Over-Assessment of Affordable Housing Impacts Homeowners
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, April 22, 2013
In February, the city of Philadelphia started notifying homeowners of their 2014 property values under the Actual Value Initiative.
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Illegal Resistance to Gay-Straight Alliances
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, April 22, 2013
Across the country, students are forming "Gay-Straight Alliance" (GSA) clubs — organizations designed to bring together LGBT students and straight allies in a safe space to address tough issues like the disproportionate share of harassment and bullying directed at LGBT teens.
Seeking Justice for Older Americans
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, March 25, 2013
In July 1965 in Washington, D.C., President Lyndon B. Johnson envisioned a nation that "no longer will ... refuse the hand of justice to those who have given a lifetime of service and wisdom and labor to the progress of this progressive country."
Learning to Leave Positive Marks and Recognize Bad Ones
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, March 25, 2013
I opened my email at 5 a.m. Saturday — our two dogs forgot we sleep in on the weekend — to find a request for assistance from a longtime Support Center for Child Advocates volunteer attorney, about child siblings of his now-adult client.
The Public Interest Calendar of Events
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, February 25, 2013
On Wednesday, the Mazzoni Center is set to present its fourth annual Open Bar event to raise funds for and awareness about the agency's Legal Services, which is a program offering free legal services tailored toward low-income LGBT individuals in Pennsylvania.
What Happened to the Independent Foreclosure Review?
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, February 25, 2013
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) abruptly announced January 7 that it was ending the Independent Foreclosure Review of the mortgage servicing practices of 11 of the largest mortgage servicing companies in favor of an $8.5 billion settlement.
Access to Innovation Protection for All In Wake of the AIA
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, February 25, 2013
Where were you on September 16, 2011, when President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA)?
Philadelphia's Public Spaces: For Sale by Owner?
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, January 28, 2013
Over the past six months, Philadelphia City Council has proposed a myriad of bills that would place advertisements in our public spaces, e.g. on school buses, on newsstands, entire sides of buildings facing historic districts, on municipal property citywide, even legalizing the small posters plaguing our neighborhoods ("We buy ugly houses!").
Puerto Rico Birth Certificate Changes Provide Challenges
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, January 28, 2013
Philadelphia VIP, with the help of our volunteer attorneys, provides assistance to low-income Philadelphians in a wide variety of civil legal matters including legal name changes and birth certificate corrections.
Charter School Reform Must Protect Vulnerable Students
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, November 26, 2012
The Pennsylvania charter school law was enacted in 1997, authorizing the creation of public schools that operate independently of their surrounding district.
