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January 20, 2020 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Volunteer Staff Attorney Octavio Villegas VLOG from Puerto Rico

Octavio Villegas, University at Buffalo School of Law Class of 2015, has participated in every service-learning trip of the Puerto

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January 16, 2020 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Puerto Rico’s War on Two Fronts

As I prepare for my first trip to Puerto Rico, I find myself trying to get a grasp of the

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June 21, 2019 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Continuing the Tradition –The Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic’s Fourth Service-Learning Trip in June 2019

The University at Buffalo School of Law continued its pledge to serving the people of #PuertoRico in the lasting aftermath

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January 24, 2019 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

One Year Later: The Data Difference

One of the most striking differences between the first and third Puerto Rico legal clinics has been data. Not only

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January 23, 2019 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Framing the 1,844 mile future

I write this at the end of the first full day of my sixth trip to Puerto Rico since Hurricane

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September 21, 2018 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Reflections on Serving a Strong People Facing Intricate Fragility, One Year After Hurricane Maria

It’s been a year. Recovering from a disaster like Hurricane Maria was never expected to be complete by now. A

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February 19, 2018 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

The End of the Beginning: #UBLawResponds Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic has just commenced our journey

For those of you who have followed this blog, you know that in January 2018, #UBLawResponds Student Attorneys from the

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February 17, 2018 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

When Some is Better Than None: FEMA Accountability after Huracán María

What is accountability, really? We’ve all tossed the word around and heard it used. Usually one hears “accountability” and thinks

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February 15, 2018 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Sometimes I Get Angry: Contemplating the Role of Anger in Public Interest Work

Sometimes, when working in a public interest organization, it can be difficult for me to remain calm. Sometimes I become

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February 5, 2018 Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

A Smile and a Handshake is More Than Enough – My First Client

The path to understanding the true value of the profession I have chosen perhaps began the day I received my

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