Gift to Case Western Reserve Law will establish distinguished practitioner in the Immigration Law Clinic
CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW — Austin and Gwendolyn Robosson Fragomen have committed $1 million to help expand Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s impact in the field of immigration law. Their gift will establish the Austin Fragomen Distinguished Practitioner in the school’s Immigration Law Clinic—a position that will greatly enhance the capacity and reach…
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW — The Case Western Reserve University School of Law announced it has received a $1 million gift to aimed at expanding the school impact in the field of immigration law.
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UNIVERISTY OF MIAMI LAW — Miami Law’s Immigration Clinic traveled to Baker County Detention Center in Macclenny, Florida, west of Jacksonville, to help detained men and women determine if they have defenses to deportation. Under the supervision of clinic director Rebecca Sharpless, second-year clinic students Amelia Anderson, Isabella Gonzalez, Daphna Jimenez, Anthony Mena Acosta, Kelsey…
Read More about University of Miami Law Immigration Clinic students visit detention center to help individuals facing deportationGrant to West Virginia University Law will help Clinical Law Program support people recovering from substance abuse
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY LAW — The College of Law Clinical Law Program was recently awarded a State Opioid Response grant for more than $117,000 to provide reentry-related legal services to West Virginians recovering from substance use disorder. Primarily focusing on establishing economic stability, the services include bankruptcy, benefits eligibility, driver’s license reinstatement and expungements.
Read More about Grant to West Virginia University Law will help Clinical Law Program support people recovering from substance abuseA look at University of Richmond Law Intellectual Property & Transactional Law Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND LAW — The Intellectual Property & Transactional (IPT) Clinic provides transactional legal services to start-ups, small businesses, non-profit organizations, and individual creators of intellectual property. Students in the IPT Clinic work directly with clients, under the supervision of Prof. Ashley Dobbs, a practicing attorney licensed in VA and DC, and Director of…
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — When a team from Knoxville’s Fulton High School earned high scores last month in a district-level high school mock trial competition, onlookers may not have realized the significance of that feat. Four University of Tennessee College of Law students were instrumental in preparing the high schoolers for the competition.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — Through 24 clinics at the University of Virginia School of Law, students have the chance to practice their hands-on lawyering skills in a variety of ways, from arguing a case in federal court to helping save a client from eviction to assisting asylum-seekers or prosecuting misdemeanor trials, among other options.…
Read More about A look at University of Virginia Law clinicsUniversity of Cincinnati Law student Elizabeth Gatten discusses her research in workforce housing
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI LAW — For Elizabeth Gatten, becoming an attorney was not her dream growing up. In fact, with her biochemistry and microbiology degree she had designs on being a doctor. But then, something happened. “When it came time to submit that medical school application, I realized my heart wasn’t in it anymore,” said…
Read More about University of Cincinnati Law student Elizabeth Gatten discusses her research in workforce housingCornell Law expands Tenant’s Advocacy Practicum
CORNELL LAW — Now in its fourth year, the Tenants Advocacy Practicum at Cornell Law School continues to expand its impact as it works to bridge the housing justice gap in Ithaca and the surrounding counties. The practicum recently achieved a new milestone by recovering more than $100,000 for local tenants over the course of…
Read More about Cornell Law expands Tenant’s Advocacy PracticumNotre Dame Law professor Diane Desierto serves as co-counsel for international human rights case
NOTRE DAME LAW — Diane Desierto, law professor and faculty director for the Law School’s LL.M. Program in International Human Rights Law, began her career in 2004 seeking reparations and justice for Filipina women who suffered from the sexual slavery system imposed by the Japanese during World War II.
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