PSJD News Digest – May 3, 2024
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Hello, interested public! It’s been the kind of week where decades happen. Some of the news of that decade is below.
Take care,
Sam
Editor’s Choice(s)
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In Defense of the Right to Free Speech and Peaceful Protest on University Campuses (American Association of University Professors; 29 Apr 2024)
Student Debt and Student Loans
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Big Student Loan Servicing Upheaval Will Impact Forgiveness, Repayment For Millions (Forbes; 2 May 2024)
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What borrowers need to know as the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program goes on a partial processing pause (CNBC; 3 May 2024)
Non-Profit & Government Management & Hiring
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MFJ UNION STRIKE HITS TEN-WEEK MILESTONE, MARKING LONGEST NYC LEGAL SERVICES WALKOUT SINCE 1991 (AFL-CIO NYC CLC; 3 May 2024)
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House GOP’s ‘discriminatory’ funding change draws ire of Democrats, nonprofits (The Hill; 1 May 2024)
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Texas Southern University’s Law School Responds To State’s DEI Job Cuts (HBCU Buzz; 29 Apr 2024)
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Young people think federal jobs are beneficial, but don't want them (Government Executive; 29 Apr 2024)
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Gaza and Charities at War: Tax Exemption and Civil Disobedience (Nonprofit Law Prof Blog; 29 Apr 2024)
Access to Justice – Civil & Economic
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[Nova Scotia] Legal Aid Demand Rises Amid Rate Freeze (Liberal.ns.ca; 2 May 2024)
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SEATTLE ALLOCATES $200K TO BOOST LEGAL AID FOR MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AMID SURGE (Hoodline; 3 May 2024)
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San Francisco Right to Counsel Program Prevents Hundreds of Evictions (Planetizen; 30 Apr 2024)
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Attorneys General Unite to Advocate for Legal Services Corporation Funding (Franklin County Free Press; 30 Apr 2024)
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Idaho Innocence Project suspending their legal services, for now (KIVITV; 29 Apr 2024)
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More Litigation Funding Rules Would Threaten Access to Justice (Bloomberg Law; 30 Apr 2024)
Access to Justice – Criminal
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DETENTION HEARINGS WITHOUT LAWYERS: AN ANALYSIS OF INITIAL CRIMINAL COURT HEARINGS IN TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS (ACLU TX; 30 Apr 2024)
Prosecutorial and Public Defense Office Hiring Crises
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After-hours public defender shortage a ‘safety concern,’ Rosendale [NY] police chief says (Daily Freeman; 2 May 2024)
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Editorial: Small steps to fix [OR]'s public defender shortage (Bend Bulletin; 3 May 2024)
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Overworked, understaffed, underpaid: Public defender system at the verge of crisis, panel told (Arkansas Online; 28 Apr 2024)
Criminal Legal Reform & Counterreform
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Protestors Rally Against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon (KABC; 29 Apr 2024)
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Public defenders should be part of the conversation about public safety (Louisiana Illuminator; 30 Apr 2024)