August 11, 2009 Amy Reichbach, an Equal Justice Fellow and Attorney/Racial Justice Advocate with the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, recently teamed up with four other concerned activists to write a letter to the Boston School Committee in protest of a rezoning plan of the city’s school district. In the letter (which can be viewed in full here), Amy a Read More
August 10, 2009 The following is a guest post from one of the Summer Corps Standout winners, Stephen Scriber, who is working at North Mississippi Rural Legal Services.Read More
August 3, 2009 The following is a guest post from one of the Summer Corps Standout winners, Len Aslanian, who is an intern at the HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance. He is a student at the University of Miami School of Law. Read more at http://www.law.miami.edu/news.php?article=1277.
As a law clerk with the HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance (HALSA) of Los Angeles, I have had the great fortune to work directly with Legal Director Peggy Farrell on HALSA’s Discrimination Project. Read More
The following is a guest post from one of the Summer Corps Standout winners, Heather O'Connor, who is an intern at South Coastal Counties Legal Services.
July 20, 2009 Equal Justice Works is pleased to announce the appointment of Anneliese Gryta, Bethany HamiltonandLeigh Ferrinas AmeriCorps Fellow Class Representatives for the 2009-2010 program year.
These roles were Read More
July 13, 2009 This is a guest post from Heidi Hovis, an Equal Justice Works Summer Corps member at the New York Legal Assistance Group and law student at University of St. Thomas School of Law.
One of our clients is a 20-year-old male. He came to New York Legal Assistance Group via a legal clinic held at a Manhattan adolescent health clinic. He began working with the clinic social worker after the death of his mother and was the primary caregiver for his mother during her illness and was there for her at the time of her death. Read More
July 8, 2009 Three more Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellowship positions are now available! ABLE is hiring an AmeriCorps Recovery Fellow to work on foreclosure issues in Ohio. CARECEN is hiring two AmeriCorps Fellows to focus on immigration issues in Washington, DC. Please visit http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/programs/americorps/general for more information.
-Marty
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