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Legislation Law Prof Blog
Seattle U School of Law Briefs on the Criminalization of Homelessness Released Today
By Sara Rankin
In February, this Blog posted a comprehensive report from the Berkeley Policy Advocacy Clinic on the problem of the criminalization of homelessness in California. The Berkeley team, the Western Regional…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
More Dying Penniless
According to a new study by the employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), one in five of the oldest retirees is dying with no assets except a home, and almost a…
Education Law Prof Blog
Classroom Diversity in Early Education
By Derek Black
The Century Foundation and Poverty & Race Research Action Council's new report A Better Start: Why Classroom Diversity Matters in Early Education is now available. It describes racial, ethnic and economic…
Education Law Prof Blog
Spending Less on the Students Who Need the Most
By Derek Black
After a relative long hiatus, the Education Trust has issued a new comprehensive school funding study. Its 2006 study drew criticism, in part, for its simplicity. The new report adds…
Elder Law Prof Blog
NPR: A Portrait of Poverty and Aging in South Korea
National Public Radio so often makes one think, with a crisp, well-told story about something entirely new. That is true in their recent airing of A Forgotten Generation: Half of…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
One Third of Retirees Likely to Be In Poverty
New research shows that one-third of U.S. workers nearing retirement will live in or near poverty upon leaving their jobs. The root of this problem could be linked to a…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Conference: Reframing the Welfare Queen
By Tracy Thomas
At USC School of Law, Reframing the Welfare Queen: Feminist and CRT Alternatives to Existing Poverty DiscourseThis year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Moynihan Report, a Senate report issued in…
PropertyProf Blog
Murray on Detroit’s Eminent Domain Takings
Yxta Murray (Loyola LA) has posted Detroit Looks Toward a Massive, Unconstitutional Blight Condemnation: The Optics of Eminent Domain in Motor City (Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy) on…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Study Finds Combination of Employment and Income Policies, New Tax Credit, Could Cut NYC Poverty Rate
I just came across this 116-page report commissioned by the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, and the UJA-Federation of New York titled How…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
Save the Date and CFP for 2016 Poverty Law Conference
By Sara Rankin
Dear friends:We invite proposals for presentations at a Spring 2016 conference, “Poverty Law: Academic Activism” to be held on Feb. 19-20, 2016, hosted by Seattle University School of Law. The…