Betty and Michael D. Wohl Veterans Legal Clinic Students Successfully Represent Appellant in Lengthy U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Case
Beth Kubala, Executive Director of Clinical Education Over several semesters, student attorneys in the Betty and Michael D. Wohl Veterans Legal Clinic (VLC) worked under the supervision of VLC Executive…
Read More »Experienced Housing Law Attorney Casey Weissman-Vermeulen Joins Syracuse Law as Housing Clinic Director
Casey Weissman-Vermeulen has joined Syracuse University College of Law as an Associate Teaching Professor and Director of the Housing Clinic. He will teach the housing clinic course in addition to…
Read More »
Is the Future of Cyberlaw Feminist? – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
To answer that question, Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic Supervising Attorney Nina Srejovic took a look at the past. Her chapter, “Patents and the Gendered View of Computer Programming…
Read More »Syracuse Law’s New Housing Clinic Teaches Lawyering Skills While Impacting the Surrounding Community
Earlier this year, Syracuse University College of Law launched its Housing Clinic to bring much-needed free legal services to low-income Syracuse residents facing profound living conditions issues. Student attorneys provide…
Read More »
NY Appellate Court Protects Anonymous Speech Following Juelsgaard Clinic Brief – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
Millions of people engage in anonymous speech online every day. Many internet speakers are only comfortable sharing their controversial, taboo, embarrassing, or intimate thoughts anonymously. And these thoughts often promote…
Read More »
Uncertainty and Hope in the Human Rights Field – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
There are many reasons to recommend a clinic to a fellow student: it helps bridge the gap between theory and practice; it surrounds you with like-minded friends; it offers great…
Read More »
Clinic as a Space for Reflection and Growth – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
The Clinic is a rewarding and rejuvenating space for reflection and growth. Over the quarter, I learned a ton about what responsible and effective human rights work looks like. My…
Read More »
The Value of Community-Centered Lawyering – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
Working on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) issues over the clinic quarter was an extremely fulfilling experience in so many ways. Most of our efforts focused on our partners…
Read More »
The Importance of Equal Partnerships – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
My lasting takeaway from the clinic centers around the absolute necessity of partnership—a topic that we discussed from the very first week of the clinic to the last days. Instead…
Read More »
Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Student Reflects on Zealous Advocacy and Thoughtful Lawyering – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
Zealous Advocacy on Behalf of Clients Madison Villarreal, ’24, and Cristian Pleters Escobar, ’24, outside San Francisco Immigration Court on the day of their client’s hearing. Representing our client, D,…
Read More »
The Importance of Field Work in International Human Rights – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
As someone with experience studying and working in the international human rights space, dedicating an entire quarter to the Clinic was what I had most looked forward to in law…
Read More »
Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Student’s Reflections on Meeting with Advocacy Project Partners – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
Anna Kuritzkes, ’25 (right), with her clinic partner David Jiang, ’25, and Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Director Jayashri Srikantiah. I often find myself surprised by the responsibility I am given in…
Read More »
Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Student Team Reflects on Preparation and Teamwork for Court Hearing – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
Hannah Fleischman, ’25 and Ana Cutts Dougherty, ’24 Hannah Fleischman, ’25: As intense as the month leading up to the hearing had been, especially in getting our pre- hearing evidentiary…
Read More »
Strategic Advocacy in the Face of Setbacks – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
One of the most valuable lessons our team learned during our time in the Clinic is the variety of forms advocacy can take. Traditionally, lawyers may be understood as speaking…
Read More »
Advocating for Lower Drug Prices – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic students Mark Cantu (JD ’24), Tim Fellows (JD ’24), and Mike Roesler (JD ’24) recently submitted a comment to the National Institute of Standards…
Read More »
YELP Teaches the Importance of Least Restrictive Environment for Youth in Short Term Residential Therapeutic Programs – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
On April 15, 2024, advanced clinic student Ashley Thompson (JD 2024), Youth and Education Law Project (YELP) supervising attorney Abigail Trillin, and Dylan Quigley, a staff attorney at San Diego…
Read More »
Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Student Represents Client Before the Nevada Pardons Board – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
Madison Villarreal, ’24, reflects on her experience preparing for and representing a detained client before the Nevada Pardons Board. Preparation As an advanced student with the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, I…
Read More »
Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Students Submit Complaint Over Violations at Desert View Annex Detention Facility – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
On May 9, 2024, The Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, in partnership with the ACLU of Southern California and the Shut Down Adelanto Coalition, submitted a complaint to the Office of Immigration…
Read More » Religious Liberty Clinic Students Argue Two Ninth Circuit Appeals – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
In a span of two months, Religious Liberty Clinic students presented supervised oral argument for clients in two cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The…
Read More »
New Initiatives at the Youth and Education Law Project – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
During the fall 2023 quarter, the Youth & Education Law Project (YELP) launched two new projects to engage a wider segment of the Stanford Law School (SLS) community in advocating…
Read More »