Northwestern Law Center for International Human Rights to represent journalist
NORTHWESTERN LAW — Bolot Temirov, a Kyrgyzstani human rights defender and prominent journalist, has been unable to return to Kyrgyzstan since he was forcibly removed to Russia last November. May 3rd, on World Press Freedom Day, the Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law is announcing that CIHR will…
Read More about Northwestern Law Center for International Human Rights to represent journalistUSC Gould Law professor Robin Craig offers insight into Colorado River plan with environmental expertise
USC GOULD LAW — Earlier this month, the Biden administration proposed a plan to distribute cuts from the Colorado River and resolve the century-long legal dispute between states across the American Southwest that share its water supplies. Decades of drought and overuse have brought the river’s water levels to historic lows. States in the Lower…
Read More about USC Gould Law professor Robin Craig offers insight into Colorado River plan with environmental expertiseStanford Law Religious Liberty Clinic celebrates 10th anniversary
STANFORD LAW — When Stanford Law School Professor James Sonne launched the school’s Religious Liberty Clinic in 2013, there were no blueprints to consult or models on which to build. Stanford Law School’s clinic was the first of its type in the country. This year, as the clinic celebrates 10 years of pioneering education and…
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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH LAW — Ukrainian refugees had few safe options as they fled their country after Russia’s 2022 invasion. One such family ended up in Utah. In April of last year, a mother and her two children entered the United States from Mexico and started the arduous process of applying for asylum. The family’s…
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UC IRVINE LAW — After nearly 17 years of wrongful imprisonment, Juan Rayford and Dupree Glass have been exonerated of all charges related to a 2004 shooting in Lancaster. Today, a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge vacated the final count against them, affirming their innocence and ending a long and painful chapter in their lives.…
Read More about UC Irvine Law Innocence Project help free pro bono clientsUC Irvine Law Afghanistan Human Rights Project initiates coalition aimed at highlighting human rights in UN Afghanistan Assessment
UC IRVINE LAW — A coalition of civil society organizations and individuals today, initiated by the Afghanistan Human Rights Project at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Director Hashmat Nadirpor with Director of the International Justice Clinic David Kaye, called on the United Nations (UN) Secretary General and High Commissioner for…
Read More about UC Irvine Law Afghanistan Human Rights Project initiates coalition aimed at highlighting human rights in UN Afghanistan AssessmentUC Irvine Law Ninth Circuit Appellate Litigation Clinic students argue in court
UC IRVINE LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Ninth Circuit Appellate Litigation Clinic provides students with an exceptional experience learning how to be effective advocates representing real clients in appeals before the Ninth Circuit. Third-year students Roy Bendavid and Nicole Tackabery researched, briefed and argued a recent case before…
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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT LAW — The UConn School of Law joined with Otis Worldwide for the second year of Lifting the Law, a program designed to expose members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford to a variety of legal careers, beyond the kind they may have seen on television. Four lawyers from Otis,…
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GEORGETOWN LAW — The Georgetown African Law Society (GALS) hosted its launch event at the Sarah and Bernard Gewirz Student Center where it discussed rights of women in Africa. The event features Special Rapporteur Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie on the Rights of Women in Africa Washington D.C. The event, held on 19 April 2023, brought together…
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW — Two of the first cases ever addressed by the Michigan Innocence Clinic saw the wrongfully convicted defendants released recently after separate 14-year legal odysseys. Both cases involved gun killings in the Detroit area, both convictions leaned on unreliable witnesses, and both ended with commutations late last year. Yet in each…
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