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09-09-08
LEGAL EDUCATION
Affirmative action is a topic of debate and controversy in the law school community.
Los Angeles Times
PRO BONO/PUBLIC SERVICE
Volunteer Legal Services Project recruits corporate teams to adopt its debt clinics, which provide information about debt problems for the working poor.
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New York Daily Record
Some of the most successful law firms in Florida are also national leaders when it comes to the number of pro bono hours donated each year.
Tampa Bay Business Journal
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS IN THE NEWS
Equal Justice Works Alumna Monica Ramirez works to prevent authorities from violating the constitutional rights of immigrant detainees.
New York Daily News
Equal Justice Works Fellow Derek Teaney applauds federal funding cut for coal-fired plant; says coal is "not the way of the future."
Register-Herald
Equal Justice Works Alumna Catherine Crump comments on the arrest of protesters during the Republican National Convention.
USA Today
IN THIS ISSUE

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Texas Access to Justice Foundation awards millions to nonprofits across the state for legal aid to poor.

UCLA School of Law receives $1.5 million to create Chair in Public Interest Law.

 

RESOURCES
The National Pro Bono Celebration is
October 25-31, 2008.

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