The Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson today – holding that a city’s efforts to prohibit unhoused individuals from sleeping outside when there’s nowhere else for them to sleep does not violate the Eighth Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment. The work of Pro Bono Institute Law Firm Pro Bono Project® members and Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge® signatories like Dechert LLP and Alston & Bird on amicus briefs in the case provided important context on the breadth and impact of the homelessness crisis, highlighted the Constitutional implications of criminalizing homelessness, and laid the groundwork for future advocacy. Check out Pro Bono Institute’s latest PBEye blog post, “Sheltering Justice: The Crucial Role of Pro Bono Lawyers After Grants Pass v. Johnson,” to read about PBI Intern Hailey Kearsley’s experiences attending the Supreme Court oral argument in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson and reflections on their recent landmark decision, including the crucial role of pro bono lawyers in future advocacy. https://bit.ly/45RQjuc #SupremeCourt #AccesstoJustice
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#AuthorAnnouncement We’re proud to be publishing “Revisiting the Disability Integration Presumption” by Chris Yarrell in de•novo, Cardozo Law Review's online companion journal! Chris Yarrell is a 2022 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law. You can find the article here: https://lnkd.in/eTftymQa
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I had the pleasure of being invited by The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple to speak at a Qualifying Session to law students about my journey to the Bar and how real-world advocacy experience can bolster pupillage applications. Presenting cases in court on a regular basis can assist in: ✅ Speeding up your train of thought; ✅ Developing your case analysis skills; ✅ Boosting your resilience when presented with difficult personalities in a courtroom setting. The key is to think about what skills you would like to develop and then intentionally seek experiences that will help you hone and enhance that skill set.
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Thanks to Garden Court Chambers & Kate Aubrey-Johnson for hosting and organising a great event, really inspiring and energising. Key takeaways for me were ✅How much we all love this work, and what a privilege it is to work with children and young people ✅How important it is not only to make sure children understand what professionals say but that professionals make sure they listen & understand what children say ✅To make sure we leave no stone unturned when it comes to representing children ✅For lawyers from different disciplines to work together more closely around children so they don't have to keep repeating themselves ✅To fight for a legal system that respects and is prepared to properly fund and train specialist child rights lawyers
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Sonia McEntee Solicitors I Council Law Society of Ireland I Business All-Star 2021-2023 I Fellow AIBF
Did you know that to create an #EPA under the new system, you must: 1. Have a MyGov account 2. Have a Public Services card 3. Have a mobile phone 4. Have an email address How many people do you know that don’t have one of these? Your appointed Attorneys must also be physically present when executing (if your chosen Attorney is abroad, they have to return to be appointed) and ALL children of the donor must be notified (irrespective of your relationship with them). How many people do you know would have an issue with one or both of these requirements? So many problems, so much time, effort and money lost and that’s before we consider the failure of service provision to those who need it. I have a further question which hasn’t been addressed. How is all of this information to be managed? What privacy and security arrangements are in place? Has the State learned from issues on how information is accessed and used, how IT systems can be breached? I could go on, it’s so terribly frustrating. #EPAs Solicitors Growth Flor McCarthy Martin Lawlor #DSSReform #EPAs
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Law Society seeks intervention from minister in row with new Decision Support Service
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The concept of "most connected placement" is right up there with "least detrimental alternative" in getting us to think about what we are really doing.
The law requires that children and youth be placed in the "least restrictive placement" but Jennifer Rodriguez argues that what we really should be working towards is placing kids in the "most connected placement". Isn't that what every child needs? To be in a place where they are the most connected and loved? To assist lawyers with this advocacy, here are Five Tips for Advocating for the “Most Connected Placement” from the ABA Litigation Section Children's Rights Litigation Committee. This was written by Jennifer Rodriguez and Jenny Pokempner, along with others, originally published in 2019 but it is being republished as part of the ABA website update. https://lnkd.in/e-fM23Jv
Five Tips for Advocating for the “Most Connected Placement”
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Thrilled to share my latest article, Revisiting the Disability Integration Presumption, which has been published by the Cardozo Law Review de•novo!
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Want to learn more about California's Racial Justice Act? The video from our recent Santa Clara University School of Law symposium is now live: https://buff.ly/4b9j86W The all-day event held in early March -- co-hosted by NCIP with the Santa Clara Law Review, Center the Center for Social Justice and Public Service, and the Heafey Center for Trial & Appellate Advocacy -- brought together experts, researchers, litigators, and judges, and covered topics including the importance of historical narratives that have fueled racial disparities, biases, and discriminatory language in our communities, litigation strategies, the impact of implicit biases in our criminal legal system, and the reach of remedies to confront racism in the spirit of the Racial Justice Act.
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2moThank you to Hailey Kearsley and PBI staff for this great blog, and thank you to the #probono volunteers who donated their time and expertise on this important matter.