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Clinic Releases Report on Causes, Conditions, and Consequences of Women in Prison in Argentina
May 16, 2013

Women and their families are disproportionately affected by the harsh penalties imposed for low-level drug offences in Argentina, according to a report by the Cornell Law School’s Avon Global Center for Women and Justice and International Human Rights Clinic, University of Chicago Law School’s...

Kalantry Discusses Women in Argentine Prisons on WBEZ's Worldview
May 15, 2013

Argentina is a new frontier in Mexico's drug wars.  As a result more and more people are being imprisoned.  A new report finds that in recent years the number of women in prison has increased.  The population of female prisoners in Argentina's federal prisons has expanded...

Conyers Convenes Group to Discuss Youth Violence
May 13, 2013

Herschella Conyers is an attorney who, along with several judges, recently invited a bunch of people to the University of Chicago to talk about violence and the growing number of teens getting entangled in the criminal justice system.

International Human Rights Clinic Seeking Fellow
May 9, 2013

The University of Chicago Law School is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time position training and supervising law students as a Fellow, appointed with the rank of Lecturer, in the Law School’s International Human Rights (IHR) Clinic. The position will begin June 1, 2013, or later. The...

Aspiring Food Entrepreneurs Attend IJ Clinic Event for Advice and Inspiration
May 6, 2013

Desirée Sanders wants to encourage healthy eating and an appreciation of African-American culture by selling “Southern-inspired crops” like okra and watermelon from her urban farm on the South Side.

Kalantry Discusses New Documentary "It's a Girl"
May 6, 2013

Pro-choice groups love this movie. Its director worked for a pro-life ministry. How did that happen?

Mark Templeton Participates in IOP Roundtable on Climate Change Policy
April 29, 2013

What are the prospects for legislative action surrounding climate change this year? And what effect, if any, will those policies have on reducing carbon emissions and improving the environment? We explore those questions—and the policy climate in Washington—with a panel of leading experts.

IJ Clinic's Beth Kregor Discusses Perils of Starting a Food Business on WBEZ
April 26, 2013

Potential restaurant and food owners can learn more about the ins and outs of opening a place in Chicago this Saturday at the clinic “Recipe for Success”.

Plan, Do, Reflect: Clinical Teaching at the Law School
April 22, 2013

For a full week last fall, Professor Alison Siegler and Jason Feld, ’13, spent between 12 and 15 hours a day in the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, writing an amicus brief for ...

Federal Criminal Justice Clinic Authors Amicus Brief in U.S. v. Davila
April 18, 2013

The Supreme Court held oral argument on Monday in United States v. Davila, No.