Duke Law enhances student loan repayment assistance for graduates in public interest jobs
DUKE LAW NEWS — Duke Law School is enhancing the benefits available through its Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), which reduces the cost of legal education for graduates who commit to careers in public service.
Read More about Duke Law enhances student loan repayment assistance for graduates in public interest jobsHarvard Law honors diplomat and climate change advocate Christina Figueres with Great Negotiator Award
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Christiana Figueres clearly recalls the day she made a decision with make-or-break consequences for the planet. As the former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, she was in charge of the 2015 climate talks in Paris. In a conscious departure from earlier conferences, she declared that any agreement…
Read More about Harvard Law honors diplomat and climate change advocate Christina Figueres with Great Negotiator AwardCase Western University Law hosts pop-up clinic to help community with wills and other legal needs
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — 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.
Read More about Case Western University Law hosts pop-up clinic to help community with wills and other legal needsHarvard Law Immigration and Refugee Clinic provides free legal services to students, faculty, and staff
HARVARD LAW TODAY — As the conflict in Ukraine enters its seventh week, some Ukrainian members of the Harvard community worry that when their visas expire, they could be forced to return to a country at war. But there may be options to keep them and their families safe, says Mariam Liberles, a staff attorney at the…
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YOUTUBE — Knoxville Area Urban League partners with UT’s law school to help expunge charges. Event organizers say they are happy to be of service to the community.
Read More about Video: University of Tennessee Law Expungement Clinic helps area residentsUniversity of Virginia Law State and Local Government Law Clinic helps update youth delinquency prevention act
THE DAILY PROGRESS — With effort from a University of Virginia School of Law clinic and bipartisan support from the General Assembly, a bill improving prevention services for at-risk youth will soon become law. Introduced by Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, SB 485 is a response to perceived shortcomings of the Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development…
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NBC 29 — The Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law is raising funds to help Virginians who are wrongly convicted of a crime. Between the Summer of 2021 and January 2022, nine clients were freed or exonerated. Now, the law school is hosting a fundraiser on April 20 to hear from…
Read More about Video: University of Virginia Law hosts event to support Innocence ProjectUniversity of Virginia Law student Gabriele Josephs discusses the link between technology and social justice
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Gabriele Josephs knew he wanted to make a difference through policy and was inspired by mentors to pursue a law degree rather than a Ph.D. Now, as a first-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law, he’s researching how online platforms play a role in understanding…
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WVTF — Some experts say up to 11 percent of prisoners were convicted of crimes they did not commit, and the Director of the Center for Criminal Justice at UVA says it’s really hard for someone to get out once they’ve been sentenced. Deirdre Enright, who founded the Innocence Project more than a decade ago,…
Read More about University of Virginia Law Innocence Project reflects on past successesHow the pandemic has affected legal pro bono work
LEXOLOGY — On March 9, Kilpatrick Townsend’s Pro Bono Partner, Tamara Serwer Caldas, spoke on a panel at the 2022 Pro Bono Institute Conference in Washington, D.C. Ms. Caldas’ panel addressed how changes in society and in the legal industry during the pandemic have impacted pro bono engagement and effectiveness, and what strategies large law…
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