NCLEJ has joined advocates from Legal Services of South Central Michigan and the Michigan Poverty Law Program as co-counsel in Waskul v. Washtenaw County Community Mental Health, a federal court appeal challenging county budget cuts in the State…
Read More →NCLEJ Board member Edward P. Krugman has joined the organization as a volunteer Senior Attorney, effective January 17, 2017. Ed recently retired as a Partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, where he remains a Senior Counsel in…
Read More →On December 16, NCLEJ, along with Florida colleagues, filed a federal class action lawsuit in the Northern District of Florida challenging the State’s termination of food stamps for needy adults as a result of its flawed implementation of…
Read More →As part of NCLEJ’s ongoing effort to hold state governments accountable, we, along with Greater Hartford Legal Aid, have achieved a victory for Connecticut residents who have suffered delays in receiving their food stamp benefits. Such delays cause…
Read More →NCLEJ and the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU) have filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Rhode Island over its widespread failure to process food stamp applications from the state’s neediest residents in…
Read More →NCLEJ, along with co-counsel New Economy Project (NEP) and Ahmad Keshavarz, filed a brief in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in a case of first impression that addresses the need to protect Social Security benefits from unlawful…
Read More →In April 1944 in New York City, while on shore leave from the Merchant Marines, Woody Guthrie recorded “This Land Is Your Land,” which many regard as an alternative National Anthem. Guthrie’s timeless song, with its refrain of…
Read More →On October 26, NCLEJ honored Kenneth R. Feinberg, one of the nation’s foremost mediators, arbitrators, and experts in alternative dispute resolution and negotiation strategy; Brooke Richie-Babbage, Founder and Executive Director of the Resilience Advocacy Project; and law firm…
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