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The Program Access to Justice (ATJ) Tech Fellows was created to provide future lawyers with the skills, knowledge, and attitudes they will need to be successful civil justice leaders. To achieve its...
View ArticlePro Bono Publico Award Finalists
At the October Mini-Conference, we announced the finalists for this year’s PSJD Pro Bono Publico Award. To commend each finalist on their hard work and to demonstrate how difficult it will be to select...
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The Organization The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) is an association of over 2,500 legal career professionals who advise law students, lawyers, law offices, and law schools in North...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – February 28, 2020
Hello there, interested public! It’s been a busy few weeks, with ICE officials continuing to make arrests in California state courthouses despite a new state-level ban on the practice and the Supreme...
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The Organization The Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor (SNP) is a one-of-a-kind independent office with jurisdiction throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Created in response to a...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – March 6, 2020
Hello there, interested public! Major stories this week include the 9th Circuit’s decision temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, three Senators’ concern over racial...
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The Organization The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) is an association of over 2,500 legal career professionals who advise law students, lawyers, law offices, and law schools in North...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – March 13, 2020
Hello there, interested public! We have a theme this week. There’s news I don’t need to share with you all currently affecting every corner of our society–including the topics we cover together in this...
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The Organization The Maryland Office of the Public Defender (OPD) provides statewide representation in criminal defense cases to those unable to afford an attorney. Maryland OPD employees operate...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – March 20, 2020
Hello there, interested public! It shouldn’t shock anyone at this point to learn that a lot has happened in the past week. Various authorities are either making or entertaining fundamental changes to...
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The Organization Vital Strategies is an international public health organization tasked with developing and overseeing government programs that strengthen public health systems. Their headquarters is...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – March 27, 2020
Hello there, interested public! It’s been a busy week–so busy in fact that the digest will be a bit brief today. To start with, our PSJD Fellow Brittany Valente has done a stellar job pulling together...
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The Organization The Civitas ChildLaw Center at Loyola University Chicago School of Law is an internationally recognized academic center that offers clinical and substantive coursework while advancing...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – April 3, 2020
Hello there, interested public! Once again, the news is overwhelming. I’ve done my best to catalogue it for you all below. One big announcement: as major stories roll out everywhere concerning eviction...
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The Organization The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (Institute) is an Italian non-profit organization dedicated to education, training, and research in...
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The Organization Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the lives and advancing the interests of animals...
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The Organization Public Rights Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating the gap between the values behind our laws and the lived realities of vulnerable communities across the U.S....
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – April 24, 2020
Hello there, interested public! News continues to be big, keeping pace with world events. Major stories come from the ABA, which is recommending state bars develop paths to practice for graduates...
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The Organization ECPAT-USA (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes – USA Office) is a U.S.-based nonprofit policy organization that strices to end the...
View ArticlePSJD Public Interest News Digest – May 8, 2020
Hello there, interested public! The days remain packed, even as we all stay at home. Some major stories include a decision to restrict the New York bar exam to people who graduated from law school in...
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