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For those who teach poverty law

Posted on August 07, 2008
I would like to publish profiles of those who teach poverty law so that it will be easier to know who is in the field and also so we can learn a little about each person. With that in mind,...

Washington Post Series: "Hardest Hit: Hurt and Hope Among Low Wage Workers"

Posted on August 04, 2008
The Washington Post today published Michael A. Fletcher & Jon Cohen, "Hovering Above Poverty, Grasping for Middle Class" (Aug. 3, 2008), an article detailing the results of a survey (full report here) conducted by the Washington Post, the Henry J....

Another (International) form of patient dumping of those who cannot afford care

Posted on August 04, 2008
New York Times story and slideshow on international patient dumping: Deborah Sontag, "Immigrants Facing Deportation by U.S. Hospitals," N.Y. Times, Aug. 3, 2008; slideshow here. -E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu

Call for Papers: Property Ownership and Economic Stability: A Necessary Relationship?

Posted on August 01, 2008
The Saint Louis University Public Law Review invites abstracts of articles relating to its Spring 2009 symposium theme: Property Ownership and Economic Stability: A Necessary Relationship? The symposium, which will be held on Friday, February 27, 2009, will consist of...

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Of interest to those attending AALS this year: Healthcare and the Poor

Posted on July 30, 2008
The AALS Section on Socio-Economics is providing a concurrent session in this year's Annual Meeting Program, entitled "Healthcare and Poor and Working People." Here are the participants: Arthur La France - Moderator: (Lewis and Clark) Kenneth Gattner (Oregon Health and...

Articles on Workforce Housing and Government Supported Creative Finance Development

Posted on July 29, 2008
The Urban Lawyer just published two articles of interest, though I have not found the public access so you will have to use Lexis or Westlaw, the abstracts from the Urban Lawyer website are below: Alan Woolever, Tax Increment Financing,...

William Mitchell Law Review Call for Papers: Poverty Law

Posted on July 28, 2008
The William Mitchell Law Review is proud to dedicate its third issue to Poverty Law in its upcoming Volume 35 (spring 2009). We are currently seeking papers that examine current issues and recent developments in this important area of law....

N.Y. Times Op-Ed on closing down HUD

Posted on July 28, 2008
Op-Ed of interest (the title gives a pretty good summary): Sudhir Venkatesh, "To Fight Poverty, Tear Down HUD," NYTimes, July 25, 2008. -Thanks to Jeff Selbin for the heads up! E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu

Grant Opportunity for Research Related to Aging

Posted on July 23, 2008
The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging has a Request for Proposals and Application for academics interested in studying aging, with the objectives given below: The objectives of the grants are to further research and scholarship about new or...

Advice on Entering the Law Teaching Market/AALS

Posted on July 18, 2008
A number of friends have recently emailed seeking advice on entering the law teaching market, inspired by the upcoming deadline to make the first AALS deadline (this FAR deadline is important), and with that in mind I have complied here...

Poverty Law Syllabi

Posted on July 17, 2008
I am moving this to the front because people are again starting to think about this. Hopefully soon I will post newer versions and more syllabi. If you would like to share yours, email me either the syllabus or a...

Another Harvard Law Review Note of Interest: on the Myth of Meritocracy

Posted on July 16, 2008
The Harvard Law Review editorial board is showing that it is a glutton for punishment from the right, which is perhaps still salivating over the earlier Harvard Note, Never Again Should a People Starve in a World of Plenty. Some...

House Committee on Ways and Means to hold Hearing on Establishing a Modern Poverty Measure

Posted on July 14, 2008
The Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives is holding a hearing this Thursday, July 17th, on "Establishing a Modern Poverty Measure." Submissions for the record can be uploaded here. This hearing is similar to one that...

Adult Education and Workforce Skills Report

Posted on July 09, 2008
From the National Commission on Adult Literacy, and courtesy of an announcement on UNC's Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity homepage: REACH HIGHER AMERICA, An economy that thrives in the new global environment! A workforce educated for jobs that pay...

Interesting Op-Ed by Stephen L. Carter

Posted on July 08, 2008
With an Aspen, Colorado tagline, Stephen L. Carter (best selling author and Yale professor) has an interesting new op-ed that touches on affirmative action, the divide between poor and better off African-Americans, marriage policy, school vouchers, etc...

Conference: Northeast People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference 2008 - "Education and the Economy"

Posted on July 08, 2008
The schedule for the Northeast People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference 2008, Sept. 12-13, 2008 at Boston University School of Law (hosted also by St. John's Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development) has been posted online...

New York Times Editorial on the Food Crisis: Man-Made Hunger

Posted on July 06, 2008
Today's editorial from the New York Times is worth reading: Editorial Board, "Man-Made Hunger," NYTimes, July 6, 2008. -E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu

Light-Hearted Post: Dogs over Indigent

Posted on July 02, 2008
From the New York Times: "The two people who described the statement said Mrs. Helmsley signed it in 2003 to establish goals for the multibillion-dollar trust that would disburse assets after her death. The first goal was to help indigent...

Principle or Campaign Driven Support of Faith-Based Delivery of Social Services?

Posted on July 02, 2008
Barack Obama announced yesterday that he wants to continue Bush's Faith-Based Initiative program and, according to a New York Times story here, he may consider "elevating the director of his Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to a cabinet-level post...

Unequal America: Cover of Harvard Alumni Magazine

Posted on June 30, 2008
Although it, naturally enough, contains a mainly citations to Harvard professors, the cover story of the Harvard alumni magazine has a brief eight page story that pretty quickly covers many of the issues of inequality in the U.S. The story...

News: Rent support to avoid student turnover

Posted on June 24, 2008
The N.Y. Times today has a story on rental subsidies being paid to parents to help reduce student turnover and education disruption. Erik Eckholm, "To Avoid Student Turnover, Parents Get Rent Help," NYTimes, June 24, 2008. -E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu

Call for Papers: The Global Repercussions of the U.S. Subprime Mortgage Meltdown

Posted on June 24, 2008
Courtesy of the Legal Scholarship Blog: The Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems is hosting a symposium on "Financial Markets and Systemic Risk: The Global Repercussions of the U.S. Subprime Mortgage Meltdown," on Feb. 20, 2009, with papers published...

National Conference on Homeless Youth and the Law

Posted on June 20, 2008
From the Legal Scholarship Blog: The University of Washington School of Law, the ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, the National Network for Youth, and with the support of Casey Family Programs hosted the National Conference on Homeless Youth and...

Crime and Section 8 Placements from Atlantic Monthly

Posted on June 20, 2008
This month's Atlantic Monthly features a potentially troubling story worth checking out. Hanna Rosin, "American Murder Mystery," Atlantic Monthly, July/Aug 2008. Note, clicking through the pages of the story at the bottom of the first webpage reveals more photos and...

Report of Interest: Making the Law Work for Everyone

Posted on June 19, 2008
The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor of the UNDP released its final report, "Making the Law Work for Everyone." The Economist has a brief article about the report here and a video of the launch of the report...

Tax law review article: Democracy and Opportunity

Posted on June 16, 2008
A new tax article published of interest: James R. Repetti, Democracy and Opportunity: A New Paradigm in Tax Equity, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 1129 (2008). Also on SSRN here. Abstract below: Although there is consensus about the need for equity,...

For those who do public-interest transactional work in the academy

Posted on June 16, 2008
TO: Faculty Members interested in Transactional Law FROM: Planning Committee on 2009 AALS Conference on Transaction Law Lisa Fairfax, University of Maryland, Chair Victor Fleischer, University of Illinois Peter Pitegoff, University of Maine D. Gordon Smith, Brigham Young University Alfred...

AALS Section on Poverty Law Panel Announcement

Posted on June 12, 2008
The AALS Section on Poverty Law has announced the details of the coming AALS panel. Section on Poverty Law Program ?Privatization: Promise and Pitfall at the Intersection of Law, Markets and Poverty? Friday, January 9, 2009, 3:30-5:15 pm; A meeting...

News: Colorado has Largest Rise in Child Poverty

Posted on June 12, 2008
According to the Colorado Children's Campaign (their report is here), and reported on in the New York Times Today, "Colorado experienced the nation's largest rate of growth in impoverished children from 2000-2006" (article here with graphic of shifts in poverty...

Brookings Report Urges Raising EITC

Posted on June 10, 2008
A new Brookings Report urges increases to the EITC, and on Friday there will be a briefing on the report. The report is: Alan Berube, David Park, Elizabeth Kneebone, Metro Raise: Boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit to Help Metropolitan...

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