is a fellowship program designed to address housing instability by placing recent law school graduates and newer attorneys in public interest organizations throughout the state. Depending on their host organization, fellows may…
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