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Education

Apr. 23, 2009

Law Clinic Has Good Appeal With Students

O'Melveny & Myers and UCLA have formed an appellate clinic for third-year law students. In its first semester, the students already have argued three cases before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - With just a few weeks before her law school exams, UCLA student Carol Igoe wasn't cramming for finals.

Instead, on a recent morning Igoe stood before a three-member panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and argued her first case on behalf of a Filipino legal immigrant fighting to remain in the United States. At issue was whether a lawful permanent resident can be deported for a ...

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