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Poverty
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Law Times News
Ontario Human Rights Commission opens survey on lived experiences with poverty
The survey will inform the OHRC's approach in calling for meaningful changes
ImmigrationProf Blog
At the Movies: Fruits of Labor
Fruits of Labor is a feature documentary film about an American high school student traversing the seen and unseen forces that keep her family trapped in a cycle of poverty. …
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Low Income, Poor Outcome: Unequal Treatment of Indigent Defendants"
The title of this post is the title of this new paper on SSRN authored by Nino Monea. Here is its abstract: It is no secret that the law treats…
For Good
Addressing Race and Poverty in the NYS Family Court
By Wendy Dessy
As a board member of Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT), a non-profit organization that helps unrepresented litigants in New York City Family Court, I was proud to help organize…
@theBar
Blind Justice? Not Blind to Race and Income in Family Court (Part I)
Article Authored By: Jason Pica Stated broadly, the family court system is a “pay-to-play” civil court system where litigants have no right to an attorney, even if faced with civil…
The Right Coast
California’s Vanished Dream, by the Numbers | RealClearInvestigations
In California, there is this idea of Oh, we care about the poor, but on this metric, we are literally the worst, Stanford s University s Mark Duggan, principal author…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Cash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies, Study Finds, Possible Policy Implications
Cash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies, Study FindsA study that provided poor mothers with cash stipends for the first year of their children’s lives appears to…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
This Sunday: AALS Presentations on Nonprofits, Inequality, and Black Poverty
For people attending the virtual American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting this week, there are two nonprofit-related presentations of which I am aware that may be of interest.On…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Report: Stemming Rising Migration from Central America Calls for Tackling Immediate Needs and Root Causes
Photo Courtesy of United Nations Food ProgrammePoverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence pushed an estimated annual average of 378,000 Central Americans to migrate to the United States over the…
Health Law Prof Blog
Brains Without Money: Poverty as Disabling
Emily R. Murphy (UC Hastings), Brains Without Money: Poverty as Disabling, Conn. L. Rev. (forthcoming):The United States has long treated poverty and disability as separate legal categories, a division grounded…