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Renowned advocate Professor Stephen Bright addresses flaws in the criminal justice system

Term-time scholarships support students' work with local nonprofits

Lawson Konvalinka, '11, replaces Nicole Simmons as counselor for careers in public interest law and public defense

Justice Center hosts fifth annual social justice orientation for new and returning students

Four students have been selected to serve as Public Service Scholars with the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law for the 2017-18 academic year.

Hatoum will work for two years in New York as a Fried Frank litigator and then two years as a staff attorney with the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Anna Roberson worked for an immigration law firm and as an advocacy intern in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Natalie Fine was a paralegal with the Innocence Project in New York City

Mithoff Pro Bono Program INCLUDE clinics advance the rights of persons with disabilities and involve law students in serving them

In 2016-17, legal service projects developed by the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program served over 600 individuals and drew almost 300 law student volunteers

Graduates receive law school funded postgraduate fellowships to work with nonprofits starting next fall