Court Rules on Suspension of Driver’s Licenses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Tim Wallace  434-529-1853 twallace@justice4all.org May 23, 2018 – Today a divided panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Stinnie v. Holcomb, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Virginia’s statutes automatically suspending driver’s licenses for failure to pay court costs and fines. In a 2 to 1 decision, […]

Justice for Ale RVA

Executive Director Mary Bauer to Step Down

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tim Wallace, Director of Development 434-529-1853 twallace@justice4all.org LEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER’S MARY BAUER TO STEP DOWN; ORGANIZATION SEEKS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Charlottesville, Va., April 27, 2018 —  Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) Executive Director Mary Bauer has announced plans to step down as Executive Director in mid-summer 2018.  Bauer became Executive […]

Court green-lights lawsuit challenging ICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:  Hallie Ryan Managing Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center 703.226.3426 A federal court has given the green light to a lawsuit challenging ICE’s use of warrantless home invasions and vehicle stops, denying the government’s Motion to Dismiss and allowing the lawsuit to continue into discovery.  This is one of the first rulings […]

2018 Legislative Session Wrap Up

The 2018 Virginia legislative regular session came to a close this month on March 10, but reached its conclusion without the General Assembly passing a biennial budget for 2018-2020.  The main issue preventing agreement on the budget was whether or not Virginia will opt into federal funding to expand our Medicaid program to cover the […]

LAJC’s Big Bash

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Case Establishes Right to Bond Hearings

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Legal Aid Justice Center has won an important first-in-the-nation class action case in federal court in Alexandria, establishing the right to bond hearings for a class of detained immigrants whom the government is holding in long-term no-bond detention. When immigrants are deported to countries where human rights violations are rampant, they often […]

Groups Oppose ‘Deal’ on Felony Larceny Threshold

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ADVOCACY GROUPS OPPOSE BI-PARTISAN ‘DEAL’ ON FELONY LARCENY THRESHOLD Richmond, Va., February 13, 2018 — The organizations listed below support an increase in Virginia’s long-outdated felony larceny threshold but oppose the so-called bipartisan compromise announced last week that traded an increase in the threshold for passage of legislation enhancing the enforcement of […]

Settlement Reached in RVA Utilities Class Action

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Sylvia Cosby Jones, Esq., Managing Attorney Legal Aid Justice Center 804-521-7305 | sylvia@justice4all.org James Bowling, Esq., St. John, Bowling, Lawrence & Quagliana, LLP Counsel for the Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority 434-296-7138 | jmb@stlawva.com JOINT PRESS RELEASE: PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS REACH SETTLEMENT WITH RICHMOND REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY ON CLASS ACTION […]

RPD Agrees to Monthly Release of Policing Data

For Release on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 Contact: Jasmine Leeward, press@newvirginiamajority.org, (804) 250-6514 Wyatt Rolla, wyatt@justice4all.org, (434) 326-8545 RPD Agrees to Publicly Release Policing Data in Response to Pressure from Community Data to be rolled out monthly starting February 1 in an effort to strengthen police accountability RICHMOND, VA– After many months of grassroots organizing […]