University of Virginia Law launches CARES project to answer unemployment benefit questions
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The project is named after the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, recently passed by Congress. The legislation adds $600 per week in federal unemployment benefits for up to four months, in addition to what workers receive from the state. The new benefits start this…
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UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — When most people think of a law degree, they have the Juris Doctor degree in mind. You go to law school for three or more years and earn your J.D. Then you pass the bar exam and start working for a law firm, or in the court system or…
Read More about A look at Akron Law’s Master of Studies in Law programUC Irvine Law Immigrant Rights Clinic secures release of detainees at ICE facility
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Over the past week, students and faculty with the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Immigrant Rights Clinic (IRC) have filed three petitions for writs of habeas corpus on behalf of immigrants detained at the Adelanto ICE Detention Facility in Adelanto, California who are at heightened risk…
Read More about UC Irvine Law Immigrant Rights Clinic secures release of detainees at ICE facilitySanta Clara Law’s Northern California Innocence Project assists in overturning wrongful murder conviction
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On March 3, 2020 the Superior Court of California of Sacramento County overturned the murder conviction of Jeremy Puckett, who has spent the last 19 years wrongfully incarcerated for murder and today the Sacramento District Attorney’s office dropped all charges and Mr. Puckett walked free.
Read More about Santa Clara Law’s Northern California Innocence Project assists in overturning wrongful murder convictionLewis & Clark Law Center for Animal Law Studies launches international wildlife clinic
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) and the Environmental Law Program at Lewis & Clark Law School are pleased to announce a new International Wildlife Law Clinic. The Clinic will provide a forum for CALS’ Animal Law LLM students to study international wildlife law in a clinic setting with the…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law Center for Animal Law Studies launches international wildlife clinicPenn Law Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law and The Annenberg Public Policy Center collaborate to advance rule of law in democratic institutions
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) and Penn Law’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL) have formed an alliance to promote and strengthen the rule of law in democratic institutions, the University of Pennsylvania public policy centers announced today.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Syracuse University College of Law is pleased to announce the launch of its new Doctor of Juridical Science in Law (Scientiae Juridicae Doctor, or S.J.D.) degree program. This is the third programmatic announcement in the 2019-2020 academic year for the College of Law…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The Health Law & Policy Institute has launched a COVID-19 Pandemic Legal Resources for Texas page on the University of Houston Law Center website.
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — The Center for Legal and Court Technology (CLCT) and William & Mary Law School have announced that the new, interdisciplinary seminar “Cyber & Information Security Essentials” is now in full swing.
Read More about William & Mary Law launches cybersecurity course with Center for Legal and Court TechnologyYale Law Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic files amicus brief to Supreme Court on national security case
YALE LAW SCHOOL — On March 4, 2020, the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic at Yale Law School filed an amicus brief in support of respondents at the United States Supreme Court in the consolidated cases of Trump v. Mazars USA and Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG, which the Court will hear on March 31, 2020.
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