Author Archives: Administrator
Posted on January 27, 2012 by Administrator
In 2011, 28 individuals from countries including Chad, China, Colombia, Mauritania, Mexico, Nepal, Tibet, and Ukraine, were granted asylum or other immigration relief in the U.S. through the efforts of pro bono attorneys working with the Refugee Assistance Program at the City Bar Justice Center. Continue reading →
Posted on January 19, 2012 by Administrator
As a child, Mr. Z. had been abused, removed from his home by the Administration for Children’s Service, and endured homelessness. As a result of minor run-ins with law enforcement when he was a teenager, he was now, as an adult, facing removal from the United States to China, where he had not been since he was brought to the U.S. as a young boy. Continue reading →
Posted on January 12, 2012 by Administrator
The Immigrant Women and Children Project, together with Greenberg Traurig and the New York Anti-Trafficking Network, hosted a panel discussion on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, January 11, to highlight emerging issues with trafficked youth in New York City. Continue reading →
Posted on January 10, 2012 by Administrator
The City Bar Justice Center’s Immigrant Women and Children (IWC) Project has produced an Economic Empowerment Guide, providing resource information for immigrant victims of violent crimes and low-income New York City residents in general. Continue reading →
Posted on December 15, 2011 by Administrator
Earlier this month, Suzanne Tomatore, Project Director of the City Bar Justice Center’s Immigrant Women & Children Project, attended a drafting committee meeting of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC). Continue reading →
Posted on December 14, 2011 by Administrator
City Bar Justice Center Executive Director Lynn M. Kelly testified on December 13th before the New York City Council’s Committee on Immigration on the topic of “Oversight–Treatment of NYC’s Immigrants in Detention Centers.” Continue reading →
Posted on December 7, 2011 by Administrator
Lisa Pearlstein, Director of the Justice Center’s Legal Clinic for the Homeless project, met a new client named Karen and her six-year-old son at one of our clinics at a homeless shelter in September. Continue reading →
Posted on November 23, 2011 by Administrator
Lisa Peterson had been an Associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and then served as in-house counsel to an adoption agency before leaving the practice of law for several years to raise her two sons.
Last year, ready to return to the law, she contacted the Public Service Network. Continue reading →
Posted on November 16, 2011 by Administrator
Last week, the City Bar Justice Center hosted the first legal clinic for potential eligible claimants under the reopened 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. Continue reading →
Posted on October 25, 2011 by Administrator
At a ceremony Monday, the City Bar Justice Center honored the winners of the third annual Jeremy G. Epstein Awards for Pro Bono Service. Continue reading →
