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Diane is honored by Legal Services Corp – Pro Bono Service Award for establishing the Self Help Center

Diane Drain

Since then, he has provided pro bono services through the Southern Arizona Legal Aid (SALA) Family Law Clinic and Rural Clinic by heading up clinics which have had more than 300 attendees. Drain, who founded the Law Office of D.L. The complexity of immigration cases means she has serves some clients for several years.

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USCIS’s New Immigration Policy For Families Through Fertility Assistance Is Good, But Not Great

Above The Law

citizen is the legal parent of a child, without a genetic or gestational connection, and the INA doesn’t require those elements, why is the new policy requiring them?

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Eight Legal Software Solutions for Eight Fields of Law

Attorney at Work

When discussing legal tech as an industry, we often focus on horizontal solutions — research, document management, case management, practice management — that apply to law firms regardless of practice area. I specialize in Intellectual property law, not employment or personal injury. Family Law Software.

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Case Status, Mobile Client Portal and Messaging App, Raises $5M Series B, For Total Raise of $11M

LawSites

Its primary customer focus is on consumer law firms in the United States and Candada offering services on a flat-fee or contingency basis. Its customers include firms in personal injury, immigration, family law, and more, as well as professional services organizations outside the legal profession, such as veterans affairs and senior living.

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Does virtual court mean more or less meaningful participation by litigants?

Open Law Lab

When your eviction, debt collection, family law, or other civil justice matter is now decided through an online proceeding rather than an in-person one, does the quality of justice change? She explicitly studied differences in immigration hearings that were conducted over televideo versus in-person.

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Elections Have Consequences: Here, Good Ones, For Mixed-Citizenship LGBTQ+ Families

Above The Law

But does the new administration's interpretation of the immigration code go far enough?

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Patricia Guerrero appointed to the Supreme Court [Updated]

At the Lectern

She was a San Diego Superior Court judge for four years before that, including serving a year as the Supervising Judge for the Family Law Division. She has assisted clients on a pro bono basis in immigration matters, including asylum applications and protecting vulnerable families by litigating compliance with fair housing laws.”