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20 Jan 2022, 6:29 am by Barsumian Armiger
The issue for the Court was whether Section 1983, a federal law that allows for a private citizen to bring a private claim for damages for civil rights violations, would extend to a claim that a nursing home resident’s rights conferred by the language of a federal statute were violated. [read post]
20 Oct 2010, 10:10 pm by Walter Olson
[Ted's answer] Tags: civil gideon, immigration law, New York, Ted Frank Related posts KALW and free lawyers in deportation cases (0) The trouble with civil Gideon (1) The case against “Civil Gideon” (2) November 23 roundup (0) Drum Major Institute “Eye on the Right” and civil Gideon (2) [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 12:21 pm by Ryan Springer
  I can’t help but think that many of those cases were not being filed by the right lawyer for the job. [read post]
6 Dec 2009, 10:10 am
This is good news for lawyers familiar with the current system as many of the precedents we are familiar with interpreting and applying the current Civil Rules will continue to be of use under the new system. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 11:54 am by David Cole
We and our affiliates have filed nearly 40 lawsuits across the country on a range of civil liberties and civil rights issues. [read post]
21 Nov 2008, 8:38 am by Michelle Lore, Associate Editor
The seminar will address what the lawyers can do to help overcome the barriers of access to justice, and how the legal community can provide a right to legal counsel in order to assure that people are treated fairly in adversarial proceedings, especially given financial tightening by government. [read post]
27 Jun 2010, 7:14 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Adler) Today’s Washington Post reports that some civil rights organizations are still trying to determine whether (or how enthusiastically) to support Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court. [read post]
16 Nov 2009, 12:01 pm
Seattle University School of Law professor Joaquin Avila says he was the primary author of the 2002 California Voting Rights Act, drawing on advice from Robert Rubin, legal director for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, and others. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 12:59 pm by immigrationprof
From the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights: TULARE, CA -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (Lawyers' Committee), along with Reed Smith LLP, filed a lawsuit on behalf of Latino voters against the City... [read post]
17 May 2007, 8:00 am
But even if a side effect of civil Gideon is that more lawyers have more work, so be it. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 10:53 am by JURIST Staff
  Lahore hosted the 5th Asma Jahangir Conference, titled ‘People’s Mandate: Safeguarding Civil Rights in South Asia’, on the weekend of April 27th and 28th. [read post]
3 Feb 2023, 12:23 pm by sim1koh2
In the end, you’re best served by finding a lawyer who knows the system inside and out, who has experience in the kinds of cases you’re facing, and who is available to you 24/7. [read post]
25 Nov 2021, 1:19 pm by JURIST Staff
Here, a lawyer in Kabul provides JURIST with a rough English translation of a new Taliban warning to human rights activists and civil society workers in Panjshir province, which has supported resistance to Taliban rule. [read post]
23 Oct 2014, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
Anders Walker, Saint Louis University School of Law, has posted A Lawyer Looks at Civil Disobedience: How Lewis F. [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 7:19 am
The proceedings against securities lawyer Joe Groia are set to run from Aug. 2-4. [read post]