Shaping the Law

Boyd students make Immigration Clinic vital to community

For two decades, UNLV’s Immigration Clinic has safeguarded its local community from the fear of deportation.

Going the Distance to Close the Gap

UNLV Boyd Law students are helping to raise the standards of rural indigent defense through their work with the new Department of Indigent Defense Services

UNLV Boyd Law students are helping to raise the standards of rural indigent defense through their work with the new Department of Indigent Defense Services

Helping Our Own

New legislation creates public funding that will help Immigration Clinic expand and continue serving a community in need

New legislation creates public funding that will help Immigration Clinic expand and continue serving a community in need

Sharing the Wealth

It took a while for Patrick Chapin to discover his passion for law. Now the longtime litigator, dispute resolution practitioner, and adjunct professor is paying it forward to students—in more ways than one

It took a while for Patrick Chapin to discover his passion for law. Now the longtime litigator, dispute resolution practitioner, and adjunct professor is paying it forward to students—in more ways than one

Dream Works

Immigration Clinic program offers critical—and free—immigration-related legal assistance to UNLV and College of Southern Nevada students, staff and family members

Immigration Clinic program offers critical—and free—immigration-related legal assistance to UNLV and College of Southern Nevada students, staff and family members

The Psychology of Technology

New article co-authored by Boyd professor Jean Sternlight will explore the role psychology plays in law’s increasingly high-tech world

New article co-authored by Boyd professor Jean Sternlight will explore the role psychology plays in law’s increasingly high-tech world

A Pathway to Justice

Since its opening 21 years ago, the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law has been guided by a singular mission: to positively impact the community well beyond the classroom walls. That mission has been accomplished through the development of a curriculum, programs, and clinics that have not only produced more than 2,500 successful alumni, but also served the legal needs of thousands of individuals throughout the state of Nevada.

But it’s the most recent program, launched a year ago, that very well may turn out to be the law school’s most impactful of all: the Misdemeanor Clinic.

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