PSJD News Digest – June 14, 2024
Hello, interested public! This week’s major story concerns a bill in Congress with the potential to dramatically affect diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at federal agencies. This story and...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – June 21, 2024
Hello, interested public! Number of interesting stories this week, including a new initiative at the Department of Justice and a number of additional articles concerning prosecutor and public defender...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – July 5, 2024
Hello, interested public! A few choice items on a relatively slow news week (in our little corner of interest, at least): Senator Booker introduced legislation that would create a national right to...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – July 12, 2024
Hello, interested public! A handful of stories this week, with a focus on the ongoing effort to reform public defender services in Maine. These stories and more are in the links below. Take care, Sam...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – July 19, 2024
Hello, interested public! A number of major stories this week on several fronts, including a new pro bono initiative for immigration attorneys, right-to-counsel programs in Pennsylvania and Los...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – August 9, 2024
Hello, interested public! We’re back with a handful of stories for the week, including the possibility of a dramatic expansion of the federal judiciary and a new student loan relief effort from the...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – August 16, 2024
Hello, interested public! Stories for this week include a legal aid initiative in El Paso involving partnerships between US nonprofits & law firms and the Mexican government, ongoing stories about...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – August 23, 2024
Hello, interested public! Lots of big news this week, including our featured story, where the IRS has given employers guidance on providing matching retirement plan contributions based on student loan...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – August 30, 2024
Hello, interested public! Some major stories this week, including most notably the Supreme Court’s rejection of a request from the Biden administration to lift a pause imposed by a lower court on their...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – September 6, 2024
Hello, interested public! Dramatic turns this week around the Biden Administration’s ongoing effort to craft a student loan debt relief policy. In other news, the Arizona Supreme Court launched an...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – September 13, 2024
Hello, interested public! Lots of major stories concerning student loan this week, highlighted in particular in my editor’s choice section below. Other news concerned further new programs advancing the...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – September 20, 2024
Hello, interested public! Ongoing high-level drama regarding the Biden Administration’s attempts at student loan debt relief continues to generate headlines. Other news stories include a developing...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – September 27, 2024
Hello, interested public! Major stories this week include continued attention on the public defender systems in Washington State, Oregon, and South Dakota and a major expansion of public interest...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – October 4, 2024
Hello, interested public! Lots of major news this week: a federal judge ended the temporary block on the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan, while California became the newest state...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – October 11, 2024
Hello, interested public! Lots of major news this week, including (another) reversal of fortune for the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plans in litigation, a decision from the ABA to...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – October 18, 2024
Hello, interested public! Lots of news related to challenges for regional public defender services this week–as well as a story regarding the prosecutor shortage in Alaska. As always, these stories and...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – October 25, 2024
Hello, interested public! A big week for news, with stories below. Additionally, I wanted to share some NALP news: registration is now open for the 2024 Public Service Conference. This virtual event...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – October 25, 2024
Hello, interested public! A big week for news, with stories below. Additionally, I wanted to share some NALP news: registration is now open for the 2024 Public Service Conference. This virtual event...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – November 1, 2024
Hello, interested public! A number of interesting stories this week, including some novel research from the Journal of the American Medical Association about the health effects of the tenant...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – November 8, 2024
Hello, interested public! Lots of news this week; I’ve done my best to pull a few threads for you related to our shared corner of the world. I hope you and yours are doing alright in yours. Take care,...
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