Statement 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 […]
Read moreCivil 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 […]
Read moreLAJC & 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 […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreAmicus 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 […]
Read moreKeeping 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 […]
Read moreProtest, 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 […]
Read moreCall to Investigate Response to Anti-KKK Protest
Legal Organizations Ask Local and State Officials to Investigate Police Response to Klan Counter-Protest Charlottesville, Va., July 17, 2017—Today, the Legal Aid Justice Center, Rutherford Institute, ACLU of Virginia, and Central Virginia chapter of the National Lawyers Guild call on the Governor and officials for the City of Charlottesville to investigate the outsized and militaristic […]
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