Gift to Howard Law to fund clinic on heirs property issues

October 12, 2023

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER — JPMorgan Chase Bank, in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, announced the funding of a $900,000 gift to the Howard University School of Law for a clinic designed to help people dealing with the issue of heirs property Tuesday.

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Gift to Notre Dame Law to support Exoneration Justice Clinic

October 11, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic has been awarded a $3 million grant to administer a program for the defense of Mexican nationals in criminal matters in the United States (“PDM”). 

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Rutgers Law International Human Rights Clinic secures asylum for Mexican journalist

October 11, 2023

RUTGERS — Emilio Gutierrez is an award-winning Mexican journalist, devoted father, University of Michigan Knight-Wallace Fellowship recipient, and National Press Club honoree.

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SMU Dedman Law celebrates 75 years of pro bono clinics

October 11, 2023

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS — The Clinical Program at SMU Dedman School of Law celebrates its 75th anniversary this week, and there is much to celebrate. 

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University of Miami Law Human Rights Clinic publishes trans rights report

October 3, 2023

UMIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Florida has a long history of discrimination against the LGBT+ community and has recently become a hot spot for attacks against transgender individuals with a spate of anti-trans legislation.

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University of New Hampshire Law hosts public defenders for talk on the value of public service

October 3, 2023

CONCORD MONITOR — The panel, which is being hosted in law schools throughout the country by the U.S. Department of Justice seeks to address the critical need for public defenders, the future of public defense in rural and indigent communities and the benefits and challenges of working in public defense. 

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Boston University Law partners with MIT on Student Innovations Law Clinic

September 27, 2023

BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Created from the Startup Law and Technology Law Clinics, the newly unified clinic offers a one-stop shop for BU and MIT students engaged in innovative and entrepreneurial activities.

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UC Irvine Law Workers, Law and Organizing Clinic secures settlement for Central Valley packing plant workers

September 27, 2023

UCI LAW — Second-year students in the Workers, Law and Organizing Clinic (WLO) at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) secured a settlement from a packing plant in the Central Valley of California for retaliation against worker-leaders due to their protests during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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University of the Pacific McGeorge Law’s Homeless Advocacy Clinic secures victory for Sacramento’s unhoused and low-income community

September 26, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC — The Homeless Advocacy Clinic at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law played a critical role in saving homeless and other low-income people across Sacramento more than $162 million in court fines and fees.

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Notre Dame Law Religious Liberty Clinic represents client in asylum proceedings

September 26, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinicrepresented an Iranian convert to Christianity in his asylum proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). 

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