Justice Center News
The Justice Center News blog features our advocacy on issues affecting low-income New Yorkers today and the latest CBJC happenings. For press releases, click here. For publications, click here.
Storage Wars: Helping a Senior Keep Her Memories – by Vivienne Duncan
by CBJC StaffAugust 10, 2015
Ann Smith (not her real name), a senior in her 60s, lost her job and soon found herself struggling to pay the bills. Despite her best efforts to keep things going, she gradually fell behind with the rent and was evicted from her apartment. She left with only what she could carry. All the rest of her belongings, including furniture, almost all of her clothing and other irreplaceable mementoes, were bundled up and put into storage by her landlord.
Read moreFocus on Immigration: The Youngest Clients
by CBJC StaffJuly 20, 2015
The New York Immigration Court, like most immigration courts around the country, continues to be inundated with young Respondents who have fled their home countries in Central America. As a result, the courts have chosen to prioritize newly arriving unaccompanied minors and adults with children through what has been dubbed the “surge docket.”
Read morePaying it Forward – High School Intern Partners on Stratford House Clothing Drive – by Ben Wojnar
by CBJC StaffJune 29, 2015
On the morning of Tuesday, June 25th, I drove down to the South Bronx from Westchester in my Honda Civic. In the car’s back seat, front seat, and trunk were clothes that I had gathered to drop off at the Stratford House with Kendra Oke, who is organizing a clothing drive in July for the tenants of the low-income housing development.<
Read moreNepal Designated for Temporary Protected Status – by Jennifer Kim & Danny Alicea
by CBJC StaffJune 26, 2015
The City Bar Justice Center welcomes yesterday’s announcement by Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson to designate Nepal for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) based on the conditions resulting from the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25, 2015, and continuing aftershocks.
Read moreJane C. Sherburne to Chair City Bar Fund; New Board Members Announced
by CBJC StaffJune 25, 2015
Jane C. Sherburne, principal of the legal consulting firm Sherburne PLLC, has been elected Chair of the City Bar Fund of the New York City Bar Association.
Read moreU.S. Eastern District Court and City Bar Justice Center Launch Innovative Pro Se Legal Clinic
by CBJC StaffJune 22, 2015
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and the City Bar Justice Center have collaborated to launch the Federal Pro Se Legal Assistance Project (FedPro), a pilot project to provide information, advice, and limited-scope legal assistance to people proceeding pro se in a variety of federal civil cases in the Eastern District of New York.
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