Justice Center News

The Justice Center News blog features our advocacy on issues affecting low-income New Yorkers today and the latest CBJC happenings.  For press releases, click here. For publications, click here.

City Bar Justice Center Observes Guantánamo Trials

by CBJC StaffApril 4, 2016

Executive Director Lynn Kelly and former City Bar Executive Director Barbara Berger Opotowsky share the details of their recent trips to Guantánamo Bay in a New York Law Journal essay.

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Veterans’ Legal Series Episode 4: “Five Ways to Establish Service Connection”

by CBJC StaffApril 1, 2016

Many veterans suffer from an injury or disease that is linked to an event that occurred during their time in service, thus making these veterans eligible for service-connected disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Figuring out how to establish that link— or nexus, from ailment to service can be a mystifying task for veterans and individuals unfamiliar with veterans law.

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Innovative Federal Pro Se Legal Project Cites Successes in First Year

by CBJC StaffFebruary 29, 2016

The City Bar Justice Center has released a nine-month report on the Federal Pro Se Legal Assistance Project, a collaboration with the United States District Court for the Eastern District and the first office dedicated to providing advice, limited-scope legal assistance, and information to people proceeding pro se in a variety of federal civil cases in New York.

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New Report Highlights Impact of Legal Services on Human Trafficking Survivors

by CBJC StaffFebruary 1, 2016

The City Bar Justice Center’s Immigrant Women & Children Project (IWC) has released a report examining how legal services have helped clients change their lives.

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Human Trafficking Victim Obtains Successful Settlement in Federal Court

by CBJC StaffJanuary 22, 2016

From the time she was five years old, Miriam (not her real name), a Nigerian victim of human trafficking, lived with an aunt’s family where she was mistreated and abused, especially by an older cousin.

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Veterans’ Legal Series Episode 3: “Evaluating the Degree of Disability of a Service-Connected Disability”

by CBJC StaffDecember 22, 2015

In this third installment of the Veterans’ Legal Series from the City Bar Justice Center, Veterans Assistance Project Director Kent Eiler discusses how the VA evaluates the degree of disability of a service-connected injury or disease.

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