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For Immediate Release Contact: ULV College of Law Celebrates New Legal Clinics with Open House Ontario, Calif., September 6, 2007 – Members of the legal and regional communities gathered together at the University of La Verne College of Law to celebrate the law school’s partnership with Los Angeles-based Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC) and to announce the January 2008 opening of the law school’s own Clinic for Justice & Immigration. Both clinics, housed on the law school’s campus, will provide students at ULV College of Law an opportunity to apply their classroom knowledge in a practical setting to assist disadvantaged clients in actual legal matters. The open house’s keynote address was delivered by The Honorable Stephen G. Larson, U.S. District Judge, Eastern Division of the Central District of California and a member of the law school’s adjunct faculty. In the address, Larson commented on the importance of attorneys committed to helping the advancement of civil rights and the benefits students will receive from the presence of the clinics on ULV’s campus. “These clinics will provide law students with the opportunity to go beyond the university setting and work in the real world by developing practical skills and an inspiration to continue their work upon completion of their education,” said Judge Larson. Los Angeles-based Disability Rights Legal Center offers a number of programs to disadvantaged residents seeking legal representation, including its Cancer Legal Resource Center, Disability Mediation Center, Community Outreach Program, Civil Rights Litigation Project, Education Advocacy Project, Options Counseling, Lawyer Referral Service and Pro Bono Project. Open in Summer 2007, the Disability Rights Legal Center’s Inland Empire project allows students at ULV College of Law the opportunity to work on special education and civil rights cases in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. DRLC Executive Director, Eve Hill, commented on the legal clinic’s expansion in Inland Southern California. “As a member of the Inland community, we aren’t just doing litigation, we’re filling a need by bringing together businesses, employers and government agencies to solve legal problems.” While students will be paired to work on legal matters in the Disability Rights Legal Center, the Center is also seeking regional attorneys for assistance with pro bono work. “We have a number of pro bono opportunities available for practicing attorneys in the Inland region, and we hope to develop stronger relationships with Inland firms out here,” added Hill. In addition to partnering with the Disability Rights Legal Center, the University of La Verne College of Law also announced it will open an immigration clinic, the Center for Justice & Immigration, in January 2008. Under the direction of immigration law professor Diane Uchimiya from the College of Law, the clinic will offer 6-8 students per semester the opportunity to work on actual asylum cases in the Inland Empire and Eastern Los Angeles County, representing individuals who cannot return to their home countries due to persecution. For more information about the University of La Verne College of Law’s legal clinics, please contact the law school’s Director of Clinical Programs, Professor Jane Egly, at (909) 460-2042. For more information about admission to the law school in the spring or fall semesters, call the Admissions Office at (909) 460-2001 or e-mail lawadm@laverne.edu. About the University of La Verne College of Law # # #
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