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Amicus 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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Jason Yarashes
Jason joined LAJC in 2017 as an attorney for our Virginia Justice Project for Farm and Immigrant Workers. Before LAJC, he served the Commonwealth of Virginia as a judicial officer, practiced tribal law at a private firm in Portland, Oregon, worked at a citizen diplomacy non-profit in Washington, D.C., taught primary school in Honduras, and […]
Read moreLAJC Asks Appeals Court to Reverse Dismissal
Charlottesville, Va., June 14, 2017—Today, the Plaintiffs in Stinnie v. Holcomb filed notice of their intent to appeal the dismissal of their complaint to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The Plaintiffs ask the higher court to reverse the lower court’s order dismissing their lawsuit before giving them an opportunity to prove […]
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Nady Peralta
Nady joined Legal Aid Justice Center in September 2016. As a Fellow with the Immigrant Advocacy Program (now called the Immigrant Justice Program), her work centered on advancing the rights of undocumented and under-documented Virginians in immigration, higher education, housing, and consumer matters. In July 2021, Nady joined the Economic Justice Program, where she focuses […]
Read moreVSB Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year: Angela Ciolfi
For Immediate Release: The Virginia State Bar(VSB) Access to Legal Services Committee is happy to announce that Angela Ciolfi, Litigation and Advocacy Director with the Legal Aid Justice Center, has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Virginia Legal Aid Award. In her letter nominating Ms. Ciolfi, Mary Bauer, Executive Director at LAJC, wrote: […]
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