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Presumptions Against Bail
Presumptions against bail were a betrayal of a central American tenet: innocent until proven guilty Imagine that you are arrested and taken before a magistrate. Your mind swells with concerns over your alleged crime, your family, and your financial situation. As you work to gather your emotions and fears, you are then instructed that you […]
Read moreLAJC Strategic Plan 2022 – 2026
INDEX Letter from our Executive Director Our Process Strategic Plan Impact Area A: Partnership with Communities Impact Area B: Multi-Strategy Approach Impact Area C: Sharing Power and Resources Impact Area D: Internal Culture PDF version LETTER FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear fellow lover of justice, When Jean Cahn, a Black woman lawyer from Baltimore, set […]
Read moreNecesita Ayuda Legal?
El Centro de Justicia de Ayuda Legal brinda ayuda legal gratuita para las personas que viven en nuestras áreas de servicio (o que tienen problemas legales que surgen en nuestra área de servicio) que cumplen con nuestros parámetros de elegibilidad y tienen problemas legales que podemos abordar (consulte “Con Que Podemos Ayudar” abajo). ¿CON QUÉ […]
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Veto Session Update – 2022 Legislative Session
Every legislative session in Virginia culminates in a brief “Reconvene” or “Veto” session where the General Assembly considers any vetoes or amendments from the Governor. On April 27th, legislators gathered to act on approximately 100 bills that Gov. Youngkin proposed amending, as well as 26 bills that he vetoed. Several of those bills directly implicated our […]
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LAJC/Youth Justice Program’s statement on HB 1197
Virginia has received national attention in recent years for shifting its approach to juvenile justice from a punitive, carceral system to a more rehabilitative, restorative, and community-based model. The bipartisan passage of HB 1197 continues this trajectory by establishing a stakeholder workgroup to initiate the transfer of the Department of Juvenile Justice from under the […]
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Statement – Gov. Youngkin’s Vetoes of HB573 & SB279
Outstanding bills for medical treatment are one of the leading causes of debt and bankruptcy, and medical debt is one of the most common debts for which Virginians are sued. Governor Youngkin’s vetoes of Del. Clark’s HB573 and Sen. Deeds’ SB297 have derailed critical, popular, and thoughtfully crafted bipartisan consumer debt reforms for thousands upon […]
Read moreWelcome 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 October 2021: Hannah Flamm (she/her) – Attorney, Immigrant Advocacy Program Hannah Flamm joined the Legal Aid Justice Center’s Immigrant Advocacy Program as an immigration attorney in 2021. Previously, she […]
Read moreOur Letter Urging Closure of ICA-Farmville
Today, 109 organizations, coalitions, and law firms from Virginia and around the country, including LAJC, joined together to demand that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas close the privatized ICE detention center in Farmville, Virginia and release every detained immigrant. You can read the letter here. For over a decade, Farmville has been a site of well-documented abuse, mistreatment, and medical neglect of immigrants in custody. After ICE […]
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