Faulkner Law professor John Craft honored by Arkansas State Bar with public interest attorney award

July 15, 2022

SPOT ON ALABAMA — John Craft, clinical associate professor of law at Faulkner Law, was awarded the 2022 Public Interest Attorney Award at the Alabama State Bar’s 145th annual meeting.

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Florida A&M University Law students awarded public interest fellowships

July 15, 2022

WEST ORLANDO NEWS — Four Florida A&M University College of Law students are recipients of the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship. Alba Manuela Suarez, Jai’Ehir Jackson-Hawkins, Derrick Gaiter and Seana-Jahan La Coa received the monetary awards.

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Nine recent Northwestern Law graduates earn public interest fellowships

July 15, 2022

PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Nine recent graduates will launch their careers in public interest through both national and Northwestern Pritzker Law post-graduate fellowships this year. These graduates have dedicated their time and skills to causes ranging from environmental work to prison reform to public housing.

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UC Hastings Law celebrates students’ pro bono public interest work

June 30, 2022

UC HASTINGS — UC Hastings law students worked approximately 55,000 unpaid hours over the last year providing more than $7 million in free legal support to nonprofits, public agencies, and individual clients.

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University of Virginia Law students receive grants for summer public interest work

June 28, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — With help from a record $801,000 in grants, 167 University of Virginia School of Law students will work in public service roles this summer.

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Arizona State University Law class of 2022 discusses aspirations in public service

May 25, 2022

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY — Drawing inspiration to pursue his Juris Doctor (JD) from an attorney who helped his family and his mother, an aspiring small business owner, first-generation student Jonathan Chavez knew that earning the JD would position him to give back in ways that make a direct impact on people’s lives.

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University of Virginia Law Innocence Project directors Deirdre Enright and Jennifer L. Givens honored with public service awards

May 23, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law is a picture of high-stakes collaboration in action, with 14 clinic students, two directors and multiple witnesses, prosecutors and defense attorneys working together — against time — to free the wrongly convicted.

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Recent University of Virginia Law graduate Elizabeth Harris discusses public service efforts

May 23, 2022

UVA TODAY — For Elizabeth Harris, there are some things she can’t unlearn, unknow or unsee from having been a part of the foster care system. But after she graduates from the University of Virginia School of Law on Sunday, she hopes to use her degree, skills and passion to undo some of the problems

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University of Virginia Law student Elizabeth Harris discusses aspirations in public service

May 16, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Once you’ve been inside the foster care system, as third-year student Elizabeth Harris once was, there are things you can’t unlearn, unknow or unsee. But after Harris graduates from the University of Virginia School of Law on May 22, she hopes to use her degree, skills and passion

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Case Western Reserve Law Health Law Clinic opens pop-up services for the community

April 27, 2022

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — In April, the Health Law Clinic at Case Western Reserve University School of Law hosted its first Pop-up Wills Clinic, helping more than 30 community members obtain wills, power of attorney and other important legal documents.

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