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Utility Access for Serious Medical Conditions
PROTECTING ELECTRIC UTILITY ACCESS FOR THOSE WITH SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS Customers who have a serious medical need for any utility (such as needing electricity for a ventilator), can submit a Serious Medical Condition Certification Form to the utility company to keep service from being shut off, even when the bill hasn’t been paid. Important information Submitting […]
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Abbey Philips
Abbey Philips is a macro Social Worker by training and began her public policy career with the goal of centering equity and creating systemic change while eliminating racism, discrimination, and barriers to economic mobility. She has extensive experience working in the Virginia General Assembly, from running special projects in the Governor’s office as Assistant Secretary of the Commonwealth […]
Read moreKnow Your Rights: Expulsions
Important definitions:1 An expulsion “means any disciplinary action imposed by a school board or a committee thereof, as provided in school board policy, whereby a student is not permitted to attend school within the school division and is ineligible for readmission for 365 calendar days after the date of the expulsion.” Or, in other words, […]
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Elizabeth Aucamp
Elizabeth joined Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) in June 2022. Prior to LAJC she was a Senior Development Associate for Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP), which focuses on growing leadership, influence and equity within the Latinx and BIPOC communities. Her role focused on foundation proposals and grant reporting, concept and letters of intent and funder prospecting. […]
Read moreAnnouncing the Worker Justice Program!
Big news! We are excited to announce the launch of LAJC’s newest program: the Worker Justice Program! A key part of our 2022-2026 strategic plan, our new Worker Justice Program is rooted in the longtime efforts of our farmworker team, who as part of our Immigrant Advocacy Program have spent decades organizing and advocating for […]
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Welcome Our New Staff!
In the past few months we have been joined by a number of fantastic new staff members! Meet the staff who have started with us since July: Emily Smith (she/her) – Attorney, Economic Justice Program Emily joined LAJC in June 2022. Prior to working at LAJC, she worked for the Legal Aid Society of Eastern […]
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Zainab Mohsini
Zainab has most recently worked as a Legal Coordinator at an abortion access organization and as an IT Help Desk Technician as a government contractor. She graduated from Virginia Tech in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and from Georgetown University with a Certificate in Cybersecurity in 2021. She currently holds the COMPTIA […]
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Emily Lopynski
Emily joined the Immigrant Justice Program in Fall 2022. Before joining the LAJC team, Emily clerked for the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Arlington Circuit Court. In law school, Emily was heavily involved in pro bono case work and immigrant’s rights initiatives. Emily was recognized with the Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono […]
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