Equal Justice Works Blog

May 26, 2009 The California state Supreme Court has issued its ruling on Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in California. Read More

May 19, 2009 Last week we got some great news. Read More

May 13, 2009 In The Recorder yesterday, Petra Pasternak reported that two nonprofits - the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and the Volunteer Legal Services Program of the Bar Association of San Francisco - are shifting work to deferred associates in light of recent organizational cutbacks, layoffs and furloughs being given to current employees.  A reduction in funding and an increased demand for legal services has forced these nonprofit Read More

May 7, 2009 We're launching a series of free, interactive webinars focusing on student debt relief and just posted the schedule today! Find out more about both provisions of the College Cost Reduction & Access Act and how you can take full advantage of public service loan forgiveness and income-based repayment. Click here for a schedule and to register. -Aaron

May 5, 2009 In two new brief episodes of the Student Debt Relief podcast series, Heather Jarvis delves even further into the College Cost Reduction & Access Act leading up to the full-effective date of the legislation on July 1. In Read More

May 4, 2009 Equal Justice Works Alumna Haley Schwartz will be honored on Friday for her work as Director of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society's Breast Cancer Legal Project.  In a statement, Haley said:

Legal services are often critical to breast cancer survival.

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April 28, 2009 Just launched the new Equal Justice Works Channel on YouTube thanks to another grant from Google. It features several Equal Justice Works and AmeriCorps Legal Fellows discussing the work they're doing in communities across the country. More videos to come soon. -Aaron This is Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, Equal Justice Works Fellow at the American Gateways Austin in Texas. Read More

April 24, 2009 The 2009 U.S. News Law School Rankings were released on Wednesday, including part-time programs for the first time. Read More

April 21, 2009 Bob Shireman, founder of The Institute for College Access and Success and the Project on Student Debt, has been named Deputy Undersecretary of Education, a top-post in the Obama administration.  Mr. Read More

April 21, 2009 As reported in this post, the Serve America Act passed on March 31.  Today, President Obama will sign it into law. Read More