University of Miami Environmental Justice Clinic helps local residents fight environmental risks
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.
Read More about University of Miami Environmental Justice Clinic helps local residents fight environmental risksNotre Dame Law Religious Liberty Clinic helps found first religious charter school
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.
Read More about Notre Dame Law Religious Liberty Clinic helps found first religious charter schoolRutgers Law Legislative Advocacy Clinic advances two bills in New Jersey
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…
Read More about Rutgers Law Legislative Advocacy Clinic advances two bills in New JerseyRutgers Law Education and Health Law Clinic works to improve window guard laws
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…
Read More about Rutgers Law Education and Health Law Clinic works to improve window guard lawsUSC Gould Law Mediation Clinic works on federal employee cases
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.
Read More about USC Gould Law Mediation Clinic works on federal employee casesUSC Gould Law student Bryce Bark discusses experiences with school’s Small Business Clinic
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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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.”
Read More about Advice for first-year law students pursuing a career in public serviceBoston College Law student Samantha Pearlman runs for Mayor in Marlborough, Massachusetts
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.
Read More about Boston College Law student Samantha Pearlman runs for Mayor in Marlborough, MassachusettsGrant to University at Buffalo Law to support Community Engagement Legal Clinic
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.
Read More about Grant to University at Buffalo Law to support Community Engagement Legal ClinicUniversity of Miami Law Immigration Clinic wins case for torture survivor
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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