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Despite fears of raids, community advocates say now is the time for immigrants to step into Massachusetts courts
July 26, 2019
Via MassLive By: Steph Solis Despite mounting fears of raids, community organizers are urging Massachusetts immigrants to take advantage of a federal judge’s order…
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Student-loan borrowers demand justice from Betsy DeVos — ‘I don’t feel like I should pay for an education I never received’
July 26, 2019
Via MarketWatch By: Jillian Berman Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Source: Flickr After years working in “dead-end” jobs, Morgan Marler decided to pursue…
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Harvard Law School clinicians testify on legislation supporting tenants in eviction cases
July 25, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By: Alexis Farmer Credit: Lorin Granger Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaks in front of the Joint Committee on the…
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Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program In anticipation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE’s) plans to step up immigration enforcement beginning…
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Via Legal Reader By: Ryan Farrick Source: Flickr The lawsuit accuses DeVos and her Department of Education of intentionally and illegally ignoring tens…
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FLPC Releases Organic Waste Bans Toolkit
July 19, 2019
Via the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) and the Center…
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Via Longview News Journal By: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Courts have sided repeatedly with student loan borrowers demanding that the U.S. Education Department process their applications…
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State rules would limit eligibility for medical parole for seriously ill prisoners in Massachusetts
July 19, 2019
Via MassLive By: Shira Schoenberg Since Massachusetts created a medical parole program in April 2018, the state has approved only four requests to release…
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All the ways student debt exacerbates racial inequality — ‘it’s like landing in quick sand’
July 19, 2019
All the ways student debt exacerbates racial inequality — ‘it’s like landing in quick sand’ Via MarketWatch By: Jillian Berman Eileen Connor, the director…
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Amanda Kool On Solving America’s Rural Justice Gap
July 19, 2019
Via Law360 By: RJ Vogt Amanda Kool left her dream job at Harvard Law School to tackle America’s rural access to justice gap…
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HIRC Calls on Inter-American Human Rights Commission to Investigate Mexico for Rights Violations at Border
July 19, 2019
Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Source: Pixabay Last week, the Clinic and five other groups filed a request to the…
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Via Law360 By: Yvonne Juris A Wisconsin military veteran should not get relief from tax liability on income his ex-wife embezzled, since he must…
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A Legal Safety Net at the Library
July 10, 2019
Via the Legal Services Center Julia Schutt (right) of the Veterans Legal Clinic speaking to a client as interns Arielle Lui (left) and Sana…
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Revolutionizing the food systems in Israel and U.S.
July 10, 2019
Via YNet News By: Sarah Vorsanger Source: Pexels Education is an essential way to make the general public aware of the food they are…
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Student loan borrowers who say they were defrauded sue Betsy DeVos for failing to cancel their debt
July 3, 2019
Via CNBC By: Annie Nova More than 150,000 former students of for-profit colleges filed a lawsuit against the U.S.
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2 Mass. Women Among Those Suing U.S Education Dept. To Force Action On Student Debt Relief
July 3, 2019
Via WBUR By: Kathleen McNerney Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the House Education and Labor Committee at a hearing on ‘Examining the Policies…
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Reflections on the U.S. Attorney Clinic
July 3, 2019
Medha Gargeya ’19 Medha Gargeya, J.D. ’19 Judge Merrick Garland wrote, “The great joy of being a prosecutor is that you don’t take whatever…
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My Time in the State Attorney General Clinic
July 3, 2019
By: Sharon Kelleher, J.D. ’19 One of my most meaningful experiences at Harvard Law School was serving as a clinical student with the Consumer Protection…
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Via the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program The Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP) is pleased to announce that…
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Via WGHB By: Chris Burrell Source: iStock A hot real estate market in Boston and surrounding cities is fueling rent hikes and evictions…