Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
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Hello, interested public! Lots of stories about public defender staffing and funding this week (and one about prosecutors as well). 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! 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.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! I’m back in DC after a very interesting week in Detroit. Major stories this week include a lot of issues of US federal policy. Whistleblower accounts from within the company servicing public service student loans about their treatment of borrowers and from within the State Department and USAID about US policy on Gaza. The CFPB’s funding structure survived a challenge at the Supreme Court, and Government Executive suggested that the Biden Administration’s immigration policy may require a significant increase in staffing. 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! I’ve been at ABA EJC; it’s been an interesting time and I’m glad to have seen a few of you here! Meanwhile, the news swims on. Here’s a bit of what I’ve caught.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! It’s been a busy week for those of you who’ve joined us at NALP’s Annual Education Conference in Boston. Meanwhile, the world outside our convention hall has been marching along. You can catch up on public service news in the links below.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public! Hope you’re all doing alright. Looking forward to seeing some of you next week in Boston for NALP’s Annual Education Conference! The digest is a bit late this week; hopefully it’ll make good train/plane reading for those of you heading to Boston.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public!
Nice to be with you again, after a bout with bronchitis. I’m back with a Digest that isn’t our longest ever but is truly packed with major news. The biggest items are in “Editor’s Choices” section, but I highly you look over the headlines in each section this week.
Sam Halpert, NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives
Photo: Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress
Hello, interested public!
Lots of news this week: the student loan servicer in charge of managing public-service-related loans will be appearing in front of a Congressional hearing, while Biden outlined new forgiveness strategies for public service workers. New York State is considering multiple right-to-counsel bills (related to immigration services and tenants’ rights). Pay for public defenders adn court appointed attorneys looks likely to improve in multiple states, but in Louisiana public defenders are are worried that controversial new changes to the state’s system for managing their work may result in pay reductions. As always, these stories and more are in the links below.
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