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Morning Docket: 11.08.23

Above The Law

LegalCheek ] * NY puts off looking into proposals that could allow non-attorneys to provide some legal services to cover justice gap. [ New York Law Journal ] * WeWork hoping to use bankruptcy law to storm back for the hybrid work world. appeared first on Above the Law. Law360 ] * Wachtell names new leadership.

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Morning Docket: 03.02.22

Above The Law

. * Not enough of a good thing: a spike in need for legal help fighting evictions is hurting legal services. [ New Florida law makes panhandling a fineable offense. Deep rooted: Idaho wants to use contract to make sure that its Med students actually practice there once they earn their honorifics.

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Morning Docket: 03.29.23

Above The Law

* Idaho planning to criminalize interstate travel to procure legal services in another state. If only the Constitution said something about states fully and faithfully crediting the laws of other states. Bloomberg Law News ] * Over 100 law professors urge New York not to mess with bail reform laws.

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Access to Justice Requires Access to Law. So Why Aren’t the Advocates of Each More Closely Aligned?

LawSites

legal system. The Legal Services Corporation estimates that 92% of the civil legal problems of the roughly 50 million low-income Americans receive no or insufficient legal help. The other is the continuing lack of public access to the law. Two travesties persist in tainting access by all to the U.S.

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Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

CourtTechBulletin

The Michigan Courts have their self-represented litigants page at: [link] It also provides links to the Michigan Legal Help website at: [link] And interestingly, the court has created a "Learning Center" as a resource for educators around the state.

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The Crisis in Crisis Counseling

The Crime Report

NRS hotline operators typically contact law enforcement officers for callers in “immediate crisis,” Fuller said. Since last summer, a lot more callers do not want us to contact law enforcement,” Fuller said. “A Thousands of services are classified as crisis centers. A lot of them do not trust the police even more.

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