Charleston Law housing clinic provides legal support to area residents facing eviction
THE POST AND COURIER — The Charleston School of Law is partnering with a local nonprofit to help low-income families involved in housing disputes, almost all of whom fight their cases without legal representation. The partnership was announced two years after the release of a report from the S.C. State Housing Finance and Development Authority that revealed South…
Read More about Charleston Law housing clinic provides legal support to area residents facing evictionUniversity of Baltimore Law Innocence Project Clinic helps exonerate man after 17 years in prison
CNN — David Morris has spent almost 17 years in prison for a murder that he didn’t commit. On Wednesday, a judge threw out his conviction following a review of evidence that determined Morris was wrongfully charged and found guilty in 2005, according to the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City. Baltimore Circuit Judge Charles…
Read More about University of Baltimore Law Innocence Project Clinic helps exonerate man after 17 years in prisonHarvard Law student Nathan Lowry discusses life as a law student after service as a Marine
HARVARD LAW TODAY — As is the case for many U.S. Marines, Nathan Lowry ’24 has strong feelings about the withdrawal of American military forces from Afghanistan this summer after 20 years of combat. Did the Biden administration do the right thing? “It’s a tough one,” says Lowry, who served five-and-a-half years in the Marines as a…
Read More about Harvard Law student Nathan Lowry discusses life as a law student after service as a MarinePepperdine Law students connect local homeless community with services
PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso School of Law clinics, students, and faculty supported the annual Connect Day in Malibu on October 7. The Malibu Community Assistance Resource Team (C.A.R.T.) helped organize the event to bring together resources for homeless and unhoused people in the local community, including eye exams, counseling, benefits, clean-slate guidance,…
Read More about Pepperdine Law students connect local homeless community with servicesUniversity of Virginia Law student Fernando Mercado-Violand to advise Virginia governor on environmental issues
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — First-year student Fernando Mercado-Violand will be shaping public policy even as he starts earning his degree at the University of Virginia School of Law: Gov. Ralph Northam appointed him to the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice on Sept. 17. Before law school, Mercado-Violand served as deputy White House liaison at…
Read More about University of Virginia Law student Fernando Mercado-Violand to advise Virginia governor on environmental issuesUCLA Law clinic gains release of two clients serving life sentences
UCLA LAW — Thanks to the work of students and faculty of the UCLA School of Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic, two Southern California men serving life sentences in federal prison for non-violent drug convictions were granted compassionate release this year, allowing them to return home to their families. The clinic’s co-directors, Professor Ingrid Eagly and Lecturer Julie…
Read More about UCLA Law clinic gains release of two clients serving life sentencesFordham Law students named public interest scholars
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — This fall, Fordham Law School welcomed 20 students into the Stein Scholars Program in Public Interest Law and Ethics. The program is aimed at fostering the next generation of public interest lawyers through academic and specialized discussion series, mentorships, and volunteer work with public interest organizations. This group of highly motivated Steins, who…
Read More about Fordham Law students named public interest scholarsUniversity of Virginia Law public service dean Annie Kim wins poetry award
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Members of the University of Virginia School of Law community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, Annie Kim ’99, assistant dean for public service, won the 2021 Library of Virginia Literary Award for poetry at a virtual ceremony Oct. 16. The award recognized Kim’s poems in…
Read More about University of Virginia Law public service dean Annie Kim wins poetry awardNew England Law Boston students awarded diversity and service scholarships
NEW ENGLAND LAW BOSTON — In September alone, four law students at New England Law | Boston received scholarship awards from firms and funds focused on diversity and service: Christianna Golden, Sebastien Gustave, Aisha Nanyanzi, and Layana White. Christianna Golden, a third-year student and President of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at New England Law, is…
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NPR — Zahra Nealy was in the shower, listening to the radio, when she heard NPR reportingon Friday that the U.S. Department of Education would use its authority to help borrowers and relax the rules of the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. “That’s me! You’re talking about me,” Nealy, who works for a Southern California…
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