Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
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Hello, interested public! Lots of major stories concerning student loan this week, highlighted in particular in my editor’s choice section below. Other news concerned further new programs advancing the right-to-counsel in eviction cases at a local level, a new effort in Georgia to fill public service jobs in rural areas, and an announced hearing on proposed changes to indigent defense policy in Washington State. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! Dramatic turns this week around the Biden Administration’s ongoing effort to craft a student loan debt relief policy. In other news, the Arizona Supreme Court launched an apprenticeship program to improve legal services in rural areas and the double-strike of prosecutors and public defenders in Sacramento, CA continued. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! Some major stories this week, including most notably the Supreme Court’s rejection of a request from the Biden administration to lift a pause imposed by a lower court on their student debt relief plan. In other news, the Arkansas government has averted layoffs of its public defenders, and both public defenders and prosecutors are on strike in Sacramento California. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! Lots of big news this week, including our featured story, where the IRS has given employers guidance on providing matching retirement plan contributions based on student loan payments. Additional stories include a funding crisis for public defense in Arkansas and a staffing challenge for new public defense offices in Maine. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! Stories for this week include a legal aid initiative in El Paso involving partnerships between US nonprofits & law firms and the Mexican government, ongoing stories about public defender and local prosecutor shortages, and the White House reaction to a federal appellate ruling against its student loan forgiveness plan. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! We’re back with a handful of stories for the week, including the possibility of a dramatic expansion of the federal judiciary and a new student loan relief effort from the Biden Administration.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! A number of major stories this week on several fronts, including a new pro bono initiative for immigration attorneys, right-to-counsel programs in Pennsylvania and Los Angeles CA, budget news for public defenders in Maryland (bad news0 and DC (good news!), and an appeals court ruling with major implications for the Biden administration’s efforts to assist student borrowers navigating Public Service Loan Forgiveness. These stories and more are in the links below.
One more thing: I’ll be away from my desk for the next two weeks, so you can expect the next edition of this digest on August 9th.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! A handful of stories this week, with a focus on the ongoing effort to reform public defender services in Maine. These stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! A few choice items on a relatively slow news week (in our little corner of interest, at least): Senator Booker introduced legislation that would create a national right to counsel in eviction, Legal Aid Alberta reported that the Ministry of Justice suddenly halted ongoing negotiations over its governance agreement, and the Bronx Defenders’ Union may be on strike by the end of the month. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! Number of interesting stories this week, including a new initiative at the Department of Justice and a number of additional articles concerning prosecutor and public defender shortages. These stories and more are in the links below.
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