The University of Maryland School of Law won a partial legislative victory Friday when the Maryland House of Delegates rejected a measure that would strip funding from the university unless its environmental law clinic reported certain client information.
The clinic has been at the center of a controversy pitting advocates of law school clinics against state lawmakers concerned about the effect clinic activities may have on local industry. Maryland was just the latest state in which government officials or legal opponents have sought to clamp down or obtain information about the working of a law school clinic — clinics in Louisiana, New Jersey and Michigan have also come under attack recently.
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