Archive
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Putting Clinical Education into Action at HIRC
August 22, 2019
Via Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Students who work at HIRC come to the Clinic with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. For…
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Defending and promoting freedom of expression in Myanmar
August 22, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By: Elaine McArdle Photo Courtesy of Jenny Domino / Domino returned to Harvard Law School in February 2019 for a…
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Elizabeth Warren Took On Obama Over Student Debt Forgiveness. How She Won Is Central To Her 2020 Campaign
August 21, 2019
Via Buzzfeed News By: Molly Hensley-Clancy In 2015, when she found herself on Air Force One with then-president Barack Obama, Sen. Elizabeth Warren seized…
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Home Cooking for Profit? Sure, Just Not in New Jersey
August 14, 2019
Via NYT By: Amelia Nierenberg Source: Jeenah Moon, NYT FRANKLIN, N.J. — With just a little white chocolate and some sprinkles, Heather Russinko can…
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DeVos sued by students seeking college loan relief
August 12, 2019
Via Detroit Free Press By: Andrea Perez Balderrama Source: Zach Gibson, Getty Images Former students of predatory, for-profit colleges are suing Education…
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Legislative Advocacy for Safe and Supportive Schools
August 8, 2019
By: Alexis Farmer “Investing in a good education is something anyone can get behind,” said Breanna Williams, a 2L at Harvard Law School as she…
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A Guinean Political Activist was Granted Asylum in the U.S. After Fleeing Political Persecution
August 8, 2019
By: Angelica Merino Monge and Logan Seymour In 2009, Imani*, a citizen of Guinea, West Africa, fled the country with the youngest of her four…
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2019 Summer Speakers Series
August 7, 2019
By: Olivia Klein OCP’s Summer Speaker’s Series is well underway. The annual program features HLS clinicians, alumni and others who share their personal and professional…
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By: Alexis Farmer “I suffered persecution because of my strong beliefs that the government should guarantee the basic rights of its people,” said Elvia*. The…
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PLAP Appeals MA Parole Board’s Decision to Deny Parole to an Inmate with Mental Health Needs
August 7, 2019
By: Jarrod Nelson, JD ’21 *Calvin resides in a prison that for him is also a purgatory. For nine years, Calvin has found himself at…
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U.S. Permanent Resident Almost Deported Until HLS Crimmigration Clinic Proved the Government Wrong
August 6, 2019
By: Alexis Farmer Raymond* lived as a legal permanent resident in Arizona for nearly 30 years before being apprehended by local law enforcement and charged…
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Animal Law and Policy Clinic launches at Harvard Law School
August 6, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today Harvard Law School today announced the launch of the new Animal Law & Policy Clinic. Animal protection is one of…
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Island embraces Food Is Medicine state plan
August 6, 2019
Via MV Times By: Brittany Bowker If nutritious food prevents chronic disease and promotes long-term health, why shouldn’t it be included in our healthcare…
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Representatives Pingree and Newhouse Introduce Legislation to Standardize Food Date Labels
August 6, 2019
Via the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation Last week, Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the Food Date Labeling…
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96% of Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges Report Their Lives Are Worse Now Than Before They Went to School
August 6, 2019
Via the Project on Predatory Student Lending Nearly 900 Former For-Profit College Students Submitted Testimony Explaining the Harsh Impact of Federal Student Loan Debt…
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FLPC Welcomes New Team Member Melissa Shapiro
August 6, 2019
Via the Center for Health Law and Policy The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) welcomes Melissa Shapiro to the team…
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How to balance safety and privacy with a car tracker
August 2, 2019
Via The Parallax By: Kristin Burnham Last month, North Carolina teenager Macy Smith credited a GPS tracker on her phone, along with a…
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Ex-EPA Leaders: 1st Circ. Should Revive ‘Purge’ Suit
August 2, 2019
Via Law360 By: Andrew Kragie Five former senior U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials have backed a First Circuit appeal by scientists aiming to…
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Clinical Students Set a New Record of Over 1900 Hours of Legal Research and Writing for Massachusetts Trial Judges
July 31, 2019
By: Honorable John Cratsley (Ret.), Director of the Judicial Process in Trial Courts Clinic and Class Over the 2019 Spring semester, 20 students in the…
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Via Forbes Food Law and Policy Clinic Director and Assistant Clinical Professor of Law Emily Broad Leib is one of six experts in food…
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Via The Verge By: Adi Robertson Earlier this week, a federal appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump couldn’t block his critics on…