New York Immigrant Youth Services See Increase in Residency Status Denials
August 12, 2003 10:00 ET | Equal Justice Works
NEW YORK, August 12, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Ten years ago a little girl and her father left the Central African Republic to emigrate to the U.S. This year, that little girl -- now a 20-year-old woman...
New Equal Justice Works Vice President to Receive Community Service Award
May 01, 2003 12:41 ET | Equal Justice Works
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Karen A. Lash, newly appointed Equal Justice Works Vice President for Programs and former University of Southern California Law School Associate Dean, has been...
Persons With Disabilities File Class Action Lawsuit Against Unlawful Discrimination
April 14, 2003 13:17 ET | Equal Justice Works
GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 14, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Sixteen years ago, Michael Dubois, 35, developed quadriplegia as a result of a diving accident. Today, he does award-winning volunteer work with...
Equal Justice Works 'News Briefs for January'
January 08, 2003 17:08 ET | Equal Justice Works
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) - The following are January's news briefs from Equal Justice Works: - EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS NAMES TOP 10 DONORS - The law firm of Greenberg Traurig P.A., the...
New Report: Law School Debt Prevented Two-Thirds of Graduates Surveyed From Considering Employment in Public Service
November 18, 2002 10:51 ET | Equal Justice Works
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Talented attorneys are diverted from entering public service professions because of excessive law school debt, according to a new study released today by...
Equal Justice Works, the National Association for Law Placement, and the Partnership for Public Service Releases New Report
November 13, 2002 14:15 ET | Equal Justice Works
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- MEDIA ADVISORY -- `From Paper Chase to Money Chase: Law School Debt Diverts Road to Public Service' to be released at Georgetown ...
Low Salaries, High Educational Debt Impact Public Interest Law Recruitment/Retention
April 18, 2002 16:05 ET | Equal Justice Works
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- According to preliminary survey results released today at the 2002 Equal Justice Conference in Cleveland, public interest law employers in all 50 states and...
NAPIL Changes Name to Equal Justice Works
March 04, 2002 09:00 ET | Equal Justice Works
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- The National Association for Public Interest Law (NAPIL), one of the nation's largest nonprofits devoted to mobilizing lawyers and law students to do justice...