Legislation and Civil Rights Clinic

2021-2022 Clinical Law Faculty Scholarship Round Up

by December 1, 2022 in Clinical Program, Youth Justice Clinic, Immigration and Human Rights Clinic, Tax Clinic, Legislation and Civil Rights Clinic, Community Development Law Clinic, Whistleblower Protection Clinic, Housing Advocacy and Litigation Clinic, General Practice Clinic, Criminal Law Clinic Comments are Disabled

UDC Law’s Clinicians, all tenured or tenure-track Professors of Law, not only work daily to practice law, promote justice and change lives with our students but they also take the time to advocate for systemic change through scholarship, media appearances, training and other advocacy. Professor Andrew Budzinski, Co-Director of the […]

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Prof. Marcy L. Karin receives Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award to study menstrual justice at work and school in Scotland

by June 3, 2022 in School News, Faculty news, Clinical Program, Legislation and Civil Rights Clinic 1 comment

The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have selected UDC Law Professor Marcy L. Karin as the Fulbright Scotland Distinguished Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at University of Edinburgh. During the 2022-2023 academic year, Karin will work on a project titled […]

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Legislation and Civil Rights Clinic and DV LEAP urge United Nations to recognize gender-based violence in climate change policy

by April 27, 2022 in School News, Clinical Program, Legislation and Civil Rights Clinic Comments are Disabled

For the last three years, the UDC Law Legislation and Civil Rights Clinic has supported the DV LEAF initiative of the Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project (DV LEAP). DV LEAF amplifies the connection between climate change and gender-based violence, including domestic violence. Students in the clinic have worked under […]

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Legislation and Civil Rights Clinic receives Community Champion Award for work at the intersection of domestic violence and climate change

by October 22, 2021 in Clinical Program, Legislation and Civil Rights Clinic Comments are Disabled

The Legislation and Civil Rights Clinic received the Community Champion Award from DV LEAP (Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project) for its work on the DV LEAF project, which advocates for the inclusion of voices and needs of domestic violence survivors in climate policy. Clinic Director Mary Karin, clinic […]

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