Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Moonlighting lawyers tackle their school debt

Government lawyers find creative ways to supplement lower salaries.
National Law Journal

 

Prime aid, subprime crisis

Lawyers representing banks, savings and loans, and other financial institutions respond to the growing need for pro bono legal assistance despite potential conflicts of interest.
ABA Journal

 

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Cut student debt by doing good

New laws are an incentive for recent graduates to enter public service.

Wall Street Journal

 

Administration sued over surveillance

Equal Justice Works Alumnus Kevin Bankston and the Electronic Frontier Foundation file a new lawsuit that targets the president and other high-ranking federal officials.

Congressional Quarterly

Suits, Legislation Over a Civil Right to Counsel Grow Across U.S.

A growing number of private and public interest lawyers across the country are pushing to secure those with low incomes the right to counsel in civil matters.

National Law Journal

Tuesday, September 23, 2008