Pepperdine Law Religious Liberty Clinic cited by US Supreme Court
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — The United States Supreme Court has published a unanimous decision in Groff v. DeJoy, significantly expanding employers’ obligations to accommodate religious practices in the workplace.
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JD SUPRA — New for the 2023-24 academic year, Suffolk University Law School will offer a full-year clinic program for environmental policy and casework.
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FORDHAM LAW — The New York Times covered the work being done by Fordham Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic students, led by Professor Cheryl Bader, to bring mitigation videos to marginalized clients. A fairly recent defense effort, mitigation videos include interviews with the defendant, their family and friends, as well as social workers and psychologists that…
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UIC LAW — The International Human Rights Clinic at UIC Law continues their pursuit to provide resources to migrants and asylum-seekers in Chicago as a part of their Recent Arrivals Response Project.
Read More about UIC Law International Human Rights Clinic works with community organizations to aid asylum-seekersLewis & Clark Law Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment advocates for regulations on squid fishing
LEWIS & CLARK LAW — In honor of World Oceans Day, our Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment (GLA) dives into the perils facing the highly intelligent jumbo flying squid and their importance to marine ecosystems.
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MERCER LAW — Thanks to a group of Mercer Law students in the 2022 Asylum and Human Rights Clinic, a Kurdish man who was persecuted in Turkey won his immigration appeal in February and recently gained his freedom.
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MERCER LAW — Mercer University students and faculty helped build cultural bridges during a Mercer On Mission trip to Georgia this summer. Hosted by the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia and the World Association of Georgia Muslims, the Mercer team stayed in Tbilisi at the Beteli Center for refugees, learning the refugees’ stories and helping…
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI LAW — The University of Missouri School of Law is reopening its Family Violence Clinic, which has been closed since 2020. School officials said new state funding amounting to $400,000 from Missouri legislators made the reopening possible. The facility, which will provide legal services to mid-Missouri residents, will resume operations in January.
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UNIVERSTIY OF MISSOURI LAW — Veterans across northeast Missouri had a chance to receive free legal advice from the University of Missouri School of Law Veterans’ Clinic on Thursday. Attorneys from the university helped veterans with their VA disability benefits, discharge upgrades and VA healthcare.
Read More about Video: A look at University of Missouri Law Veterans’ ClinicNortheastern Law hosts lawyer education program on public health
NORTHEASTERN LAW — A collaboration between Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law, and the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research, “Salus Populi: Educating the Judiciary about the Social Determinants of Health” provides guidance and training to judges on the social determinants of health and their relationship to judicial decision-making.
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