University of Miami Environmental Justice Clinic helps local residents fight environmental risks

September 15, 2023

NEWS @ THE U — Overtown opened its arms to Casey Munga nine years ago. That’s when the single mother of one moved to the historic Miami neighborhood after becoming homeless and nearly losing her son to a bout with sepsis that left him in a wheelchair. 

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Notre Dame Law Religious Liberty Clinic helps found first religious charter school

September 15, 2023

THE OBSERVER — In Oklahoma, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School is hard at work to welcome its first 500 students by fall of 2024 as it aims to become the first religious charter school in the nation, said Brett Farley, Executive Director of the Catholic Conference of Oklahoma.

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Rutgers Law Legislative Advocacy Clinic advances two bills in New Jersey  

September 13, 2023

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY — Though law students are no strangers to research, it’s rare for their work to land on the floor of a governing body and lead to concrete legal change, all before they pass the bar. But that’s just what happened after Professor Ruth Anne Robbins reached out to members of the New Jersey Legislature and

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Rutgers Law Education and Health Law Clinic works to improve window guard laws

September 13, 2023

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY — Anyone with a young child knows they can be inquisitive and daring, and that it only takes one moment for an accident to happen. But a new Newark, New Jersey amendment is protecting families from one significant safety hazard, thanks to help from multiple teams of students across Rutgers Law School, Rutgers

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USC Gould Law Mediation Clinic works on federal employee cases

September 13, 2023

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — A long-standing partnership between USC Gould School of Law’s Mediation Clinic and the Los Angeles office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission gives Gould students an opportunity to work with an influential alumna and helps the EEOC manage its workload.

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USC Gould Law student Bryce Bark discusses experiences with school’s Small Business Clinic

September 13, 2023

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Helping a small symphony in Los Angeles legally form as a business in 2022 hit the right note for 3L Bryce Bark.

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Advice for first-year law students pursuing a career in public service

September 12, 2023

PENN CAREY LAW — For the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Jamie Reisman, Associate Director for JD Counseling & Public Sector Careers, has published “1L Career Strategy and Top FAQs from 1Ls Pursuing Public Sector Opportunities.” 

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Boston College Law student Samantha Pearlman runs for Mayor in Marlborough, Massachusetts

September 12, 2023

THE NATIONAL JURIST — While most law students want to be lawyers, some end up taking other paths. And that can be said for, Samantha Perlman.

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Grant to University at Buffalo Law to support Community Engagement Legal Clinic

September 12, 2023

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO HEALTH CENTER — Unemployed individuals in Western New York have a new ally in gaining life-sustaining benefits, with a state grant to support the work of student attorneys at the University at Buffalo School of Law.

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University of Miami Law Immigration Clinic wins case for torture survivor

September 11, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Four students in the Immigration Clinic halted the deportation of a client from South America who his government had tortured. The client, who has been in immigration detention at Baker County Jail since last year, hopes to be released soon.

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