Case Western Reserve Law proposal for internationalized Ukraine War Crimes Court endorsed by US Government
CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW — Last summer, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf and his colleagues at the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG) drafted model legislation to establish the Ukraine High Court for War Crimes. The project was the result of weeks of research and meetings with Ukrainian and…
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I LAW — A lecturer at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law who represented the Republic of Vanuatu for the past three years, has helped the country secure a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) requesting an advisory opinion on climate change from the International…
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HOWARD LAW — The Howard University School of Law will host the inaugural Broady Symposium on Structural Inequality: Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court on April 13 at 11:00 a.m. in the Damon J. Keith Moot Court Room. Distinguished scholars around the country will speak on diverse issues focusing on the Court’s race jurisprudence. Due…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW — Although January 1, 2023, marked a century since the murders of Black citizens and the destruction of their town, the year began with Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, banning state public schools from teaching the pilot AP African American Studies course. “I am Black history,” said Lizzie Polly Robinson Brown Jenkins,…
Read More about University of Miami Law Center for Ethics and Public Service hosts discussion on the Rosewood MassacreNevada lawmakers consider bill to fund UNLV Law Immigration Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS LAW — The UNLV Immigration Clinic, run by Boyd Law School, could soon get more funding from state lawmakers to help support. Assembly Bill 328 would provide $1 million that would be spread out over the next two years.
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC MCGEORGE LAW — University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law is launching an innovative program to help local governments make transformative changes to mental health services with a $5 million grant from the state’s Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. McGeorge public policy faculty will work with behavioral health…
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC MCGEORGE LAW — The McGeorge School of Law helped eliminate a staggering $162 million of criminal debt in the fall, worked with 80 Afghan refugees trying to remain in the United States and recovered more than $4 million for financial abuse victims. The life-changing legal assistance is the work of students…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW — As the longest running in-house clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, the Civil Practice Clinic (CPC) puts students on the front lines of increasing access to counsel for some of Philadelphia’s most underserved communities. Certified to provide legal representation in state and federal court, students work…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — It’s an everyday problem in many a Virginia emergency room: Someone’s intoxication with drugs or alcohol brings out behavior that looks like a mental health crisis. It’s a problem, too, for Virginia’s badly overcrowded state hospitals. State law says they have to take patients held under a 72-hour temporary detention…
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW — Arkansas entrepreneurs received free legal aid from more than 45 volunteer attorneys and U of A law students at a pro bono clinic last month hosted by the U of A School of Law and the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. More than 20 startups were accepted for the event,…
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