Nebraska Public Interest Law Fund Spotlight: Paul Bachman, Law Office of Seamus Kelly
2L Paul Bachman, a 2019 NPILF recipient, worked at the Law Office of Seamus Kelly, a Nebraska Law alumnus. Mr. Kelly operates a niche law firm that serves almost exclusively people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers.In Pursuit of Environmental Justice: 2019 Equal Justice Works Conference & Career Fair
Last October, 2L Seth Keith attended the 2019 Equal Justice Works Conference & Career Fair in Washington, D.C. It's the nation's largest public interest legal career fair, bringing together more than 200 public interest employers from around the country to conduct interviews for summer internships and full-time postgraduate positions.Untie Online: Maximizing Technology to Increase Access to Justice
Under the leadership of managing partner and Nebraska Law alumna Angela Dunne, Omaha law firm Koenig|Dunne recently launched Untie Online, an affordable online divorce service that seeks to empower clients to complete their divorce on their own terms.Read more about Untie Online: Maximizing Technology to Increase Access to Justice
Nebraska Public Interest Law Fund Spotlight: Cheng (Kevin) Zhang, Center for Legal Immigration Assistance & Office of Federal Public Defender
2L Kevin Zhang, a 2019 NPILF recipient, was able to split his summer between the Center for Legal Immigration Assistance (CLIA) and the Office of Federal Public Defender for the District of Nebraska.Pro Bono Spotlight: Naturalization Clinic, Catholic Charities' Immigrant Legal Services
Catholic Charities’ Immigration Legal Services has scheduled four naturalization workshops for 2020, with the possibility of adding more if needed. The four workshops, which are always held on Saturday mornings in Omaha, will be held on March 7th, May 16th, August 1st, and November 7th.Q&A: Amy Peters ('16) - Gideon's Promise Summer Training Institute
Amy Peters is a 2016 graduate of Nebraska Law who has worked as Deputy Public Defender in Lancaster County since 2018. Last summer she was selected to attend the Gideon’s Promise Summer Training Institute, a 14-day “boot camp” in Atlanta for public defenders from across the nation. Peters spoke with JDs Advancing Justice about her career as a public defender and her experience at the Summer Training Institute.Read more about Q&A: Amy Peters ('16) - Gideon's Promise Summer Training Institute
Law School Application Fees and the Access to Justice Crisis
Jessica Valdez is a 2018 graduate of Creighton University who has been working at an Omaha law firm since graduating. Her next step, going to law school and becoming an immigration attorney, has hit roadblocks, not due to any lack of qualifications but due to the costs associated with just applying to law school.
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"Leaders From Law"
I spent the first weekend of November in Denver for a Leaders From Law workshop led by Georgetown Law Professor Heidi Li Feldman. Leaders From Law is a startup organization started by Professor Feldman in the aftermath of the 2016 election that describes itself as “a co-curricular program aimed specifically at law students and young attorneys with interest in running for elected office, especially at the state and local level.”Q&A: Shannon Seim ('19) - Volunteer Lawyers Project
Shannon Seim is a 2019 graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Law. She currently works for the Nebraska State Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyers Project as EVOLVES Program Attorney and Clinic Facilitator. Recently, as part of the National Celebration of Pro Bono, which takes place annually during the last week of October, Shannon answered some questions for JDs Advancing Justice.Read more about Q&A: Shannon Seim ('19) - Volunteer Lawyers Project
Q&A: Carly Beusch ('04) - Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. To learn more about the role lawyers play in combating domestic violence, we reached out to Nebraska College of Law alumnus Carly Beusch, a 2004 graduate. Ms. Beusch works as an Immigration Project Attorney at the Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence.Read more about Q&A: Carly Beusch ('04) - Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
2019 National Law Students Workers' Rights Conference
It was a great pleasure to represent the University of Nebraska College of Law at the National Law Students Workers’ Rights Conference. The conference was an amazing opportunity. I met students from law schools across the country and other individuals with a strong commitment to improving the lives of the working peopleRead more about 2019 National Law Students Workers' Rights Conference