Podcast appearances and mentions of Robert M Cover

In this episode, Professor Jason Parkin, Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University explains the benefits of participating in a law school live client clinic. Some key takeaways are: Clinics allow law students the opportunity to "be the lawyer" and represent clients in courtrooms and other legal settings.Clinics give students an opportunity to see whether they like litigation.In clinics the students is the lawyer, in externships the student works for the lawyer.Most schools offer a multitude of clinics and are available to students after their first year of law school. About our guest…Jason Parkin is a professor of law at the Elisabeth Haub School of lLw. He is the founder and director of the Neighborhood Justice Clinic, which represents individuals and grassroots organizations in both litigation and non-litigation matters related to workers’ rights and other issues affecting low-income communities in Westchester County. Prior to joining the Pace faculty, Professor Parkin was a Robert M. Cover Fellow and Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, He is a former senior staff attorney in the New York Legal Assistance Group’s Special Litigation Unit. Following law school, Professor Parkin clerked for Judge Robert P. Patterson, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and Judge Julio M. Fuentes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.[Insert guest bio here]Want to learn more about Professor Parkin? Visit the links below: https://law.pace.edu/faculty/jason-parkinAs always, if you have and suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes.Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com.

As part of the Season of Justice, CCPC welcomed Allyson McKinney Timm Founder and Director of Justice Revival to preach on Sunday January 27 and lead Open Forum. Allyson McKinney Timm is a theologically trained human rights lawyer whose commitment to justice ministry has been inspired by her faith journey. Her writing has appeared in Sojourners, California Lawyer, USA Today and The Independent. Previous to founding Justice Revival, as the Robert M. Cover-Allard K. Lowenstein Fellow in International Human Rights at Yale Law School, Allyson taught and supervised students in the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic. Earlier in her career she established and led the Uganda Field Office of International Justice Mission; worked as an associate with Latham & Watkins LLP; and served pro bono with the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Office of the Prosecutor. Allyson is an elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Justice Revival inspires, educates, and mobilizes Christian communities to respond faithfully to the call to justice by standing in solidarity with the oppressed and defending the human rights of all.

Martha Minow '79, Harvard Law School Dean gave the Robert M. Cover Lecture in Law and Religion at Yale Law School on March 22, 2010. The lecture is entitled "'Confronting the Seduction of Choice: Law, Education, and American Pluralism".