Category Archives: City Bar Justice Center
Posted on May 14, 2013 by Administrator
On April 12th, City Bar Justice Center Managing Attorney Alice Morey testified before the ABA Committee on Disaster Response and Preparedness. Her testimony follows. Continue reading →
Posted on May 1, 2013 by Administrator
The Immigrant Women and Children Project’s Equal Justice Works fellow, Laura Matthews-Jolly, today spoke about human trafficking at the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice. Continue reading →
Posted on April 9, 2013 by Administrator
Today, in honor of Shine the Light on Slavery Day, President Obama’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons released a draft five-year strategic plan. Continue reading →
Posted on April 2, 2013 by Administrator
The City Bar Justice Center has established an Estate Pro Bono Advisory Panel for low-income callers to its Legal Hotline, and will soon establish a regularly scheduled clinic to advise low-income people on personal planning, end of life, and estate matters. Continue reading →
Posted on March 6, 2013 by Administrator
Better data collection on human trafficking, particularly on labor trafficking, would help service providers allocate limited resources and help prevent trafficking in the future, according to a white paper by the Immigrant Women & Children project (IWC) of the City Bar Justice Center. Continue reading →
Posted on February 6, 2013 by Administrator
The City Bar Justice Center legal clinic is now firmly in place at the Arverne Restoration Center in the Rockaways. Continue reading →
Posted on January 29, 2013 by Administrator
In honor of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the City Bar Justice Center’s Immigrant Women & Children Project and the New York Anti-trafficking Network hosted a breakfast today for service providers and government agencies that work on the issue of human trafficking. Continue reading →
Posted on January 17, 2013 by Administrator
In commemoration of Human Trafficking Awareness Day, the City Bar Justice Center’s Immigrant Women and Children Project, in collaboration with Pfizer Legal Alliance, hosted “Take Action: Stop Human Trafficking Now,” a panel discussion at the New York City Bar Association on January 14th. Continue reading →
Posted on January 10, 2013 by Administrator
The City Bar Justice Center has hired Victor M. Tello as its Coordinating Attorney for Disaster Relief. Tello will centralize the Justice Center’s various activities in training and mobilizing volunteer attorneys to assist in Superstorm Sandy relief. Continue reading →
Posted on December 21, 2012 by Administrator
After three clinics on two cold weekends, sitting in make-shift quarters on the street and in an unheated dusty store-front in the Rockaways, the Justice Center’s Superstorm Sandy volunteers landed plush quarters by comparison in one of New York City’s Restoration Centers. Continue reading →
