PSJD News Digest – October 18, 2024
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Hello, interested public! Lots of news related to challenges for regional public defender services this week–as well as a story regarding the prosecutor shortage in Alaska. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Take care,
Sam
Student Loans & Student Debt
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Will employers opt to help workers pay down student loans? (Marketplace.org; 15 Oct 2024)
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Department of Education extends student debt relief to 60,000 public service workers (EdSource; 17 Oct 2024)
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Student Debt: An Individual and Collective Burden at English-Language [CAN] Universities (Universite de Montreal; 17 Oct 2024)
Non-Profit & Government Management & Hiring
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Partnership for Public Service plans AI training center for federal employees in 2025 (Government Executive; 17 Oct 2024)
Access to Justice – Civil & Economic
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The Government of Canada renews funding for immigration and refugee legal aid services in Manitoba (Department of Justice CAN; 17 Oct 2024)
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Circuit Court for Baltimore County announces merger of Law Library and Self-Help Office into Access to Justice Resource Center (Maryland Courts; 17 Oct 2024)
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UCLA law receives $2.2M grant to support its tribal legal development clinic (KRDO; 17 Oct 2024)
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Indigenous justice centre to open in Williams Lake [BC] December 2024 (100 Mile Free Press; 18 Oct 2024)
Access to Justice – Criminal
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Louisiana’s newly configured public defender board rejects Landry administration pay plan (Louisiana Illuminator; 17 Oct 2024)
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Oversight board approves compromise chief public defender salary plan (Louisiana Center Square; 17 Oct 2024)
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Dozens of criminal cases dismissed due to prosecutor shortage (Alaska’s News Source; 14 Oct 2024)
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[SD] Indigent Legal Services panel preps for launch (KELO; 16 Oct 2024)
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Concerns raised about Idaho’s new public defense system after exodus in public defenders (East Idaho News; 15 Oct 2024)
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Concerns raised after head of [NV]’s indigent defense efforts fired by governor’s office (The Daily Indy; 18 Oct 2024)
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The Harris County Public Defender’s Office is expanding. But is it growing fast enough? (Houston Landing; 15 Oct 2024)
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Amid public defender shortage, WA Bar Association suggests caseload limits (KUOW; 16 Oct 2024)
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The Vicious Cycle of Overburdened [WA] Public Defenders (The Stranger; 17 Oct 2024)
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