Legal Services

Could More Public-Interest Lawyers in D.C. Help Prevent Domestic Tragedies?

Matthew Fraidin | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Murder, Legal Services, Dc Council, Deborah Epstein, Lawyers, Dc Impact, Protection Orders, Alecia Wheeler, Public Interest Lawyers, Pro Bono, Peter Edelman, Domestic Violence, DC News
Matthew Fraidin

Could a lawyer have saved Alecia Wheeler's life?  As the D.C. Council considers how to spend the $89 million surplus discovered recently, her tragic death reminds us that pennies spent on public-interest lawyers can provide pounds of cure.

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Cash-Strapped

USA Today | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Civil Court, Legal Services, Criminal Defense, Poverty, Budget Cuts, Criminal Justice System, Economic Disparities, Criminal Justice, Legal Aid, Black Voices News

JACKSON, Miss. – Programs that provide free legal aid to the poor are laying off employees, cutting services and increasingly turning away people wh...

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Court Program Helps Homeless Get Clean Slate

Detroit Free Press | L. L. Brasier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Legal Services, Homeless, Outreach, Court, Homelessness in America, Homeless Services, Homelessness, Impact News

Timothy Payne was facing several hundred dollars in traffic fines, and unable to get his driver's license back because of them. Already teetering on ...

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Quaint Concept: Justice for All

Lawrence McGovern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Legal Representation, Legal Services, Hudson Valley, Abuse, Westchester County, Homelessness, Crime, Budget Cuts, Hunger in America, Evictions, Politics News
Lawrence McGovern

Legal service providers contend that it is not just a question of how America treats its most vulnerable citizens; justice for all makes a better America for all of its 300 million citizens.

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Wall Street and Their Seductive Loan Promotions Tricked Many on Main Street

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Treasury Department, Legal Services, Foreclosure Crisis, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Hamp, Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Timothy Geithner, Politics News
Rep. John Conyers

It is mind-boggling to believe that with such a vast operation, banking giants like JP Morgan Chase were not the least bit aware of the wrongful subprime lending practices being undertaken.

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Damn Yankees!

Tom Cosgrove | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boston, Legal Services, Legal Services NYC, Mark Teixeira, Manny Ramirez, Bankruptcy, Poverty, Economy, New York City, Yankees, Homeless, Foreclosure, Red Sox, Public Interest Lawyers, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tom Cosgrove

Obama's election night challenge to "look after not only ourselves, but each other" does a better good job of describing what public interest lawyers at Legal Services NYC do every day.

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