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Obama Promises Accountability for Mortgage Crisis
Mark Ladov

The president announced an important new partnership, chaired by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, to investigate our nation's mortgage crisis.

January 25, 2012
Closing the Justice Gap
A Call to Albany: Restore Foreclosure Funding
Mark Ladov, Nabanita (Neeta) Pal

Governor Cuomo’s budget proposal failed to include a much-needed restoration of the $25 million appropriation for foreclosure prevention assistance, which last year’s budget eliminated.

January 20, 2012
Closing the Justice Gap
New Report Highlights Successes, Challenges in Foreclosure Mediation
Mark Ladov, Nabanita (Neeta) Pal

As our nation’s foreclosure crisis has deepened one critical response has been the expansion of mediation programs across the country.

January 13, 2012
Closing the Justice Gap
Foreclosure Mill Grinds to a Halt
Roopal Patel

Closing Steven J. Baum's "foreclosure mill" is just one of many necessary steps to ensure fairness and due process for New York homeowners.

November 29, 2011
Closing the Justice Gap
Holding Our Nation to Its Promise
Laura Klein Abel

Attorney General Eric Holder recognized me as a Champion of Change for helping low-income people get their day in court. The real heroes are those who fight daily in court to protect their lives and their families.

October 24, 2011
Closing the Justice Gap
Senate Votes on Crucial Justice Funding
Molly Alarcon

Vote will determine funding for civil legal services and prisoner re-entry programs, and the creation of a commission to study our nation's criminal justice system.

October 18, 2011
Closing the Justice Gap
Reducing Mass Incarceration
Legal Services Face Drastic Cuts
Molly Alarcon , Nabanita (Neeta) Pal

In a time of record need, a House subcommittee proposed drastic cuts to federal funding for civil legal services, threatening the integrity and efficiency of our justice system.

July 8, 2011
Closing the Justice Gap
Turner v. Rogers: What the Court Did and Didn’t Say
Rebekah Diller

In a mixed result for the rights of indigent parents, the Supreme Court's ruling in Turner v. Rogers presents enforcement challenges

June 20, 2011
Closing the Justice Gap
A Force for User-Friendly Courts or Empty Promises?
Laura Klein Abel

In a partial victory for indigent parents, the Supreme Court held that the year-long incarceration of a South Carolina man for failure to pay child support violated the Constitution. This could be yet another in a long line of opinions papering over the difficulties regular folks have defending their rights without a lawyer. Or it could be a force for making the court system more user friendly

June 20, 2011
Closing the Justice Gap
Homeland Security Issues Guidance on Need to Provide Language Access
Laura Klein Abel

The Department of Homeland Security recently issued long-awaited guidance informing the many organizations it funds that they must take steps to ensure that they can communicate with the people they serve. The most immediate beneficiaries will be people with limited proficiency in English (LEP) who seek help from the police or the Red Cross, but we will all benefit -- the effective, efficient operation of these essential taxpayer-funded services matters to us all.

April 29, 2011
Closing the Justice Gap
Liberty & National Security

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