University of Miami Law Center for Ethics and Public Service advocates for fair housing
U MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Working under public policy attorney and Fredman Foundation Practitioner-in-Residence Alexander Rundlet, law students at the Center for Ethics and Public Service facilitated the opening of a systemic housing discrimination investigation under the federal Fair Housing Act, a by the Region IV Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, U.S. Department of Housing…
Read More about University of Miami Law Center for Ethics and Public Service advocates for fair housingRutgers Law honors attorney Irv Ackelsberg for public interest advocacy work
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — “Predatory lending” has become a well-known term thanks in part to this year’s Mary Philbrook honoree. Irv Ackelsberg’s early work to identify the issue, bring it to public attention, and get courts and policymakers to address it, came out of decades of ground-level client contact in North Philadelphia.
Read More about Rutgers Law honors attorney Irv Ackelsberg for public interest advocacy workPenn Carey Law students awarded public interest fellowships
PENN CAREY LAW — For the Class of 2024, 25 JDs and 3 LLMs secured fellowships to pursue essential public interest work. Building on Penn Carey Law’s unwavering commitment to public service, the Fellows will advocate for underserved clients and communities across the country providing critical legal services and addressing social inequities and systemic harms.
Read More about Penn Carey Law students awarded public interest fellowshipsUC Berkeley Law students receive funding to pursue public service opportunities
BERKELEY LAW — Thanks to the generous support of alumni donors, three Berkeley Law students in the Class of 2025 received supplemental summer public interest/public service (PIPS) funding from CLEE this past summer.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law students receive funding to pursue public service opportunitiesNorthwestern Law hosts Day of Service to provide aid to the community
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — On August 24, 2024, more than 200 Northwestern Pritzker School of Law students stepped out of the classroom and gathered at Chicago-area nonprofits, parks, schools, and beaches.
Read More about Northwestern Law hosts Day of Service to provide aid to the communityUniversity of Maryland Law professor Kathleen Hoke named Public Servant of the Year
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FRANCIS KING CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Kathleen Hoke has been named University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), Public Servant of the Year. She will be honored at a ceremony on October 17 during UMB Founders Week.
Read More about University of Maryland Law professor Kathleen Hoke named Public Servant of the YearUniversity of Michigan Law announces government service fellowship recipients
MICHIGAN LAW — Michigan Law is proud to recognize the 2024 recipients of the Fiske Fellowship: Kacyn Fujii, ’22, Alexander Nye, ’24, and Deborah Won, ’21.
Read More about University of Michigan Law announces government service fellowship recipientsPenn Carey Law recent graduates receive fellowships to pursue public service
PENN CAREY LAW — In addition to Skadden Fellows Allison Nasson L’24 and Mikaela Wolf-Sorokin L’24 and Equal Justice Works Fellows Laura Hannon L’24, SP2’24 and Brian Thomas L’24, four additional 2024 JD graduates secured prestigious national fellowships to continue their dedication to public service.
Read More about Penn Carey Law recent graduates receive fellowships to pursue public serviceVanderbilt Law assistant dean Beth Cruz discusses how to pursue a career in public interest
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Navigating the path through law school to a career in public interest is no easy feat. Assistant Dean and Martha Craig Daughtrey Director for Public Interest Beth Cruz invited Madison Lowery ‘23 and Grace Hayes ‘25 to speak with Vanderbilt Law students interested in pursuing legal careers in public interest.
Read More about Vanderbilt Law assistant dean Beth Cruz discusses how to pursue a career in public interestGift to University of Virginia Law to create a public service summer fund
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Bestselling author David Baldacci ’86 is writing a new chapter for some students at the University of Virginia School of Law. Through a $1.5 million donation, he is endowing a scholarship, public service summer fellowship and public service loan forgiveness fund in his name.
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