NCLEJ and the Empire Justice Center achieved a revised settlement in January 2015 in a case before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York challenging Nassau County’s unlawful practice of delaying food stamp,…
Read More →NCLEJ, the Public Justice Center, and the Homeless Persons Representation Project have filed a state court lawsuit, Magee-Kern v. Dallas, on behalf of a class of the thousands of adult applicants each month who apply for Medicaid benefits…
Read More →Gina Mannix participated in a two-day Women’s Rights Legal Roundtable convened by the Ford Foundation in mid-January. The Roundtable brought together a small group of leading scholars, activists and legal practitioners to discuss innovative and compelling ways to…
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Read More →Jenny Pelaez, a 2011 honors graduate of Cardozo Law School and federal court clerk, has begun her service as the first Paul M. Dodyk Fellow for Economic Justice. The Fellowship, which was created by generous donors to NCLEJ,…
Read More →In February 2010, NCLEJ, the Western New York Law Center, and the Empire Justice Center achieved a settlement approved by the United States District Court for the Western District of New York in a class action case challenging…
Read More →Earlier this year, NCLEJ and colleagues challenged a new Missouri policy that requires Medicaid recipients to move from their homes into nursing homes to get necessary kidney dialysis treatment. According to the editorial, at least 14 Missourians have…
Read More →On July 26, 2012, a federal court in Torres v. Blass ordered New York’s Suffolk County Department of Social Services to immediately restore child care benefits to low-wage working families whose child care ended earlier this month when…
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