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Announcing New Executive Director Angela Ciolfi

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:   Tim Wallace, 434-529-1853, twallace@justice4all.org Legal Aid Justice Center Announces New Executive Director, Angela Ciolfi Charlottesville, Virginia (November 28, 2018) – The Legal Aid Justice Center is pleased to announce that Angela Ciolfi has been selected to be its new executive director, following the departure of Mary Bauer, who served in that role […]

Challenge to ORR Child Detention Policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:      Rebecca Wolozin, (571) 373-0518                   Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, (434) 218-9376 FEDERAL COURT ALLOWS CHALLENGE TO GOVERNMENT POLICY USING DETAINED CHILDREN AS BAIT TO ARREST FAMILIES ALEXANDRIA, VA (November 16, 2018) — Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia […]

Preliminary Injunction Hearing in Licenses Lawsuit

PRESS ADVISORY                               Contact: Tim Wallace, (434) 529-1853, twallace@justice4all.org Preliminary Injunction Hearing in Driver’s License Case: Judge to hear arguments for and against order to DMV to immediately stop suspending driver’s licenses of those unable to pay court fees and fines while litigation proceeds. WHAT:                Hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion […]

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New Report on Virginia’s School Discipline Crisis

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Inhumane Family Separation Case Settled

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Simpson, scott@muslimadvocates.org Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, simon@justice4all.org Nicole Vogt, nicole@npstrategygroup.com Civil Rights Groups Settle Case Against Trump Administration’s Inhumane Family Separation Policies Settlement Could Give Well Over 1,000 Parents Another Chance at Asylum Washington, DC, September 12, 2018 – In accordance with a new agreement reached today in Dora v. Sessions and […]

Driver’s License Lawsuit Back in District Court

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                               Contact:  Tim Wallace, 434-529-1853, twallace@justice4all.org Plaintiffs are Back to Challenge Virginia DMV’s Unconstitutional System of Suspending Licenses of Low-Income Drivers Who are Unable to Pay Court Debts Commonwealth’s law unfairly traps low-income people in a vicious cycle of debt, unemployment, and incarceration Charlottesville, Va., September 11, 2018 – Today the Legal Aid […]