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- Title: Government Interference with Law School Clinics and Access to Justice: When Is There a Legal Remedy? (Government Speech: The Government's Ability to Compel and Restrict Speech)
- Author : Case Western Reserve Law Review
- Release Date : January 22, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 346 KB
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INTRODUCTION Government interference with law school clinics resulting in the denial of low-income people's access to justice is not new. Recent events remind us that it is unlikely to fade away. Just last year, a law school clinic representing clients against the interests of a large poultry company spurred some legislators to introduce a budget amendment to withhold funds from the University of Maryland unless its law school disclosed information about its clients and how clinical programs at other law schools operate. (1) In Louisiana, the state legislature considered a bill to bar law school clinics that receive public funds, including private universities such as Tulane, from suing companies or government entities unless the legislature specifically approved each lawsuit. (2)