RISE Coordinator Valarie Slater Wins Fellowship
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rachael Deane Legal Director, JustChildren Program, Legal Aid Justice Center 804-521-7304 | rachael@justice4all.org LOCAL ADVOCATE WINS PRESTIGIOUS FELLOWSHIP IN YOUTH JUSTICE Fellowship Supports Juvenile Justice Reform Advocates of Color Richmond, Va., September 29, 2017 —Valerie Slater, attorney and RISE for Youth coalition coordinator at the Legal Aid Justice Center, has been […]
Leer másNew Report: Driven by Dollars
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NATIONAL/VIRGINIA CONTACT: Angela Ciolfi Director of Litigation & Advocacy, Legal Aid Justice Center 434-529-1810 | angela@justice4all.org FOR OTHER STATE CONTACTS SEE BELOW New Report: Most States Strip Driver’s Licenses for Unpaid Court Debt Few states require an examination of a person’s ability to pay,putting millions of low-income Americans at risk of being […]
Leer másWomen in Fluvanna Prison File Contempt Motion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For information contact: Brenda Castañeda, Esq. Legal Aid Justice Center 434-529-1849 brenda@justice4all.org WOMEN AT FLUVANNA PRISON FILE CONTEMPT MOTION ALLEGING VDOC CONTINUES TO FAIL TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE Charlottesville, Va., September 6, 2017— Women incarcerated at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW) filed a motion for contempt in the […]
Leer másStatement on DACA Cancellation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg Legal Director, Immigrant Advocacy Program 703-720-5605 / simon@justice4all.org LAJC calls for assistance to help eligible Virginians file DACA renewals by October 5th. Legal Aid Justice Center is saddened and angered by the President’s decision today to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This decision was entirely […]
Leer másCivil Suit Filed Against ICE Racial Profiling Arrests
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg Legal Director, Immigrant Advocacy Program 703-720-5605 / simon@justice4all.org On Wednesday, the Legal Aid Justice Center, together with the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a lawsuit on behalf of two men of Latino race and ethnicity against federal immigration agents over a practice known as collateral arrests […]
Leer másLAJC & PHAR Request C’Ville Investigation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tim Wallace Director of Development 434-529-1853 | twallace@justice4all.org LAJC Sends Letter on Behalf of PHAR Urging Open Investigation, Better Emergency Planning, and Investment in Communities of Color Charlottesville, Va., August 23, 2017— In a letter dated August 22, 2017, written on behalf of the Public Housing Association of Residents (“PHAR”), the […]
Leer másA Statement on Charlottesville, August 12th
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tim Wallace, 434-529-1853, twallace@justice4all.org Adeola Ogunkeyede, 804-340-7728, adeola@justice4all.org A Statement from the Legal Aid Justice Center Charlottesville, Va., August 17, 2017— Our community, Charlottesville, has been devastated by the attacks carried out in our town this past weekend by people attending the “Unite the […]
Leer másAmicus Briefs Filed in Drivers’ License Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Angela Ciolfi Director of Litigation & Advocacy, Legal Aid Justice Center 434-529-1810 | angela@justice4all.org Linda Thomas Chair, Virginia State Conference of the NAACP lt1863@aol.com Cynthia Robertson Counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP cynthia.robertson@pillsburylaw.com Thomas V. Loran III Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP thomas.loran@pillsburylaw.com Shira Rawlinson Assistant Director of Communications, Institute […]
Leer másKeeping the Courts Open for Immigrant Youth
Charlottesville, Va., August 8, 2017— Today, as part of its commitment to helping refugee children obtain protection from the Virginia courts, the Legal Aid Justice Center released a practice advisory on «Strategies for Obtaining SIJ Predicate Orders in Virginia Post-Canales v. Torres.» The practice advisory, written together with Ayuda and the Poarch Law Firm, will help […]
Leer másProtest, Police, and Your Rights
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library 201 E. Market Street, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 Monday August 7 6:30-8pm 201 E. Market Street, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 Are you thinking of speaking out against racism on August 12? Want to know your rights with police on the street? Do you have questions about legal protesting? Join speakers from the Black Movement […]
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