Penn Law launches Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
PENN CAREY LAW — University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School recently launched the Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic. The ARC Justice Clinic is the newest addition to Penn Carey Law’s Gittis Legal Clinics. The legal clinic will allow trained students to provide legal services and obtain hands-on experience in civil rights litigation and…
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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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BLOOMBERG LAW — Increasingly, law schools are recognizing that the traditional law school curriculum doesn’t necessarily do enough to prepare students for the real-world tasks they’ll face as attorneys. Client counseling, business development, and project management are just a few examples of skills that many new attorneys find they need to learn on the job.…
Read More about Bloomberg Law highlights innovative experiential and clinical programs at law schoolsUniversity of Tennessee Law students mentor local high school mock trial students
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 clinicsUC Law San Francisco Refugee and Human Rights Clinic investigates climate migration in Honduras
UC LAW SAN FRANCISCO — UC Law San Francisco students participating in the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic put their knowledge to work in Honduras – where they interviewed experts and gathered information to support asylum seekers and those displaced by climate change.
Read More about UC Law San Francisco Refugee and Human Rights Clinic investigates climate migration in HondurasCase Western Reserve Law First Amendment Clinic wins appear for client
CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW — After prevailing in an appeal to reinstate his First Amendment claims in the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Case Western Reserve University’s First Amendment Clinic recovered $29,750 in attorney fees through a settlement on behalf of its client, Michael Wood, from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Mr.…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law First Amendment Clinic wins appear for clientLSU Law event looks at excessive sentencing with formerly incarcerated people
LSU LAW — There are approximately 4,300 people incarcerated in Louisiana with life sentences. Approximately 5,700 more people are incarcerated with sentences of 20 years or more. The LSU Law Parole and Re-Entry Clinic, in collaboration with the Parole Project and the Visiting Room Project, will host a conversation with formerly incarcerated people, social scientists,…
Read More about LSU Law event looks at excessive sentencing with formerly incarcerated peopleRutgers Law International Human Rights Clinic files Supreme Court brief supporting immigration journalists
RUTGERS LAW — The Rutgers Law International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court focusing on protecting journalists who report on immigration reform. The brief argues that journalists have the right, under the First Amendment, to report freely on immigration issues without fear of being arrested, harassed, or intimidated…
Read More about Rutgers Law International Human Rights Clinic files Supreme Court brief supporting immigration journalistsRutgers Law International Human Rights Clinic files motion in vote-by-mail age discrimination case
RUTGERS LAW — Rutgers International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) Supervising Attorney Yael Bromberg, Esq., and Clinic students filed a motion and accompanying amicus brief arguing that the Texas vote-by-mail law is discriminatory. It includes data on the impact on young voters overall and the increased stratification among minority youth voters who are ineligible to vote…
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