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One hundred ninety-five law schools (including 189 of the country's 196 American Bar Association-accredited law schools) [6] are members of Equal Justice Works and participate in programs to develop public interest training and opportunities. "Equal Justice Works Fellowships" is the largest postgraduate legal fellowship program in the United ...
Public interest law refers to legal practices undertaken to help poor, marginalized, or under-represented people, or to effect change in social policies in the public interest, on 'not for profit' terms (pro bono publico), often in the fields of civil rights, civil liberties, religious liberty, human rights, women's rights, consumer rights, environmental protection, and so on.
A cause lawyer, also known as a public interest lawyer or social lawyer, is a lawyer dedicated to the usage of law for the promotion of social change to address a cause. Cause lawyering is commonly described as a practice of "lawyering for the good" or using law to empower members of the weaker layers of society.
The Southern Illinois University School of Law's history began in 1972, when it was established by the Illinois state legislature. Its first class entered in August 1973. The school is housed in the Lesar Law Building, named for its first dean Hiram H. Lesar. The School of Law offers the Juris Doctor degree through a full-time program.
In social science and economics, public interest is "the welfare or well-being of the general public" and society. [1] While it has earlier philosophical roots and is considered to be at the core of democratic theories of government, often paired with two other concepts, convenience and necessity, it first became explicitly integrated into governance instruments in the early part of the 20th ...
Gary L. Blasi is an American lawyer. He is a Professor of Law Emeritus at UCLA, and an active public interest lawyer and advocate in Los Angeles. Regarded as one of the best lawyers in California, he has been recognized for his legal and policy advocacy to end homelessness (particularly among veterans), eradicate slum housing conditions, and improve learning opportunities in substandard ...
He has taught at UCLA School of Law, Stanford Law School, New York University School of Law, and Harvard Law School. [1]At Stanford he co-founded the now defunct Lawyering for Social Change Program, [2] at UCLA the Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, [1] and the Center for Community Problem Solving at NYU.
The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy is a privately endowed public interest law center administered by and located on the grounds of Boston College Law School Boston, Massachusetts. The center offers financial support and career counseling to individuals interested in public interest law and public policy work and provides a forum for ...