Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
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Hello, interested public! Lots of major news this week, including (another) reversal of fortune for the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plans in litigation, a decision from the ABA to change its clerkship criteria, and ongoing legal volunteer efforts in North Carolina and florida. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! Lots of major news this week: a federal judge ended the temporary block on the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan, while California became the newest state to require that attorneys report pro bono hours to the State Bar. The federal government is allowing employees to donate their PTO to colleagues affected by Hurricane Helene, while the North Carolina Supreme Court is allowing out-of-state lawyers to assist hurricane victims. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! Major stories this week include continued attention on the public defender systems in Washington State, Oregon, and South Dakota and a major expansion of public interest articling positions in Ontario. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration’s student debt relief plan continues to work its way through a federal appeal, while the CFPB estimated the cost to borrowers of increased student loan interest rates. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
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Hello, interested public! Ongoing high-level drama regarding the Biden Administration’s attempts at student loan debt relief continues to generate headlines. Other news stories include a developing crisis for immigrant services in Delaware and the launch of a statewide public defender system in South Dakota. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
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Hello, interested public! Lots of major stories concerning student loan this week, highlighted in particular in my editor’s choice section below. Other news concerned further new programs advancing the right-to-counsel in eviction cases at a local level, a new effort in Georgia to fill public service jobs in rural areas, and an announced hearing on proposed changes to indigent defense policy in Washington State. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! Dramatic turns this week around the Biden Administration’s ongoing effort to craft a student loan debt relief policy. In other news, the Arizona Supreme Court launched an apprenticeship program to improve legal services in rural areas and the double-strike of prosecutors and public defenders in Sacramento, CA continued. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! Some major stories this week, including most notably the Supreme Court’s rejection of a request from the Biden administration to lift a pause imposed by a lower court on their student debt relief plan. In other news, the Arkansas government has averted layoffs of its public defenders, and both public defenders and prosecutors are on strike in Sacramento California. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! Lots of big news this week, including our featured story, where the IRS has given employers guidance on providing matching retirement plan contributions based on student loan payments. Additional stories include a funding crisis for public defense in Arkansas and a staffing challenge for new public defense offices in Maine. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! Stories for this week include a legal aid initiative in El Paso involving partnerships between US nonprofits & law firms and the Mexican government, ongoing stories about public defender and local prosecutor shortages, and the White House reaction to a federal appellate ruling against its student loan forgiveness plan. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! We’re back with a handful of stories for the week, including the possibility of a dramatic expansion of the federal judiciary and a new student loan relief effort from the Biden Administration.
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