A coalition of tenant advocates released a new report urging the New Jersey courts to improve their process for reviewing residential eviction complaints.
Clinics
In response to New Jersey's housing crisis, members of the New Jersey Housing Justice Project traveled to Trenton to testify before the New Jersey Assembly Housing Committee.
Rutgers Law School’s clinics in Camden and Newark have a long-standing reputation for excellence. This year, the program is set to advance further with the appointment of two new associate deans for clinical education.
Nicole Ryu ’24 and Francis G. Tiongson ’24 are the latest recipients of the Intellectual Property Law Clinic Award, which recognizes their exceptional proficiency in the clinical practice of intellectual property law and acknowledges their excellent leadership and teamwork with fellow clinic students.
The Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic achieved a significant victory in the New Jersey Supreme Court on July 1, when the Court held that youth placed on the sex offender registry have the right to be removed at any time, as long as they can prove they are not likely to pose a threat to the safety of others.
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation awarded more than $4 million in multi-year grants to fund new and existing law school clinics at Rutgers Law School in both Camden and Newark.