(1) Loyola Chicago will be hosting the 2012 Norman Amaker Public Interest Retreat on February 24-26, 2012, and students there have already set the theme: “Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Public Interest Initiatives for a Better Tomorrow” inspired by the quote….
“The legal system can force open doors and sometimes even knock down walls. But it cannot build bridges. That job belongs to you and me.”
– Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Speech at the National Constitution Center, 1992
(2) The 25th Annual Robert M. Cover Public Interest Retreat, March 2-4, 2012 at the Sargent Center in Peterborough, NH is being organized by the students at Albany Law School and Vermont Law School. The theme is “The Power of Your J.D.: Tools for Creating Social Change.”
(3) The 2012 Trina Grillo Social Justice Retreat is being organized by faculty and students at Golden Gate University School of Law and will be held March 24-25, 2012 at Golden Gate. The theme of this year’s program is “Fighting Poverty & Inequality: Putting Critical Theory into Practice.”
Poverty Law 