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The Legal Intelligencer

Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement: Protections for Immigrants Facing Workplace Abuse

By providing a path to stable employment and protection against deportation, DALE greatly reduces the risks noncitizens face when reporting labor and workplace rights violations. In so doing, DALE facilitates cooperation with law enforcement investigations and promotes trust in the law and judicial processes.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

$87.5M: That's How Much Camden Diocese Will Pay Sex Abuse Survivors

"We're happy that this moment finally came and we still have a lot of work ahead of us," said John Baldante, a lawyer representing survivors of abuse.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Director Takes Helm at Legal Service Provider for Immigrants Facing Criminal Proceedings

Marie Mark's appointment as head of the Immigrant Defense Project comes as Mayor Eric Adams and other elected officials have called for law enforcement agencies to increase cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
2 minute read

Law.com

SXSW Panelist On Criminal Justice Reform Discusses Keys to Breaking Cycle of Crime

"Oftentimes, people who are victims of crime who have not received support find themselves in the criminal justice system. In fact, a lot of data indicates that about 90% of the people who are incarcerated were victims of crime at one point," Chief of Federal Advocacy for the Alliance of Safety and Justice, Shakyra Diaz, told Law.com ahead of Monday's SXSW Conference in Austin, Texas.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Succession Planning Success—Ensuring Good Governance Through Board Membership for Nonprofits

As board members, lawyers have a fiduciary duty to provide good governance to nonprofit organizations and, as volunteers, lawyers help nonprofit organizations fulfill their missions of providing for the greater good. As lawyers representing nonprofits, we have a responsibility for advising clients to maintain this adherence to the greater good and counsel clients on good governance.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A New Ruling Could Affect Plaintiffs Suing Boys and Girls Clubs of America

The decision turned on whether New Jersey has jurisdiction over the national group or just its local affiliates.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Hires Successor to Longtime GC

The nonprofit, which doles out a half-billion dollars in federal funds annually, went outside the media industry to replace retiring General Counsel Westwood Smithers Jr., who has held the role since 2005.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Making the Right to Education a Reality for All Our Children

Last week we gathered in the Capitol in Harrisburg with other advocates, parents, educators, and students who are part of a statewide coalition called PA Schools Work to celebrate the anniversary of that pivotal ruling and to advocate for a proposed remedy to bring our school funding system into constitutional compliance.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jails and Prisons Struggle to Provide Adequate Health Care to Incarcerated People

Incarcerated people have a long-established right to health care through the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The Americans with Disabilities Act also provides protection for incarcerated people with long-term medical conditions. Unfortunately, sometimes those rights are more theoretical than actual for those who are incarcerated.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

7th-Largest US Foundation Taps Ballard Spahr Partner as GC

Kahlil Williams is succeeding Kathryn Krecke as legal chief of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, which has assets of $8.8 billion and focuses on improving the health and well-being of children.
2 minute read

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