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2020 General News

May

Coronavirus and the Courts: Challenges Faced

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 05/22/2020
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Disaster During a Pandemic – The Tornado that Hit Onalaska, Texas in the Midst of the Novel Coronavirus

  • By: Lone Star Legal Aid
  • 05/22/2020
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Counsel Who Care: How Attys Are Helping During A Crisis

Legal ‘Rescue Corps’ To Aid New Yorkers Affected By Coronavirus

Atlanta Firms Start Pro Bono Clinic to Aid Small Businesses With COVID-19 Problems

Embracing Legal Technology Is Critical in the COVID-19 Era

  • By: The Legal Intelligencer
  • 05/13/2020
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COVID-19 Has Created A Legal Aid Crisis. FEMA's Usual Response Is Missing

CLEA: Social Justice in Legal Clinics: Tennessee and Memphis Collaboration on Housing and Eviction Justice During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • By: Law Professors. Com
  • 05/12/2020
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Lawyers as Essential Second Responders in Catastrophes

How South Carolina storm victims can get free legal assistance

How to find free legal help in Houston during the coronavirus pandemic

Want to provide COVID-19 pro bono help? Try this new portal launched by ABA and Paladin

Disaster Aid Portal Aims To Ease Hunt For Pro Bono Work

COVID-19 Threatens A New Eviction Crisis

LegalZoom Sponsors National Disaster Relief Portal Created by American Bar Association and Paladin to Provide Free Legal Services to Those Impacted by COVID-19

How can law students help in the midst of COVID-19?

Legal Services Alabama standing on the front lines with public during coronavirus crisis

  • By: Montgomery Advertiser
  • 05/01/2020
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April

Sharp increase in applications, calls for help as eviction ban ends May 1

BAR REPORT - NJSBA seeks volunteer attorneys to assist those who need legal aid because of COVID-19

For some law students, clinic work during COVID-19 feels more real than ever before

Pro Bono Legal Plan To Help People Secure Unemployment Benefits in NY Takes Shape

Isolated and scared: The plight of juveniles locked up during the coronavirus pandemic

Tracking COVID-19’s Impact On Employment Law: Difficult At Best, Contradictory At Worst

Health Care Providers Seek Legal Protections Amid COVID-19

  • By: Daily Business Review
  • 04/24/2020
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Legal Battles Loom As Businesses Hit By Coronavirus Sue Insurers Who Won’t Pay Claims

Landlords Are Illegally Evicting Tenants During The Coronavirus Pandemic. Lawyers Fear A “Tsunami” Of Evictions When State Moratoriums End.

The Race to Get Migrants out of Detention Before COVID Strikes

  • By: California Magazine
  • 04/16/2020
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Coronavirus will overwhelm our civil legal-aid system

Five Great Ways to Do Pro Bono Online (Coronavirus Edition)

Baker Botts Publishes Comprehensive COVID-19 Resource Guide for Individuals

  • By: Tyler Morning Telegraph
  • 04/15/2020
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Undocumented workers face obstacles qualifying for benefits during the pandemic

ABA Young Lawyers Division establishes national hotline for pandemic-related legal services

Counsel Who Care: How Attys Are Helping During Virus Crisis

Iowa Hotline Set-Up for Coronavirus-Related Legal Issues

  • By: Legal Services Corporation
  • 04/08/2020
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Three Rivers Legal Services Anticipates Increased Need During Pandemic

  • By: Legal Services Corporation
  • 04/08/2020
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Suffolk Law looks to increase court access during pandemic

  • By: The National Jurist
  • 04/08/2020
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ABA joins RingCentral for national hotline for pandemic, disaster-related legal needs

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 04/08/2020
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Law School clinical programs offer legal aid during crisis

  • By: Cornell Law School
  • 04/07/2020
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The ABA Coronavirus (COVID-19) Task Force

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 04/07/2020
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A Gathering Storm Threatens the Future of Legal Aid

  • By: Connecticut Law Tribune
  • 04/06/2020
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Coronavirus could overwhelm legal help for America's poor

Unsafe At Home: Virus Stirs Domestic Violence Fears

March

Coronavirus could overwhelm legal help for America’s poor

Pro Bono Puzzle: Attys Try To Navigate Helping From Home

Pandemic disrupts justice system, courts

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 03/31/2020
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Web portal connects lawyers to those in need during pandemic

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 03/31/2020
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NY State Bar Association, Courts to Launch Pro Bono Network to Help With Pandemic Response

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 03/30/2020
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FEMA Extends Grace Period for Flood Insurance Renewal Premiums

  • By: Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • 03/29/2020
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How Policy Makers Can Support the Public’s Access to Justice During COVID-19 – Toll the Deadlines to File New Claims

NY Immigration Attorneys Demand Coronavirus Safeguards

An Equitable Systems Transformation Framework for COVID-19

  • By: National Innovation Service
  • 03/27/2020
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Inside The Fight To Block Evictions During A Pandemic

How Coronavirus May Change Criminal Justice

Isolation During the Coronavirus can be Dangerous for Domestic Violence Victims

  • By: Lonestar Legal Aid
  • 03/24/2020
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ABA Task Force Chief On Meeting The Challenge Of COVID-19

Attorneys offer assistance to tornado victims

Law students to spend spring break giving back through free legal services

  • By: The Daily Tar Heel
  • 03/06/2020
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February

The Lack of Proof of Ownership in Puerto Rico Is Crippling Repairs in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 02/21/2020
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Flood disaster funds earmarked for housing recovery, federal rules state

Allocations, Common Application, Waivers, and Alternative Requirements for Disaster Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Grantees

  • By: Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • 02/06/2020
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January

The Center for Urban Pedagogy and Pro Bono Net Announce "Figuring Out FEMA"

The Harris County Flood Control District’s Model and Map Management (M3) System

  • By: Harris County Flood Control District
  • 01/03/2020
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Homeowners will soon be required to report past FEMA claims to buyers

FEMA Can Assist With Furnaces, Wells And Septic Systems

  • By: Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan
  • 01/03/2020
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