Boston College Law students Elizabeth Harrington and James Lopez Olvera selected for immigration law fellowship
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW — BC Law graduates Elizabeth Harrington and James Lopez Olvera have been selected by the Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC) as 2023 justice fellows. IJC works to address the critical need for legal representation in immigration by providing free, high-quality legal services. They recruit and train the fellows and then connect them with…
Read More about Boston College Law students Elizabeth Harrington and James Lopez Olvera selected for immigration law fellowshipUC Berkeley Law student Marah Ajilat discusses summer work helping victims of human rights violations
UC BERKELEY LAW — The annual Student Summer Series presents first-person reflections from a few Berkeley Law students who are engaged in intriguing summer work across a wide swath of practice areas. While only a sampling of the valuable job experience and skill development students gain all over the legal landscape, we hope the series…
Read More about UC Berkeley Law student Marah Ajilat discusses summer work helping victims of human rights violationsUC Law San Francisco student Jorryn Tovera discusses summer work helping immigrant children
UC LAW SAN FRANCISCO — UC Law SF student Jorryn Tovera is spending this summer working with Legal Services for Children (LSC), a San Francisco-based organization that provides free legal and social services to youths with immigration, education, foster care, or guardianship issues. Tovera, who has been helping young people get access to legal benefits…
Read More about UC Law San Francisco student Jorryn Tovera discusses summer work helping immigrant childrenUniversity of Connecticut Law to establish Transactional Law Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT LAW — The UConn School of Law is opening the Transactional Law Clinic, its seventh in-house legal clinic. The clinic will offer pro bono services to small businesses, nonprofit agencies, and individuals in transactional and regulatory matters. Casey Faucon, who started a similar clinic at the University of Alabama School of Law,…
Read More about University of Connecticut Law to establish Transactional Law ClinicUniversity of Georgia Law student Gordon Wayne walks to school to raise awareness for homelessness
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW — Caroline County native Gordon Wayne last week completed his second hundred-plus-mile walk to raise money for and awareness of the country’s homeless population. Wayne walked 569 miles on foot from Caroline to Athens, Georgia, home of the University of Georgia, where he will start law school next week. He left…
Read More about University of Georgia Law student Gordon Wayne walks to school to raise awareness for homelessnessUniversity of Illinois Law professor Janet Moore co-authors study on community-based participatory research
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LAW — Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an approach that connects academic researchers with community partners to inform project development. Where traditional research is often done “to” people, treating them as subjects with no agency, CBPR is a cooperative process incorporating the knowledge and direction of community members. A new study from…
Read More about University of Illinois Law professor Janet Moore co-authors study on community-based participatory researchUniversity of Iowa Law professor Diane Lourdes Dick conducts research on bank failures
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAW — This summer, Professor Diane Lourdes Dick is evaluating recent bank failures and the complicated tax questions that arise. She focuses her teaching and scholarship on business and tax law, with an emphasis on commercial finance, business bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring, and business entity taxation. Her scholarship has been showcased by…
Read More about University of Iowa Law professor Diane Lourdes Dick conducts research on bank failuresUniversity of Missouri Law to open Family Violence Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI LAW — The Family Violence Clinic at the University of Missouri is set to reopen its doors in January 2024. It is a safe haven for low-income victims of violence as well as a place for law students to gain experience to begin a career as an attorney.
Read More about University of Missouri Law to open Family Violence ClinicNotre Dame Law Exoneration Justice Clinic creates opportunities for students
NOTRE DAME LAW — The Exoneration Justice Clinic at Notre Dame Law School has been up and running for three years and has grown to the point of opening its doors to students from outside the Hoosier State — and even outside the country. In June, two students from Strathmore Law School in Nairobi, Kenya,…
Read More about Notre Dame Law Exoneration Justice Clinic creates opportunities for studentsPace Law Food and Farm Business Law Clinic staff attorney Jack Hornickel honored by Westchester Magazine
PACE LAW — Jack Hornickel, a Staff Attorney with the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University’s Food and Farm Business Law Clinic, has been recognized with the 2023 Wunderkinds Award by Westchester Magazine’s 914INC. Hornickel joins an elite list of 24 business professionals under the age of 35 who were selected for generating…
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