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Colleen Shanahan ’03 Joins Clinical Faculty

Colleen Shanahan will establish a new community justice clinic as part of Columbia Law School’s expansion of its experiential learning programs.

https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/2018/07/colleen-shanahan-clinical-education

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