A look at the development of the Willamette Law Immigration Law Clinic
WILLIAMETTE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — During the first two years of law school, students learn to think like a lawyer. Willamette’s Clinical Law Program teaches them to be a lawyer, offering the chance to gain practical skills while taking ownership of real legal cases. Launched in Summer 2022, the Immigration Law Clinic works to…
Read More about A look at the development of the Willamette Law Immigration Law ClinicYale Law Veterans Legal Services Clinic sues Department of Veteran Affairs over discrimination
YALE LAW SCHOOL — Conley Monk Jr., a Vietnam War Veteran, announced that he is suing the VA for negligence at a press conference at the Dixwell Community Center on Oct. 28. The press conference included words by Monk’s legal representation — The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School, or VLSC — Senator…
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — The Law School’s new Civil Rights Appellate Clinic recently helped prepare and file an amicus brief in a Minnesota Supreme Court case contesting the legality of a police search of a woman’s shoulder purse during a vehicular stop.
Read More about University of Minnesota Law Civil Rights Appellate Clinic files amicus brief in warrantless search caseYale Law Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic fights Texas law limiting free expression online
YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) at Yale Law School filed a petition requesting the Supreme Court to strike down a Texas law that limits free expression on the internet. The law punishes the repeated sending of electronic communications with the intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or…
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Several members of a Philippine delegation of judges, law school deans and attorneys visited the USC Gould School of Law on Oct. 10 to learn more about Gould’s externship and clinical programs, in response to recently revised curriculum requirements handed down by the Supreme Court of…
Read More about USC Gould Law hosts judges, law school deans, and attorneys from the Philippines to learn about clinical programsUC Hastings Law Center for Social Justice supports students with opportunities in public interest law
UC HASTINGS LAW — Most UC Hastings student applicants list wanting “to make a difference in the world” as their primary motives for attending law school, according to recent student surveys. A new center at UC Hastings will help law students build on that value and find ways to integrate it into their future legal…
Read More about UC Hastings Law Center for Social Justice supports students with opportunities in public interest lawCardozo Law launches Freedom Clinic to help the wrongfully convicted
PIX 11 — A prominent civil rights attorney focused on innocence, justice and freedom, Josh Dubin built his career in courtrooms around the country, helping exonerate the wrongfully convicted. In an exclusive interview with PIX11 News, Dubin explained, “I fell in love with the feeling associated with helping another human being.”
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LOCAL NEWS LAB — In September 2022, the Legal Clinic Fund for Local News announced $2.4 million in new multi-year grant awards to 9 grantees that will provide critical legal support to local newsrooms and journalists across the country.
Read More about Grant to Duke Law will support First Amendment Clinic in providing legal services to local journalistsHow Marquette Law Volunteer Legal Clinics have aided the local community
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL FACULTY BLOG — A series of blog posts was not my plan, more than a month ago, when I wrote about the American Association of Law Schools’ pro bono honor roll with respect to Marquette Law School.
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — Attorneys and investigators from wrongful-conviction clinics across the Midwest gathered at Notre Dame Law School on October 18-19 for the Innocence Network Midwest Regional Summit, hosted by the Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic.
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