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Ford Funds Analysis, Toolkit for Improving Legal Aid Websites The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) released today a ... Project. The project assessed the quality of centralized legal information...

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City Officials Want New Program to Connect Troubled Students with Legal Support

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05/06/2016

... Want New Program to Connect Troubled Students with Legal Support Reading, writing and lawyering up. ... the law, the city wants to connect these students with legal support and help them stay out of trouble in...

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Thousands of Homeless New Yorkers Could Be Treated as Legal Tenants

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08/28/2017

Thousands of Homeless New Yorkers Could Be Treated as Legal Tenants Thousands of homeless New Yorkers who get free ... complexes throughout the city could be treated as legal tenants — protected by rent...

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Soros' Support of Marijuana Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition

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10/14/2014

... open to legalization while curious about the surrounding legal and medical questions: What would employers do with ...

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Carnegie, Ford Give $1M to Free Legal Services Project for Immigrants

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03/27/2017

Carnegie, Ford Give $1M to Free Legal Services Project for Immigrants In response to the ... announced an initiative on Friday that offers pro-bono legal services to immigrants regardless of their residency ... to...

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After 16 Futile Years, Congress Will Try Again to Legalize ‘Dreamers’

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09/06/2017

For 16 years, advocates for legalizing young immigrants brought here illegally by their parents have tried to pass legislation to shield them from deportation. The bill was called the Dream Act, and in Congresses Democratic and Republican, and in...

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Trinity Church Wall Street to Provide Free Legal Workshops for Local Community

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07/09/2019

Trinity Church Wall Street to Provide Free Legal Workshops for Local Community Workshops Will Assist Residents Without Legal Representation in Housing Court WHAT: For the ... Answers to provide free workshops for...

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NYCT and JPB-Backed Immigrant Legal Aid Program Will Expand Beyond NYC

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05/14/2015

NYCT and JPB-Backed Immigrant Legal Aid Program Will Expand Beyond NYC New York City’s ... older immigrants, have nearly as many people eligible for legal services as does the city. But outside the city, there...

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Mellon Foundation Appoints Sheree Carter-Galvan as Chief Legal Officer

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01/11/2023

Mellon Foundation Appoints Sheree Carter-Galvan as Chief Legal Officer (NEW YORK, NY – January 11, 2023) – The ... appointment of Sheree Carter-Galvan to the role of Chief Legal Officer of the Foundation and...

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Bloomberg’s Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal Battles

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09/07/2017

... Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal Battles As left-leaning and moderate donors and ... Latest Tool in the Trump Fight—Helping States Wage Legal Battles ...

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Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal/Political Morass

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07/11/2019

Census 2020: Focus on the Real Work in Communities, Not the Legal /Political Morass By Tim Delaney, President & CEO, ... the Court’s decision, it was easy to predict that the legal contortions and political...

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24 Mar 2022

How Philanthropy is Advancing Criminal Legal Reform in a Changing Political Landscape

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... grant makers are contributing to movement toward criminal legal reform and transformation today. What will you ... size, geographic area – are advancing criminal legal reform in response to a changing...