Tag Archives: Lynn M. Kelly
City Bar Justice Center Presents 2015 Jeremy G. Epstein Awards for Pro Bono Service
by CBJC StaffOctober 6, 2015
The City Bar Justice Center, the pro bono affiliate of the New York City Bar Association, has announced the winners of the seventh annual Jeremy G. Epstein Awards for Outstanding Pro Bono Service.
Read moreU.S. Eastern District Court and City Bar Justice Center Launch Innovative Pro Se Legal Clinic
by CBJC StaffJune 22, 2015
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and the City Bar Justice Center have collaborated to launch the Federal Pro Se Legal Assistance Project (FedPro), a pilot project to provide information, advice, and limited-scope legal assistance to people proceeding pro se in a variety of federal civil cases in the Eastern District of New York.
Read moreRight to Legal Counsel for Immigrant Detainees: A Progress Update
by CBJC StaffOctober 16, 2013
On September 30th, the New York Law Journal reported on the two public defender organizations that will form the New York Immigrant Defenders (NYID), a unique pilot project to provide universal legal representation to indigent detainees facing deportation.
Read moreMei Lin Kwan-Gett to Chair City Bar Fund; New Board Members Announced
by CBJC StaffJuly 1, 2013
Mei Lin Kwan-Gett, a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, has been elected Chair of the City Bar Fund, which oversees the City Bar Justice Center, the pro bono affiliate of the New York City Bar Association.
Read moreNew Justice Center Project Provides Needed Resource for Low-Income Callers to Legal Hotline
by CBJC StaffApril 2, 2013
The City Bar Justice Center has established a Planning and Estates Law Project 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.
Read moreThanksgiving Sunday in the Rockaways – by Lynn M. Kelly
by CBJC StaffNovember 30, 2012
It was cold and blustery in the Rockaways on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, when the City Bar Justice Center travelled to the Rockaways with eleven pro bono attorneys.
Read moreJustice Center’s Lynn Kelly Testifies Before New York City Council on Immigrant Detention
by CBJC StaffDecember 14, 2011
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.”
Read moreLaura Matthews-Jolly Joins City Bar Justice Center to Help Sex and Labor Trafficking Survivors
by CBJC StaffOctober 12, 2011
Laura Mathews-Jolly has joined the City Bar Justice Center’s Immigrant Women & Children Project on a two-year Equal Justice Works fellowship, supported by the law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, to provide legal services to immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and are survivors of labor and sex trafficking.
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