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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Read More →Allstate General Counsel Michele Coleman Mayes, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities President Robert Greenstein, and the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges were honored at NCLEJ’s awards dinner on June 5 at…
Read More →NCLEJ, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, the Saint Louis Legal Clinic, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and two private attorneys have filed a federal lawsuit to challenge a new Medicaid policy that will cause Medicaid recipients who…
Read More →NCLEJ and Greater Hartford Legal Aid have filed a federal class action challenging the state’s pervasive delays in providing food stamps to needy Connecticut residents. The delays affect thousands of individuals each month, depriving them of food stamps…
Read More →For Immediate Release Contact: Gina Mannix (212) 633-6967 March 2012 New York, NY – The National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) has joined the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and thirty-eight prominent organizations of health care…
Read More →New York City attorney Keila Ravelo, a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and a 1991 graduate of Columbia Law School, was elected to NCLEJ’s Board of Directors at the March 2012 meeting. “We are so pleased…
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