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November 16, 2022
Hotels Face New Risks As Women Travel For Abortions
Abortion-related travel has been rising ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and hotels may get swept into criminal investigations of women who cross state lines to get abortions as laws change around the country, lawyers warn.
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November 16, 2022
Reforms Urged As Mich. Debt Collection Caseload Grows
Debt collection lawsuits are "dominating" Michigan's civil court system and the state should do more to help debtors defend themselves in court, a Michigan Supreme Court commission said Wednesday.
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November 16, 2022
Despite Reforms, Parolees Had Trouble Voting In Midterms
Even though years have passed since some states restored voting rights to parolees, flawed implementation led to confusion that prevented some from voting in the midterm election last week, activists said at a virtual event.
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November 01, 2022
Justice Jackson Warns Of Roadmap For States To Defy Court
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Tuesday that if the U.S. Supreme Court sides with Arizona in a capital case over whether a death row inmate was properly denied post-conviction relief, the ruling could give states a roadmap for defying the high court's criminal law decisions.
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October 31, 2022
Legal Services Orgs Partner To Streamline Pro Bono Process
Pro bono management platform Paladin and case management company LegalServer will integrate their systems as part of a partnership with Legal Aid Chicago to streamline service to indigent clients, Chicago's largest legal services organization said Monday.
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October 28, 2022
Habeas Case May Open Prison Door For Retroactive Innocents
When the Supreme Court rules on criminal law, it sometimes makes prisoners retroactively innocent of their crimes. This court term, in a case involving a Missouri man imprisoned for over 20 years for possessing a gun as a felon, the court will clarify whether federal prisoners can file writs of habeas corpus after new case law makes them legally innocent.
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October 28, 2022
Implicit Bias Jury Instructions: Coming To Military Courts?
Implicit bias jury instructions, which are widely used by civilian courts to educate jurors about their inherent biases, could be coming soon to court-martial proceedings following significant changes to the military justice system over the last year.
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October 28, 2022
Miriam Krinsky On The Work Of Reform-Minded Prosecutors
Miriam Krinsky, executive director of the nonprofit organization Fair and Just Prosecution, recently came out with a book examining prosecutors throughout the U.S. who have used the power of their offices to pursue reforms in the criminal justice system. Here, Krinsky discusses the experiences of these prosecutors and the future they are trying to build.
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October 28, 2022
Gibson Dunn Adds Ex-European Human Rights Court Judge
The former president of the European Court of Human Rights will join Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's London office next year, the firm said Thursday.
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October 28, 2022
'Chosen' Families Face Legal Hurdles, Outdated Laws
Those living in chosen families, such as same-sex couples, unmarried partners, triads and platonic co-parents, often face legal challenges posed by the law's outdated definition of family. Some attorneys are working to fix that.
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October 27, 2022
Tenant Groups Say Most Sued In NYC This Year Lack Lawyers
Across a subset of more than 27,300 eviction cases filed in New York City this year, only about a third of tenants have received legal representation, according to a new analysis seeking to raise the alarm about the city's strained program that provides free lawyers.
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October 27, 2022
Cardozo To Build Justice Center With $15M From Marvel Chair
Cardozo School of Law is planning to create a new center aimed at fighting wrongful convictions based on the misuse of scientific evidence, tapping into a $15 million donation in part from Marvel Entertainment chair Isaac Perlmutter and wife Laura Perlmutter, the school announced Thursday.
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October 26, 2022
In Their Words: Associates' Lessons From Pro Bono Work
Taking on a pro bono matter can be a transformative experience for a new attorney, helping them develop vital legal skills and see the world from the perspective of someone in need whose future hangs in the balance of the legal system.
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October 26, 2022
Courts Urged To Work With States To Address Mental Illness
A national task force is encouraging courts to form working groups with state government officials, among other recommendations, to better help individuals with mental illnesses in the civil and criminal legal systems.
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October 19, 2022
Supreme Court Won't Stay Execution Of 'Catatonic' Okla. Man
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to stay the imminent execution of an Oklahoma death row inmate whose attorneys say is severely mentally ill, Law360 has learned.
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October 14, 2022
Calif. Passed CARE Court Bill. Will Other States Follow?
California is a political trailblazer that is often the first to pass novel legislation that is later adopted by other states, but legal scholars say unique factors will determine whether other states will enact the CARE court model recently passed in the Golden State.
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October 14, 2022
NY Seeks First-In-The-Nation Right To Counsel In Deportations
Nearly one in every three noncitizens with pending immigration proceedings in New York lacks a lawyer. A proposed bill introduced in January would create a first-in-the-nation right to counsel for people facing deportation, and improve the odds for thousands of them to obtain relief.
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October 14, 2022
4 Takeaways From PPI's New Report On The Bail Industry
Bail companies owe counties across the United States millions in unpaid forfeitures, the Prison Policy Initiative claims in a recent report that argues states and localities should end their use of money bail.
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October 14, 2022
We The Action's New Head On Where Pro Bono Aid Is Needed
We The Action, which connects volunteer lawyers with nonprofits in need of legal help, welcomed Anna Chu as executive director in September. Here, Chu discusses the organization's work, where pro bono attorneys are needed most and why she believes equal access to democracy and justice is not yet a reality.
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October 14, 2022
Georgia Innocence Project Celebrates 20-Year Mark
In 1999, September Guy and Jill Polster — then two idealistic Georgia State University College of Law students — were told that an initiative to free wrongfully convicted people would never get off the ground in Georgia, where the conservative state's laws and attitudes have been firmly stacked against inmates. Twenty years after forming the Georgia Innocence Project in 2002, their efforts have defied the doubt and the odds.
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October 14, 2022
City Bar Debuts Free Legal Advice For Migrant Youth In NYC
The City Bar Justice Center in New York has partnered with housing and homeless youth services nonprofit Covenant House to provide pro bono advice on immigration law to young asylum-seekers arriving in the city from the southern border of the U.S., the City Bar has announced.
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October 13, 2022
Legal Orgs Sue Feds Over ICE Detainee Access To Counsel
Five organizations that provide legal services to people in immigration detention sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday, accusing the agency of improperly keeping detainees from accessing legal counsel.
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October 11, 2022
Comity Takes Center Stage In High Court DNA Testing Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled an interest in striking down a rule adopted by two federal appellate courts that says the statute of limitation for state prisoners to request DNA testing in federal court begins running when a state court denies testing, regardless of any appeal.
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October 07, 2022
Campaigns To Eliminate Justice Fees Pick Up Steam
Fees associated with the justice system often set criminal defendants, who are overwhelmingly poor, on a downward spiral that leads them to more poverty and legal woes, said Lisa Foster, the co-director of Fines and Fees Justice Center. But several organizations are leading a growing national movement to abolish them.
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October 03, 2022
Finnegan Atty Fights Disabled Veteran Precedent At Top Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case that may open the door for U.S. military veterans to seek disability compensation through equitable tolling. Finnegan partner James Barney, a Navy veteran himself, will argue the case pro bono.