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April 15, 2010
A lawsuit settled in Pennsylvania by the Education Law Center-PA and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) ensures the continued enrollment of homeless children in school and significantly revises state polices to better protect the rights of homeless students. As part of the
April 13, 2010
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia is co-counseling a class action along with lead counsel Outten & Golden, LLP of New York, against the United States Census Bureau, alleging that thousands of African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans have been rejected for jobs by the Census Bureau
April 13, 2010
The March 2010 isssue of Health Law PA News , the free bi-monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, is now available on PALawHELP.org .
April 13, 2010
The Center for Access to Justice & Technology at the Chicago-Kent College of Law will be hosting its monthly A2J Author Online Intake Meeting on April 15, 2010 at 12:00 pm Eastern. Each month a step in the online intake planning process will be covered and questions will be taken from the attendees
April 12, 2010
The Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project will be offering a special two-part series (90 min each) about GIS mapping on April 16 and April 23, 2010. The workshops will take place from 1:00 pm -2:30 pm Eastern on each date. These workshops will provide step-by-step instructions about
April 9, 2010
Thousands of Americans with disabilities will have housing assistance specifically targeted to meet their needs as part of President Obama’s Year of Community Living initiative. HHS and HUD collaborated to provide housing support for non-elderly persons with disabilities to live productive
April 9, 2010
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has announced plans to modernize the application process for FHA mortgage insurance, making the process easier for borrowers and faster for lenders. FHA will begin accepting electronic signatures on third party documents originated and signed outside of the
April 9, 2010
Article from the New York Times discussing the role Professor Laurence Tribe will be playing as the newly appointed "Senior Counselor for Access to Justice", a position created especially for him, where has been asked to suggest ways to improve legal services for the poor, find alternatives to court

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