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CHLPI Welcomes New Team Member Kristin Sukys
January 24, 2019
Via the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) and the Health Law and Policy Clinic…
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Family with Local Ties Seeking Asylum Still in Limbo
January 24, 2019
Via Sentiel Source Source: Sentinel Source By: Liora Engel-Smith Almost five months after a migrant mother and son with ties to Keene arrived in…
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The Republican Proposal to Change the U.S. Asylum System, Explained
January 24, 2019
Via PolitiFact Source: Flickr, Credit: Leigh Ann Johnson By: Miriam Valdere A proposal from Senate Republicans to end the partial government shutdown includes…
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Via The Washington Post Source: Flickr By: Todd C. Frankel , Taylor Telford and Danielle Paquette Three weeks of no pay and lots of…
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Shortchanged Workers Demand Attorneys’ Fees and a Fair Test for Determining Prevailing Party Status
January 16, 2019
By: Elizabeth Soltan ’19 and Patricio Rossi, Clinical Instructor of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau HLAB students Kenneth Parreno ’19 and Elizabeth Soltan ’19 with…
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Access to Justice Issue of Dædalus Available Free Online
January 10, 2019
Via the Access to Justice Lab If you’re looking for some good reading this week, we’ve got you covered. The current issue of Dædalus, a…
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Can America Really Have High Speed Internet for All?
January 8, 2019
Via WNYC Studios: The Takeaway Source: Pixabay If this country really has ambitions of having a 5G revolution like the one being talked about the Consumer Electronics…
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Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission Announces New Members, Including HLAB Clinical Professor and Faculty Director Esme Caramello
January 8, 2019
Via Mass.gov The Supreme Judicial Court [appointed] eight new members to the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission. First established by the Supreme Judicial Court…
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People in Puerto Rico Can’t Get the Same Hepatitis C Meds as Other American Citizens Do
January 7, 2019
Via Tonic Source: Flickr By: Carmen Heredia Rodriguez Drugs that can cure hepatitis C revolutionized care for millions of Americans living…
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Recent Case Victories From HIRC at GBLS
January 4, 2019
Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Since the beginning, HIRC has partnered with Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS), the largest provider of…
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Paving the Way for Self-Driving Cars
January 4, 2019
Via The Harvard Gazette By: Juan Siliezar Susan Crawford at HLS recently taught a class of students from several different schools, with the city…
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Can District Courts Hear Innocent Spouse Refund Suits?
January 2, 2019
Via Procedurally Taxing Source: Flickr By: Carl Smith This is an update on two cases discussed by Keith Fogg in a recent post.
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Via PennRecord Source: Wikimedia Commons By: Jenie Mallari-Torres A Harvard law project is suing the United States Department of Justice, citing alleged breach of…
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Via MassLive Source: Pexels By: Shira Schoenberg Three veterans who sued Massachusetts for denying them a Welcome Home bonus should receive the money, a…
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Trump Signs Farm Bill, Announces Food Stamp Work Requirement Rule
December 21, 2018
Via UPI Via Jessie Higgins President Donald Trump signed the 2018 farm bill Thursday afternoon, ending months of congressional negotiations over the…
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The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights At 70: How Far Have We Come?
December 21, 2018
Via WBUR Source: Wikimedia Commons By: Sabrineh Ardalan, J. Wesley Boyd and Katherine Peeler On the evening of…
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Facebook Sued By US Lawyer Over Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
December 21, 2018
Via Hindustain Times Source: Pexels The attorney general for Washington, DC said on Wednesday the US capital city had sued Facebook Inc for allegedly…
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Harvard Defenders Host 7th Annual Litman Symposium
December 19, 2018
Via Harvard Law Today Courtesy of Harvard Defenders Harvard Law School’s Harvard Defenders hosted the 7th annual Litman Symposium on Nov. 15. This year’s event, titled…
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Obamacare architect: Dire consequences for Massachusetts
December 17, 2018
Via The Boston Herald By: Jordan Graham The architect of Obamacare warned the Affordable Care Act could die if the U.S. Supreme Court backs a…
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Report: Australia Should Join Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
December 17, 2018
Via the International Human Rights Clinic Source: Pixabay Australia’s alliance with the United States need not stand in the way of Australia joining the…