PSJD News Digest – May 31, 2024
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Hello, interested public! Today’s big story concerns a new study on the threat burnout poses in nonprofit spaces. As always, that news and more is in the links below.
Take care,
Sam
Editor’s Choice(s)
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Nonprofit Leaders Cite Burnout as a Top Concern in a New Study on the State of U.S. Nonprofits (PR Newswire; 29 May 2024)
Non-Profit & Government Management & Hiring
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MFJ Union Ratifies Contract Offer, Ending Historic 13-Week Strike (AFL-CIO NYC; 24 May 2024)
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Second Circuit Questions Allowing Debt Counseling by Non-Lawyers (Bloomberg Law; 29 May 2024)
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Wisconsin law that banned collective bargaining for most public employees back in court as unions sue to have it overturned (Fortune; 28 May 2024)
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US law clerks in rare anonymous statement decry 'genocide' in Gaza (Reuters; 29 May 2024)
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NY Legal Aid Groups Embrace AI, but Cost Concerns Remain (Bloomberg Law; 31 May 2024)
Student Loans & Student Debt
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Older Workers’ Retirement Security Threatened by Student Debt Hurdles (401k Specialist; 30 May 2024)
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Borrowers Stuck in Student Loan Limbo During Processing Pause (CNET; 30 May 2024)
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7 Critical Student Loan Forgiveness Dates In 2024 Borrowers Should Know About (Forbes; 30 May 2024)
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Biden extends time frame to get credit toward student loan forgiveness (Fox Business; 29 May 2024)
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Cornell Law School Incentivizes Public Interest Work by Expanding Loan Forgiveness (Findlaw; 23 May 2024)
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As Debt Rises, New Grads More Likely To Pick Law Firm Jobs (Law360; 9 May 2024)
Access to Justice – Civil & Economic
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Stagnant Minimum Pay Eroding DOL’s Ability to Fight Wage Theft (Bloomberg Law; 30 May 2024)
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Fresno city attorney partnering with attorney general for Tenant Protection Act (ABC 30 Action News; 27 May 2024)
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[Florida] Workgroup to Study Uncontested Probate Proceedings (Florida Bar News; 29 May 2024)
Access to Justice – Criminal
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[Ontario] Province to hire more judges and Crown prosecutors (Bay Today; 30 May 2024)
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St. Louis prosecutor wants to boost staffing, asks for $500K more (St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 31 May 2024)
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New group of public defenders will address attorney shortage in rural, northeast NC (WRAL News; 30 May 2024)
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Dawn Holland in court, but without a lawyer: First high-profile Deschutes County [OR] case to run into public defender shortage (KVTZ; 30 May 2024)
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‘A state of triage’: Illinois public defenders in crisis amid staffing shortage (Courthouse News Service; 24 May 2024)
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New Bill Aims to Create Statewide Public Defender Office in Illinois (WTTW Chicago; 28 May 2024)
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Kansas public defenders are overworked and understaffed, according to current standardsf (Topeka Capital-Journal; 25 May 2024)
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Lawyers Argue About Scheduling a Murder Trial Pending Furloughs by Public Defenders (DC Witness; 24 May 2024)
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ACLU of Maine gets court approval to expand its lawsuit against the state for allegedly failing to provide attorneys for low-income defendants (WMTW; 25 May 2024)
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Santa Cruz public defender moves to solidify 'holistic defense' model (Santa Cruz Sentinel; 28 May 2024)