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08-26-08
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The American Bar Association recognizes Loyola’s Judge Stephen O’Neil Trial Advocacy Mentoring Program with the 2008 Judy M. Weightman Award.
Metropolitan News-Enterprise Legislation creates student loan forgiveness programs for students who become legal aid lawyers, state or local prosecutors and public defenders.
National Law Journal The state Board of Education significantly scaled back a plan by the University of Idaho to bring a law school branch to Boise in two years.
Associated Press Allegany Bar Foundation uses a mix of free, pro bono and "low bono" reduced-fee services to help bridge the gap left by understaffed and underfunded legal services nonprofits.
Daily Record New Jersey lawyers overcome obstacles - lack of funding, student debt and salary disparities - to respond to the growing legal needs of low-income residents.
New Jersey Lawyer As the post-Katrina population continues to rise, Equal Justice Works Alumnus Reilly Morse works to secure housing for victims.
USA Today Equal Justice Works Fellow Emily Teplin represents an activist who was unable to communicate while in jail.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Equal Justice Works launches a new blog.
The Higher Education Reauthorization and College Opportunity Act of 2008 was signed into law on August 14.
See our summary.
RESOURCES
New anthology, Submerged: Tales from the Basin, benefits survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
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