PSJD News Digest – November 1, 2024
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Hello, interested public! A number of interesting stories this week, including some novel research from the Journal of the American Medical Association about the health effects of the tenant right-to-counsel movement. You’ll find that story and others in the links below.
Take care,
Sam
Editor’s Choice
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Tenant Right-to-Counsel and Adverse Birth Outcomes in New York, New York (Journal Amer. Medical Assn.; 28 Oct 2024) “Question Was eviction prevention via free legal representation in housing court (right-to-counsel) in New York, New York, associated with birth outcomes in Medicaid-insured birthing parents?
Findings In this cohort study including 260 493 live births, right-to-counsel was associated with a statistically significant 0.96–percentage point absolute reduction in adverse birth outcomes among Medicaid-insured birthing parents.
Meaning These findings suggest that right-to-counsel programs may lead to improvements in key population health indicators.”
Student Loans & Student Debt
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New Student Loan Application Gives Overlooked Borrowers A Shot At Loan Forgiveness (Forbes; 29 Oct 2024)
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Boomers shoulder the heaviest student loans—but not for themselves (Fast Company; 26 Oct 2024)
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Why Two Old Student Loan Repayment Plans Are Coming Back From The Dead (Investopedia; 25 Oct 2024)
Non-Profit & Government Management & Hiring
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Pro Services Contract Nixes NJ Public Defender's Pension (Law360; 31 Oct 2024)
Access to Justice – Civil & Economic
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Georgia Launches Committee To Take On 'Civil Justice Gap' (Law360; 31 Oct 2024)
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Little Rock [AR] law school working to inspire rural lawyers (KARK.com; 31 Oct 2024)
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Jabbour & Quintero unveil Hoboken [NJ] housing platform that includes right-to-counsel (Hudson County View; 30 Oct 2024)
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Coalition Releases Report on Unjustified Evictions in New Jersey (Rutgers Law School; 29 Oct 2024)
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Will Generative AI Actually Expand Access To Justice? (Above the Law; 31 Oct 2024)
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K&L Gates Looks to Extend Gen AI Expertise to Access to Justice Fight (Law.com; 30 Oct 2024)
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Legal spending cuts by [ON] Human Rights Legal Support Centre is hurting litigants, lawyers say (LawTimes News; 29 Oct 2024)
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A New Approach To Narrowing The Texas Civil Justice Chasm (Mondaq; 28 Oct 2024)
Access to Justice – Criminal
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Prosecutors, defenders ask for pension upgrades to aid recruitment, retention (Indiana Capital Chronicle; 29 Oct 2024)
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Milwaukee County postpones hundreds of cases due to public defender shortage (ABC WISN; 31 Oct 2024)
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Pretrial investigations mount in Champaign [IL] as public defender caseloads rise in first year of Pretrial Fairness Act (CU-Citizen Access; 29 Oct 2024)
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Benton County [WA] prosecutor speaks out amid ongoing public defender shortage (KEPR; 30 Oct 2024)
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Benton County [WA] appoints new public defense director amid statewide shortage (NonStop Local; 25 Oct 2024)
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Washington state legal system faces challenge with public defender caseload reduction proposal (Apple Valley News Now; 30 Oct 2024)
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