Student attorneys in the Clinic will offer free legal advice and services related to Veterans Affairs claims, wills and other issues on November 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the second floor of The Equities House, 900 Virginia St East, Charleston, WV, 25301.
The legal services day is open to all veterans living in the Mountain State, their spouses and children. Walk-ins will be accepted throughout the day or guests can register in advance by calling 304-460-1476 or emailing jnolan3@mail.wvu.edu.
Veterans must bring with them identification, medical records, prior wills, DD214 forms, service records and any other relevant paperwork.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Caroline Toler, a 1L at WVU Law, is a recipient of
the 11th annual Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship from the law firm Frost
Brown Todd.
Toler earned her bachelor’s degrees in English and Spanish from WVU with minors in
philosophy and law and legal studies. She was named an Eberly College of Arts and
Sciences Outstanding Senior and earned a Fulbright U.S. Student Grant to travel
to Spain where she worked as an English teaching assistant at the University of
Málaga and volunteered with La Voz de Los Adoptados.
A first-generation college student and former foster youth, Toler has worked as a Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteer. After law school,
she plans to practice family law, advocating for foster children and transforming
how children are treated within the U.S. foster care system.
Frost Brown Todd awarded its 2021 Diversity and Inclusion Scholarships to just five
graduate and law school students nationally. Winners were selected from 140
applicants for demonstrating the highest level of academic excellence and a commitment
to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in their communities.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For more than 40 years, West Virginia Continuing Legal
Education (WVCLE) has been dedicated to the professional development of thousands
of lawyers. It has proudly served the state’s attorneys by delivering premier,
affordable, relevant and creative programming.
Recently, the WVU College of Law has implemented some strategic organizational changes
regarding WVCLE. In the midst of changes to the landscape of continuing legal education
services throughout the state and beyond, the WVU College of Law has decided
to pause the business operations of WVCLE as a standalone unit.
As a result, WVCLE cannot provide ongoing continuing legal education opportunities
throughout the year. However, WVU College of Law will be working alongside other
entities to support their continuing legal education programs and, looking toward
the future, we are exploring the ever-changing professional continuing legal education
needs of attorneys and how the College might best meet those needs.
WVU Law plans to rethink how to continue our commitment to serving the
legal community by providing service-based continuing legal education programs
through different centers and departments within the College and through strategic
partnerships with organizations outside the law school.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A grant to the West Virginia UniversityCollege of Law from the Internal Revenue Service is going to help more low-income
taxpayers in the Mountain State.
The IRS has awarded $100,000 to convert the college’s Taxpayer Advocacy Law Clinic into the
only Low Income
Taxpayer Clinic in the
state. The grant will help
fund a new full-time program director and the clinic will be renamed the WVU
College of Law Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic.
“We will now be able to serve more clients
through statewide legal representation and community outreach,” said Nicole McConlogue, associate professor of law
and clinic director. “It also means that the clinic can enroll more student
attorneys interested in hands-on work experience in taxpayer advocacy.”
LITCs assist low-income individuals who have a
tax dispute with the IRS and provide education and outreach to individuals who
speak English as a second language. LITCs are independent from the IRS and from
the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an independent organization within the IRS that
ensures taxpayers are treated fairly.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After more than 14 years, Nathaniel Barnett has walked away from
the Cabell County Courthouse in Huntington, West Virginia, a completely free man.
“It feels great to finally put this behind me,” he said. “Even though I was out of
jail, having the charge and another trial hanging over me was extremely stressful.
Now I feel like I can finally move on with my life.”
Charges were also dismissed for Barnett’s brother, Philip, and Justin Black. The
Barnetts, Black and a fourth man, Brian Dement, were all convicted in 2008 of charges
related to the murder of Deanna Crawford in 2002 despite the lack of physical evidence
connecting them to the crime scene.
Morgantown, W.Va. — WVU Law and West Virginia Executive magazine recently inducted the Lawyers &
Leaders Class of 2021.
Founded in 2017, the Lawyers & Leaders program recognizes the accomplishments
of exceptional legal professionals who have made a positive impact on the state
and the nation and have dedicated their careers to serving others and their communities.
Nominees are required to either be practicing law in West Virginia or be a graduate
of WVU Law.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va — The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has placed a renewed focus
on the human right to health, a protection provided by numerous international declarations.
David H. Moore, professor of law at Brigham Young University, will present “Interpreting
Human Rights” and “The International Human Right to Health” from noon to 1 p.m.
on October 6 and October 13, respectively.
MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District
of West Virginia is teaming up with the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of
Inspector General, the FBI, and
West Virginia University to hold a symposium discussing the cutting-edge methods
used to convict a serial killer who preyed on veterans at a VA hospital.
“The Medicolegal Symposium on the Serial Murder Case of Reta Mays” will be webcast
from the WVU
College of Law on October 14 from 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Registration is free
and required by October 12. For more information or to register, go to
justice.gov/usao-ndwv.
In May 2021, Reta Mays, a former nursing assistant at the VA hospital in Clarksburg,
West Virginia, was sentenced to seven life terms in prison plus 20 years for murdering
seven patients with insulin and attempting to murder an eighth veteran. The two-year
investigation that preceded the July 2020 guilty pleas was highly complex.
The symposium will examine the clinical, forensic, psychiatry, and legal
prosecution techniques used to ensure justice for Mays’ victims and their families.
The prosecution team, investigators, and experts from around the globe will be
presenting.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Consumers in West Virginia and nationally are concerned about
their digital data privacy, and there are few and often inconsistent laws to protect
them — these are the findings of new research funded by the
Center for Consumer Law and Education, a joint program between the
West Virginia UniversityCollege of Law and Marshall University.
The O’Neill Institute brings together experts from public
health and legal fields to help create innovative solutions to the most
pressing global health concerns. It works to end pandemics, ensure human rights
and build the right to health for people across the globe.
Tu is currently working on several research papers dealing
with the intersection of patent law and FDA law, with the goal of finding
solutions to provide better access to cheaper life-changing medicine.
“I am excited and honored to be named a scholar at the
O’Neill Institute because it gets my patent law work in front of health law
scholars,” he said.
