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Salt Lake Tribune highlights successes of Mobile Home Park Helpline
On December 20, 2016, The Salt Lake Tribune highlighted the successes of the College of Law’s Mobile Home Park Helpline, an ongoing project of the Clinical program. After 14 months of operating a specially created legal help line for residents and owners of manufactured-home parks, attorneys at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law […]
College of Law work on mobile home park issues featured in The Salt Lake Tribune
A story in the Dec. 21 print edition of The Salt Lake Tribune covered work done by S.J. Quinney College of Law students and University of Utah Professor Linda Smith related to mobile home park issues. A law school recently issued a report and recommendations to a legislative subcommittee regarding the Mobile Home Park Residency […]
U law team urges Utah State Legislature to improve enforcement of Mobile Home Park Residency Act
By Linda F. Smith A team from the University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law has issued a report and recommendations to a legislative subcommittee regarding the Mobile Home Park Residency Act and a helpline the team has operated for the past 14 months. The report recommends disbanding the helpline and establishing legal […]
Class of 2016 sets record for hours of public service and experiential learning
The S.J. Quinney College of Law class of 2016 set a new record for per-capita public service and experiential learning, averaging 122 hours per student, per year. The class earned a total of 44,809 hours of learning-service including Clinical and Pro Bono work over their 1L-3L years. High levels of student participation are a key driver of the College of Law’s rank as […]
‘The most exciting experience I have had in law school’: 3L Silvers Reflects on Judicial Internship
For two semesters, 3L Angela Silvers was a judicial intern for Judge Dee Benson. After graduation, she will clerk in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. In the interview below, Silvers shares a few of her experiences as a judicial intern, shares her insights on how to prepare for an […]
‘Practice How You Play’: 3L Clayton Sevy Praises College of Law’s Clinical Program
Clayton Sevy, a 3L at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, is currently enrolled in a clinic at the Legal Aid Society, his second clinical experience through the College of Law’s Civil Clinic program. In the interview below, he explains how his hands-on experience at Open Legal Services and Legal Aid will […]
Public Policy Clinic Report on School Dicipline Cited in Fusion.net Story
Work of the S.J. Quinney College of Law’s Public Policy Clinic was cited in a May 26, 2015 story on Fusion.net Fifty-five American Indian students in Utah elementary schools were referred to law enforcement in 2011, compared to zero of their white counterparts, according to a new report from the University of Utah Law School’s Public […]
American Indians Disproportionately Disciplined at School Compared to White Students, Clinic Research Shows
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MEDIA RELEASE Deep dive as part of “School-to-Prison Pipeline” research at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Public Policy Clinic brings to light disturbing disparities. May 22, 2015 – School disciplinary actions handed down to students at Utah public schools disproportionately impact American Indian children over all other […]
Public Policy Clinic Students Host Community Meeting
April 7, 2015 – Public Policy Clinic students Stephanie Pitcher, Amy Martz, Amy Shewan and Vanessa Walsh, traveled to Montezuma Creek, Utah to host a community meeting. The goal was to listen to concerns of the Navajo community regarding school disciplinary actions. The meeting was held at the Aneth Chapter house and was attended by school officials, […]
Public Policy Clinic Student Presents at ASU Symposium
On March 27, 2015, Vanessa Walsh `16, a student in the public policy clinic, presented information on school disciplinary data for American Indian students at the STPP in Indian Country symposium held at the Sandra Day O’Conner Law School at Arizona State University. The one-day event brought together individuals to discuss pipeline concerns, experts who […]