Penn Carey Law Transnational Legal Clinic files complaint against Pennsylvania correctional facility
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW — The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Transnational Legal Clinic filed a complaint on June 23 regarding the rights of immigrants held at Pike County Correctional Facility in Hawley, Pa.
Read More about Penn Carey Law Transnational Legal Clinic files complaint against Pennsylvania correctional facilityUSC Gould Law International Human Rights Clinic students visit The Hague
USC GOULD LAW — In December 2022, student attorneys from the International Human Rights Clinic at USC Gould School of Law traveled to The Hague to raise awareness of serious human rights atrocities in Ukraine, Armenia and Cameroon and to advocate for prevention of genocide and prosecution of international crimes against humanity.
Read More about USC Gould Law International Human Rights Clinic students visit The HagueVermont Law and Graduate School opens immigration and criminal justice clinics in Burlington
VERMONT LAW AND GRADUATE SCHOOL — Vermont Law and Graduate School now has a larger presence in downtown Burlington. The school received a $975,000 federal grant, secured by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to combine their immigration legal aid clinic and broader justice reform work into the Center for Justice Reform Clinic, which will be in…
Read More about Vermont Law and Graduate School opens immigration and criminal justice clinics in BurlingtonUniversity of Virginia Law professors Ashley S. Deeks and Andrew Hayashi co-publish research on using tax laws to aid Ukraine
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — Ashley S. Deeks and Andrew Hayashi, two University of Virginia School of Law professors who specialize in international law and national security, and tax law and policy, respectively, recently teamed up on a research paper analyzing how the U.S. could use the breadth of its tax code to levy a…
Read More about University of Virginia Law professors Ashley S. Deeks and Andrew Hayashi co-publish research on using tax laws to aid UkraineWilliam & Mary Law selects Jim Wheaton to direct Special Education Advocacy Clinic
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — William & Mary Law School has announced the appointment of Jim Wheaton to its faculty for the Fall 2023 semester. Wheaton will serve as Clinical Associate Professor of Law and as Director of the PELE (Parents Engaged for Learning Equality) Special Education Advocacy Clinic.
Read More about William & Mary Law selects Jim Wheaton to direct Special Education Advocacy ClinicUniversity at Buffalo Law hosts high schoolers to learn about law school and the legal profession
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO LAW — Teenagers are typically not seen much around O’Brian Hall. But the law school filled its halls with several young people recently, thanks to two initiatives that brought the tools and possibilities of the law to people of high school age. The first, a faculty-led mini-training for at-risk youth, introduced teens…
Read More about University at Buffalo Law hosts high schoolers to learn about law school and the legal professionUC Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic produces videos to ask for clemency for clients
UC BERKELEY LAW — When Leah Roemer and Sophie Hoblit enrolled in Berkeley Law’s Death Penalty Clinic last fall, they envisioned spending all year working on legal briefs for clients on death row. Instead, they found themselves behind a camera making a video to request clemency for a longtime clinic client.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic produces videos to ask for clemency for clientsUCLA Law Environmental Law Clinic files amicus brief in gas case
UCLA LAW — Yesterday, the UCLA Environmental Law Clinic filed a brief in the California Restaurant Association v. Berkeley case on behalf of seven law professors: William Boyd, Dan Farber and Sharon Jacobs at UC Berkeley, Jim Rossi at Vanderbilt, David Spence at UT Austin, Shelley Welton at UPenn, and Hannah Wiseman at Penn State.…
Read More about UCLA Law Environmental Law Clinic files amicus brief in gas caseColumbia Law celebrates public interest and public service fellows
COLUMBIA LAW — Since launching four years ago, the Max Berger Public Interest/Public Service Fellows Program has jumpstarted the public interest and government careers of nearly 50 Columbia Law graduates, and provided more than 100 Columbia Law students with specialized opportunities and support.
Read More about Columbia Law celebrates public interest and public service fellowsGeorge Washington Law students coach local middle schoolers for mock trial
GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW — Twenty Stuart Hobson Middle School students completed their mock trial Monday, which culminated six months of legal coaching from seven GW Law students. D.C. District Court Judge Jia Cobb presided over the trial, which deliberated whether Smith, an imaginary junior, stole another student’s $700 Nikon camera in a make-believe case created…
Read More about George Washington Law students coach local middle schoolers for mock trial