Thursday Blog Roundup: Our Favorites from the Public Interest Blogosphere
By Lauren Forbes
Happy Thursday! It is time for the weekly roundup of some of our favorite posts from the public interest blogosphere. With no further ado…
- 6.9.11 SCOTUS to Rule on Right to Counsel in Collateral Proceedings. Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog includes a piece on the Supreme Court agreeing to hear a case that will test how firm the distinction between a right to counsel at the first level of direct appeal and the right to counsel at collateral post-conviction proceedings.
- 6.8.11 The Povery Law Blog discusses Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Robert A. Moffitt, and John Karl Scholz’s NBER Working Paper, An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programs in the United States. In which direction does the U.S. benefit system tilt?
- 6.6.11 DC budget and safety net programs cut, but not eliminated. Some of the hardest-hit social safety net programs, TANF, homeless services, and Interim Disability Assistance (IDA) were restored or preserved.
- 6.6.11 Heather Jarvis tells us five ways IBR beats ICR. Important bottom line: monthly payments are typically higher under income-contingent repayment than under income-based repayment.
- 6.6.11 Technola’s timely post about igniting your community referenced last week’s Legal Services NTAP (National Technology Assistance Project) post. Ideas include TED, CommonCraft, and others.
- 6.3.11 Partnering to aid our nation’s veterans, a piece in the Equal Justice Works Blog. Public Counsel has partnered with the Southern California Salvation Army to help provide legal services to hundreds of homeless veterans and their families in the Los Angeles area. The blog also highlight’s The Salvation Army‘s piece on how legal help is often the missing piece in a veteran’s recovery.
