PSJD News Digest – November 15, 2024
Hello, interested public! The major story this week concerns a failed US Congressional vote on a bill that would have dramatically impacted nonprofits’ operations. In other news, New York City legal...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – November 22, 2024
Hello, interested public! The major story this week concerns H.R. 9495, which passed the US House of Representatives after major opposition from many nonprofits. Additional stories involve analyses of...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – December 6, 2024
Hello, interested public! It’s a doorstop of a digest this week as we catch up with two weeks of news (no digest last Friday on account of US Thanksgiving). Lots of major stories this week, including a...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – December 13, 2024
Hello, interested public! It’s another weighty digest this week as relevant news continues to pile up thick and fast as we barrel toward the New Year. I’ll do my best to help everyone keep up with the...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – January 17, 2025
Hello, interested public! Apologies for returning a week later than I’d anticipated. It’s good to be back. So much is happening right now–or anticipated. It’s been difficult to cull the news down to a...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – January 25, 2025
Hello, interested public! The biggest public service news this week concerns sweeping actions taken by the new Presidential administration via Executive Order. A number of executive actions have...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – January 31, 2025
Hi Everyone, This has been another week where decades happen. Apologies for omitting state-and-local stories; if I have a moment next week I’ll try and do a roundup for you. But this edition of the...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – February 7, 2025
Hi Everyone, The news continues to pile up. I’ve pulled back from as-it-happens updates on NALP Connect to try and provide more of a week-end synthesis. Let me know how that works for you. The Public...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – February 14, 2025
Hi Interested Public, The news continues to pile up with increasing bite. Last night was hard. I don’t know what this evening and this weekend will have in store, but hopefully we’ll have a chance to...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – February 21, 2025
Hi Interested Public, It’s been a cold, cold week. Aside from my editor’s choices below, I’d like to call everyone’s attention to the “Dear Colleague” letter issued by the Department of Education last...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – February 28, 2025
Hi Interested Public, Another breathless week. Federal employees received an email last weekend to which they either did or did not need to respond, which either would or would not result in their...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – March 7, 2025
Hi Interested Public, Here we are again, hanging together yet (I hope). Major stories among the editor’s choices–including a letter out of Georgetown Law that’s worth a close look. In other news, the...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – March 14, 2025
Hi Interested Public, Here we are again, riding out another turbulent week. Until last night, I would have highlighted for you the Trump administration’s efforts to halve the Department of Education...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – March 21, 2025
Hi Interested Public, Tough week. Via an Executive Order, Donald Trump has directed his administration to unwind the Department of Education (student loans will spin off onto the Small Business...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – March 28, 2025
Hi Interested Public, If you haven’t heard about last weekend’s big development, I’ve led with it below (as well as various responses that have emerged over the course of the week). In other news, the...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – April 4, 2025
Hi Interested Public, This week, efforts by the federal government to restrict access to the legal profession for certain classes of potential clients spread from the federal executive to the...
View ArticlePSJD News Digest – April 11, 2025
Hi Interested Public, It’s been another eventful week, both in the news and for NALP–I’m so glad to have had a chance to see so many readers face-to-face over the past few days here in Cleveland. (If...
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