Albany Law announces Human Resources: Law, Leadership, and Policy graduate program

November 5, 2020

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law School announced today a new suite of online graduate programs for professionals seeking to advance their careers in human resources. Law, Leadership, and Policy is offered in three tracks, all offered 100% online. The law school is currently accepting applications for the inaugural term.

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Louisiana State University Law receives grant to establish Wrongful Conviction Clinic

November 4, 2020

WBRZ 2 ABC — LSU Law, in partnership with the Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO), has received a nearly $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to review select cases of incarcerated people who have claims of innocence. The two-year grant establishes the Wrongful Conviction Clinic at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.

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Wayne Law to launch Community Advocacy Clinic and Immigration Appellate Advocacy Clinic in 2021

October 27, 2020

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — Wayne State University Law School is expanding its clinical program in winter 2021 to offer a new Community Advocacy Clinic and an Immigration Appellate Advocacy Clinic. Both clinics prioritize the enrollment of part-time students who often work during the day and experience scheduling challenges.

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UC Berkeley Law Center for Law, Energy & the Environment launches GrizzlyCorps to help farm and forest communities

October 21, 2020

UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Berkeley Law’s top-ranked environmental law program is blazing yet another new trail with the launch of GrizzlyCorps. GrizzlyCorps is a nascent AmeriCorps effort that sends recent college graduates to work in farm and forest communities across California. Each year, the initiative will select 20 fellows.

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Indiana University McKinney Law launches intellectual property clinic

October 21, 2020

INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — IU McKinney has just launched a new intellectual property law clinic. It came about when a law student was seeking an externship opportunity for Summer 2020; he needed to replace the one that fell through once the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States.

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Arizona State University Law launches Indian gaming and self-governance programs

October 15, 2020

WHITE MOUNTAIN INDEPENDENT — Continuing to grow its renowned Indian Legal Program, the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University has launched the nation’s first programs in Indian Gaming and Self-Governance, further expanding students’ opportunities to make an impact in tribal communities.

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CSU Cleveland-Marshall Law dean Lee Fisher develops course on structural racism in the legal system

October 7, 2020

CSU CLEVELAND-MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW — As part of CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s Call to Action to end racism and injustice, Dean Lee Fisher developed and is teaching a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary course, Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI).

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University at Buffalo Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy launches podcast, blog, and online magazine

October 6, 2020

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — With a triple-threat array of information initiatives, the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy is expanding its reach, inviting new scholars into the discussion, and building upon the interdisciplinary relationships that make it unique.

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UCLA Law welcomes Master of Legal Studies inaugural class

October 6, 2020

UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — CEOs, health care administrators, entertainment industry executives, journalists, nonprofit leaders and even a UCLA Bruin football defensive back are among the first 41 students to enter the new UCLA School of Law Master of Legal Studies program this year.

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Samford University Cumberland School of Law launches Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic

October 6, 2020

HOMEWOOD STAR — Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law has launched the first full-service law school clinic in Alabama for veterans. The Cumberland Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic (C-VETS) provides free legal assistance to veterans and their families in an eight-county area of North Central Alabama including Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Cullman, Etowah, Jefferson, Shelby and Walker counties.

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