University of Miami Law Immigration Clinic files lawsuit over unsafe conditions at South Florida immigration detention facilities

July 30, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — A class action lawsuit of Miami Law’s Immigration Clinic challenging conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic of three South Florida immigration detention jails has settled.

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Notre Dame Law Exoneration Justice Clinic secures exoneration of client

July 30, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — Royer is the first client of Notre Dame Law School’s new Exoneration Justice Clinic to be exonerated.

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University of the Pacific McGeorge Law launches Military Law Center

July 29, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF PACIFIC  — After surveying its veteran and military-affiliated students, McGeorge is launching a new Military Law Center to support its military-serving and veteran students. The goal is to provide extraordinary service and support to the students attending McGeorge and the other programs on the University of the Pacific’s Sacramento campus.

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USC Gould Law Immigration Clinic works to reunite mother with seven-month-old baby

July 29, 2021

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — USC Immigration Clinic represents mother separated from seven-month-old baby as part of poultry plant arrests.

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University of Virginia Law Innocent Project secures absolute pardon for client

July 29, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — A client of the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law was granted an absolute pardon by Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday.

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Willamette Law to expand law clinic services

July 29, 2021

THE NATIONAL JURIST — Willamette University College of Law is expanding its law clinic services to focus on the school’s signature strengths (some of which include public service and health law) and has appointed two new faculty members to help with the new programs. Sarah Matsumoto, from Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver,

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Yale Law Free Exercise Clinic co-authors brief in support of Amish plaintiffs in US Supreme Court case

July 29, 2021

YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Yale Law School Free Exercise Clinic co-authored an amici curiae brief in support of Amish plaintiffs’ challenge of a law compelling them to use modern septic systems for certain wastewater disposal in violation of their religious beliefs forgoing technology. On July 2, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the plaintiffs and sent the case back to a

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Lewis & Clark Law Animal Law Litigation Clinic wins lawsuit against USDA over deregulation of slaughterhouses

July 16, 2021

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — With help from dedicated law students, the Animal Law Litigation Clinic has defeated the Government’s motions to dismiss two lawsuits challenging the Government’s deregulation of pig slaughterhouses and its failure to protect downed pigs.

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University of Maine Law Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic complaint leads to federal settlement with Lewiston Public Schools over use of shortened school days

July 16, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW — A complaint filed by Disability Rights Maine, in coordination with the ACLU of Maine, Kids Legal at Pine Tree Legal Assistance, and the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic initiated the DOJ investigation.

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New York Law School announces members of the Tribeca Pandemic Recovery Task Force

July 16, 2021

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — New York Law School (NYLS) Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell today announced the members of the Tribeca Pandemic Recovery Task Force, a new group that will coordinate a cohesive, community-driven pandemic recovery strategy for the neighborhood.

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