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March 23, 2023
The Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA) at Harvard Law School is accepting applications for the 2023-2024 Wasserstein Public Interest Fellows Program through Monday, April 3, 2023. Wasserstein Fellows are practicing public interest lawyers who spend three days in Cambridge meeting with
March 23, 2023
North Penn Legal Services is hosting a Fair Housing Month CLE Panel Discussion, entitled Right to Counsel in Eviction Cases: Tipping the Scales Toward Justice on April 14, 2020 from 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Eastern. The program will be presented virtually on the Zoom platform. The program will be focused on
March 23, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a “click to cancel” provision requiring sellers to make it as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign up, as one of several significant updates the Commission is proposing to its rules regarding subscriptions and recurring payments.
March 22, 2023
The Dickinson Law Review will present The Impact of Women of Color in the Judiciary beginning at 8:30 AM on Friday, March 24, 2023 in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Dickinson Law. Members of the judiciary and academia will discuss how women of color have shaped the
March 22, 2023
The Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition (PLDIC) seeks emerging attorney leaders to apply for its inaugural Young Professionals Advisory Board (YPAB). Applications will open on April 19, 2023. Qualified applicants should be attorneys who have been practicing 10 years or less, are
March 21, 2023
Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and White House Counsel Stuart Delery jointly issued the 2022 White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (Roundtable) Report. The report, entitled Access to Justice through Simplification: A Roadmap for People-Centered Simplification of Federal Government
March 17, 2023
The Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP) is pleased to offer series of upcoming webinars focusing on various Medicaid-related topics. During each session, experts from PHLP will share what advocates and providers need to know about the unwinding of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE)
March 16, 2023
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) Acting Secretary Val Arkoosh today informed Pennsylvanians of a potential scam in which individuals – regardless of whether or not they receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – receive a text message asking for

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