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Legal Center for Domestic Violence Victims Marks a Decade
The Legal Center at My Sisters' Place, the White Plains-based refuge for victims of domestic violence, has mushroomed over the past decade. Founded in 1997 with just one full-time attorney, one part-time attorney and a non-lawyer advocate, the center now boasts a staff of six full-time and two part-time lawyers and other staffers working in three separate divisions: an immigration unit, a family law unit and advocacy services.Should Undocumented Immigrants Be Allowed to Practice Law?
The rite of passage to become an attorney draws to a conclusion when the law school graduate passes the bar in his or her respective jurisdiction(s). At this point, the applicant's bar application is reviewed to ensure that the character and fitness of the applicant is suitable for admission to the bar.The Process of Designating 'Enemy Combatant' Outlined
Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the military detention of Jose Padilla, the Bush administration outlined for the first time the steps it takes in designating U.S. citizens enemy combatants.Local Lawyers Lead Charge in Suit Over Wal-Mart's Labor Practices
Hackensack lawyer Gilberto Garcia, who describes himself as "the littlest guy in the world, with a lot of chutzpah," is now suing the largest company in the world on behalf of illegal aliens who could be put on a plane if the federal prosecutors investigating Wal-Mart's labor practices do not need them. His nine plaintiffs charge the giant retailer and several cleaning contractors with violating a host of labor and tax laws, discrimination and exploitation.Permanent Residence Strategies for the Best and Brightest
In contrast to the task faced by most immigrating workers, an elite group of foreign professionals do not have to endure the arduous process of filing labor certification applications with the Department of Labor to get permanent resident status. Although the DOL has revamped some of its processes, immigration attorney H. Ronald Klasko advises that avoiding the labor certification process is still the avenue of choice for the "best and brightest" professionals and their employers.Man who gave money to failed Times Square bomber to be deported
A Pakistani man who gave money to the man behind the failed Times Square bombing last May has been sentenced to the 11 months he's already served and released to federal officials for deportation.Palau to take Guantanamo's Chinese detainees
WELLINGTON, New Zealand AP - Palau agreed to accept 17 Chinese Muslims who have languished in legal limbo at Guantanamo Bay, indicating a resolution to one of the thorniest issues facing the Obama administration's decision to close the prison camp.The announcement Wednesday by the Pacific archipelago, which would clear the last of the Uighurs from the camp in Cuba, was a major step toward the U.Shah, plaintiffs-respondents v. Wilco Systems Inc., defendant-appellant
Human Rights Law Violation Claims of Citizenship Status Based Discrimination Are RejectedCivil Rights and Civil Liberties
Christopher Dunn, the associate legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, writes that as the federal government responds aggressively to threats of international terrorism � and as it aggressively invokes that terrorism to justify a wide range of measures � the Supreme Court likely will be confronted with fundamental questions about the vitality of the First Amendment at the international border. And when it does, it will be writing on a largely blank slate.A Buyer's Guide to Law Firm Software
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