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Court green-lights lawsuit challenging ICE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Hallie Ryan Managing Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center 703.226.3426 A federal court has given the green light to a lawsuit challenging ICE’s use of warrantless home invasions and vehicle stops, denying the government’s Motion to Dismiss and allowing the lawsuit to continue into discovery. This is one of the first rulings […]
Read more2018 Legislative Session Wrap Up
The 2018 Virginia legislative regular session came to a close this month on March 10, but reached its conclusion without the General Assembly passing a biennial budget for 2018-2020. The main issue preventing agreement on the budget was whether or not Virginia will opt into federal funding to expand our Medicaid program to cover the […]
Read moreLAJC’s Big Bash
https://www.justice4all.org/lajcs-big-bash-celebrating-50-years/
Read moreCase Establishes Right to Bond Hearings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Legal Aid Justice Center has won an important first-in-the-nation class action case in federal court in Alexandria, establishing the right to bond hearings for a class of detained immigrants whom the government is holding in long-term no-bond detention. When immigrants are deported to countries where human rights violations are rampant, they often […]
Read moreGroups Oppose ‘Deal’ on Felony Larceny Threshold
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ADVOCACY GROUPS OPPOSE BI-PARTISAN ‘DEAL’ ON FELONY LARCENY THRESHOLD Richmond, Va., February 13, 2018 — The organizations listed below support an increase in Virginia’s long-outdated felony larceny threshold but oppose the so-called bipartisan compromise announced last week that traded an increase in the threshold for passage of legislation enhancing the enforcement of […]
Read moreSettlement Reached in RVA Utilities Class Action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Sylvia Cosby Jones, Esq., Managing Attorney Legal Aid Justice Center 804-521-7305 | sylvia@justice4all.org James Bowling, Esq., St. John, Bowling, Lawrence & Quagliana, LLP Counsel for the Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority 434-296-7138 | jmb@stlawva.com JOINT PRESS RELEASE: PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS REACH SETTLEMENT WITH RICHMOND REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY ON CLASS ACTION […]
Read moreRPD Agrees to Monthly Release of Policing Data
For Release on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 Contact: Jasmine Leeward, press@newvirginiamajority.org, (804) 250-6514 Wyatt Rolla, wyatt@justice4all.org, (434) 326-8545 RPD Agrees to Publicly Release Policing Data in Response to Pressure from Community Data to be rolled out monthly starting February 1 in an effort to strengthen police accountability RICHMOND, VA– After many months of grassroots organizing […]
Read more“Driving on Empty” Released
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Pat Levy-Lavelle Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center 804-521-7308 | pat@justice4all.org New Report: Court Reforms Don’t Ease License Suspensions Commonwealth’s suspended drivers sentenced to 348,000 days in jail annually for driving while in default Richmond, Va., January 24, 2018—Nearly one million Virginia driver’s licenses remain suspended for unpaid court debt a year after […]
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