Baltimore retiree starts new day job helping indigent tenants
Baltimore retiree starts new day job helping indigent tenants The Daily Record Ronnie Reno begins a new adventure as...
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Jul
27
2010
Court of Appeals Protects Debtors from Excessive Liability for Creditors’ Attorney’s Fees
On July 27, 2010, the Court of Appeals of Maryland issued a favorable decision in three consolidated cases in which the...
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Jul
27
2010
Public Justice Center Thanks Law Firm Community for Support
The Public Justice Center deeply appreciates the generosity of the law firm community during our 2009-2010 campaign. Thirty...
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Jul
23
2010
Public Justice Center Files Suit on Behalf of Workers
“We want to live humanely.” So says Alvaro Rojas, one of ten workers not paid their promised wages or overtime...
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Jul
21
2010
Fourth Circuit Publishes Opinion Reinforcing Importance of Inmate’s Right to Safety and Access to Justice
On July 20, 20100, the United States Court of Appeals published its previously unpublished opinion in Brown v. N.C....
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Jul
08
2010
PJC Attorney John Pollock Publishes Article on Right to Counsel in MIE Journal
Public Justice Center attorney John Pollock recently published an article in the summer issue of MIE Journal highlighting how...
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Jun
17
2010
High Court Ruling: Bank Cannot Take Home of Foreclosure Rescue Scam Victim
On June 16, 2010, in Julian v. Buonassissi, No. 37, Sept. Term 2009, the Maryland Court of Appeals vindicated the rights of...
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Jun
08
2010
New Court Rule Protects Tenants in Foreclosure from Short-Notice Eviction
Imagine that your landlord is in foreclosure and a bank just bought the house where you live. Without checking to see if...
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Jun
01
2010
Walking Before Running: Implementation of a Right to Counsel in Civil Cases
Walking Before Running: Implementation of a Right to Counsel in Civil Cases MIE Journal An article by PJC attorney...
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May
27
2010
PJC Asserts Foster Kids’ Rights to Decent Care: Brief Filed in Court of Appeals in L.J. v. Donald
An ongoing lawsuit to protect the health, safety, and well-being of 5,000 children in foster care in Baltimore City took...
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May
25
2010
PJC Supports Vulnerable Consumer’s Right to Jury Trial
Carter Bradley allegedly died from infected bed sores when he was denied proper care at a nursing home. After his death, his...
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May
14
2010
Court of Appeals Protects Health Care Whistleblowers in Recent Decision
On May 13, 2010, the Maryland Court of Appeals issued a decision in Lark v. Montgomery Hospice, Inc., a case in which the...
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May
05
2010
PJC Receives Generous Cy Pres Award
We are delighted to announce that PJC is the recipient of a generous cy pres award of $202,000. The PJC was one of 13...
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Apr
27
2010
Breaking News: PJC is Co-Counsel in Largest Discrimination Lawsuit in U.S. History
Monday, April 26, 2010 Contact: Art Silverman art@turnerstrategies.com 202-365-5554 Largest Discrimination Lawsuit in U.S....
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Apr
26
2010
Public Justice Center Releases 2010 Legislative Session Report
As legal advocates for people living in poverty, it is not enough that we simply work within the existing framework of law...
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Apr
22
2010
Maryland’s High Court Affirms Right of Prisoner to Refuse Medical Treatment like Any Other Competent, Fully Informed Adult
On October 26, 2009, the Public Justice Center led a coalition including the Maryland Disability Law Center, the American...
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Apr
21
2010
PJC Attorney Wendy Hess Speaks on Panel at JHU School of Public Health
On April 21, 2010, Wendy Hess was a panelist at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Forum on Correctional Health. She...
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Apr
16
2010
PJC Leads Coalition of Employment and Disability Rights Advocates on Behalf of Elementary School Art Teacher
Austine Fink was an elementary school art teacher when she was diagnosed with a pre-cancerous condition of the esophagus. As...
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Apr
06
2010
2010 audit of the Maryland inmate healthcare system finds numerous inadequacies in delivery of healthcare and monitoring of for-profit contractors’ performance.
In 2007, the Maryland Office of Legislative Audits (OLA) issued a scathing report on the state of inmate healthcare in...
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Mar
29
2010
Legislative Alert - Don't Hold Law Clinics Hostage
CALL YOUR DELEGATE TODAY AND TELL THEM TO VOTE AGAINST ANY PROPOSAL THAT CONDITIONS RECEIPT OF FUNDS BY THE LAW SCHOOL AND...
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Mar
19
2010
Legislative Alert - PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL MEMBER OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE NOW!
PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE NOW! SB 312 – a bill that would limit...
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Mar
17
2010
Legislative Alert: Support Workers' Rights to Overtime Payment
CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS NOW! TELL THEM TO SUPPORT WORKERS' RIGHTS TO OVERTIME PAYMENT BY VOTING IN FAVOR OF HB 214 AND SB 694....
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Mar
15
2010
Legislative Alert: Urge Your Representatives to Support Legislation Limiting Credit Checks
URGE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE TO SUPPORT HB 175/SB 312 - LIMITING CREDIT CHECKS LEGISLATION This week, the House Economic...
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Mar
12
2010
Settlement Agreement Reach in Duvall v. O'Malley
Today, the United States District Court approved the settlement agreement reached between Maryland and the Public Justice...
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Mar
11
2010
PJC Film Begins Regular Showings In Baltimore City Rent Court
March 11, 2011 -- We are very pleased to announce that the PJC’s film “Stand Up For Yourself In Baltimore...
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Mar
11
2010
Legislative Updates
LEGISLATIVE UPDATES Half way through the 2010 Session of the Maryland General Assembly, the PJC is seeing progress on bills...
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Mar
01
2010
Reportable Event – Perez v. Mountaire Farms, Inc.
On March 1, 2010, the Public Justice Center (PJC), along with the Maryland Employment Lawyers Association, Metropolitan...
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Feb
21
2010
Legislative Alert: CALL OR EMAIL YOUR SENATORS: SUPPORT SENATE BILL 243 THAT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST TENANTS AND HOMEBUYERS BASED ON THEIR SOURCE OF INCOME
Discrimination based on source of income effectively bars many Marylanders who depend upon government benefits and other...
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Jan
11
2010
Fourth Circuit Vindicates Inmate’s Right To Safety And Access To Justice
On January 11, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit rendered an opinion in Brown v. N.C. D.O.C.,...
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Jan
07
2010
Court Orders JP Morgan to Comply With Federal Law Protecting Renters in Foreclosure
On January 7, 2010, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City vacated an order granting possession of a Baltimore City home to JP...
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Dec
17
2009
Maryland Tenants and Foreclosure Conference
On December 17, 2009, a Maryland Tenants in Foreclosure Conference will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond,...
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Dec
15
2009
Reportable Event - Henriquez v. Henriquez
On December 15, 2009, the Public Justice Center (PJC), along with the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, the Legal...
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Dec
11
2009
Washington Post Article: No Food Stamps Blamed on Md.
No food stamps blamed on Md. AID DELAYED TO THOUSANDS Judge gives state 45 days to come up with plan By Henri E. Cauvin...
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Dec
10
2009
News Flash: Victory in Thompson Case
Judge Barry G. Williams in Thompson et al v. Donald issued ruling from the bench this morning. He found that the Department...
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Nov
17
2009
Who's Holding the Net?
On Tuesday, November 17, 25 people joined PJC Executive Director John Nethercut and Legal Director, Deb Gardner for a...
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Nov
06
2009
PJC Argues Attorneys Fees In Routine Collection Cases Against Homeowners Should Be Limited
Homeowners’ Association Appeal On November 6, 2009, the Public Justice Center (PJC), along with Civil Justice, the...
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Oct
26
2009
PJC LEADS BRIEF ARGUING THAT COMPETENT, INFORMED INMATE HAS SAME RIGHT TO REFUSE MEDICAL TREATMENT AS OTHER ADULTS
On October 26, 2009, the Public Justice Center lead a coalition including the Maryland Disability Law Center, the American...
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Oct
16
2009
A New Day for Foster Children in Baltimore
In June, 2009, after twenty-one years of non-compliance by the State of Maryland and the Baltimore City Department of Social...
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Oct
16
2009
PJC Amicus Brief Fights Sexual Harassment & Retaliation in the Workplace
On October 16, 2009, the Public Justice Center (PJC) filed a friend-of-the-court (amicus) brief in the case of Prince of...
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Oct
13
2009
Call to Action - People Are Dying
“Being tough on crime shouldn’t mean putting prisoners’ lives at risk through blatantly inadequate medical...
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Sep
10
2009
Where We Stand - A Letter to the Community
In September, the PJC sent this letter to our donors to explain where we stand in the midst of these challenging economic...
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Aug
18
2009
Detainee Medical and Mental Health Care Will Improve As a Result of Agreement to Settle Longstanding Lawsuit
ACLU Forces Sweeping Improvements At Baltimore City Jail (8/18/2009) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Will Matthews, ACLU,...
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Aug
13
2009
The Public Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland Win Victory in Massey v. Galley
The Public Justice Center and American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland won an important victory for citizens’ rights...
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Aug
05
2009
PJC Asserts Rights of Workers to Prove Illegal, Discriminatory Motives in the Workplace
On July 30, 2009, the PJC filed a friend of the court brief in Ruffin v. Gasper in the Maryland Court of Appeals. The...
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Aug
03
2009
Private Bar Donors Recognized in Daily Record Advertisement
The Public Justice Center appreciates the generous outpouring of support from the law firm community from July 1, 2008 - June...
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Jul
20
2009
PJC Files Opening Brief on Behalf of Homeowner Caught Up in a Foreclosure Rescue Scam
The Public Justice Center has taken yet another step to advance the interests of persons marginalized in the present...
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Jul
20
2009
PJC Joins the ACLU of Maryland to Hold Public Officials Accountable in Court
On July 14, 2009, the Public Justice Center joined in an amicus curiae brief filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of...
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Jun
23
2009
Proposed Settlement of Foster Care Class Action Suit Against Baltimore City
For Immediate release: June 23, 2009 Proposed Settlement of Foster Care Class Action Suit Against Baltimore City...
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Jun
15
2009
ABA Civil Right to Counsel Fellow, John Pollock, Participates in Access to Justice Conference
On May 30, 2009, John participated in an Access to Justice Conference in Yakima, WA. He sat on a panel entitled...
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Jun
15
2009
June is National Smile Month
On June 5, 2009, Oral Health America (a national organization that promotes better oral health for all Americans, especially...
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Jun
15
2009
"Youth Entering Foster Care" Film Premiere
June 15, 2009: Foster Youth Incorporated will be hosting a film premiere of there first film, "Youth Entering Foster...
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Jun
02
2009
PJC Files Brief to Ensure Equal Access to Justice for LEP Persons
On May 29, 2009, the Public Justice Center, acting as co-counsel in the representation of Ms. Rungrudee Nonceeya, filed an...
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May
29
2009
Donor Inspires Us With $10,000 Gift
The Public Justice Center is proud to announce and cheer a record-breaking gift from supporter Ellie Cox. We couldn't...
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May
21
2009
2009 Legislative Report
The Public Justice Center's 2009 Legislative Report Every year, Maryland's General Assembly meets for 90 days in Annapolis,...
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May
21
2009
John Nethercut, PJC Executive Director, featured on NPR
On Tuesday, May 19th, John Nethercut was featured on NPR to discuss the crisis surrounding tenants when the properties they...
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May
21
2009
New Federal Law Extends Lease of Tenants in Foreclosures
On May 20, 2009, Congress and President Obama signed a federal law , S. 896 that provides that tenants' leases will survive...
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May
08
2009
Sally Dworak-Fisher, PJC Attorney, Publishes Article in Clearinghouse Review Journal
PJC Staff Attorney Sally Dworak-Fisher recently authored an article published in the March-April 2009 issue of the...
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May
08
2009
Spotlight on PJC Volunteer: Harvey Kour
Harvey Kaur, a sophomore at Johns Hopkins University, was awarded the 2009 Abell Award in Urban Policy through a writing...
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May
08
2009
Laurie Norris, PJC Attorney, Presents at the National Oral Health Conference in Portland, Oregon
The American Board of Public Health Dentistry (ABPHD) invited Laurie Norris to address two "plenary" audiences of...
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Apr
30
2009
Brooks v. MHIP Amicus Brief Filed
On April 27, 2009, the Public Justice Center joined by the American Cancer Society South Atlantic Division, American Cancer...
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Apr
29
2009
Class Action Plaintiff Sues State for Lagging in Mandated Quick Delivery of Emergency Food, Cash Assistance and Medical Help
April 29, 2009 A Baltimore County resident today sued Maryland’s Department of Human Resources (DHR) Secretary, Brenda...
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Mar
26
2009
PJC and FYI to speak on panels this Saturday
Debra Gardner, Legal Director of the PJC and Shantel Randolph, OSI Fellow and Director of Foster Youth Incorporated, will be...
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Mar
23
2009
PJC Attorney Attests to the Increase in Homelessness of School Children
The following article appeared in the new online newspaper Investigative Voice about the increase in homelessness among...
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Mar
17
2009
Employees Score Tremendous Victory in the Court of Appeals
Earlier this year, the PJC joined by the Maryland Employment Lawyers Association filed an amicus brief in the Maryland Court...
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Mar
12
2009
PJC and Civil Justice Attack Foreclosure Scams
The Public Justice Center, acting as co-counsel with Civil Justice, Inc., represents Harriette Julian, a homeowner who was...
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Mar
04
2009
Of Service: New film will help balance scales of justice in Baltimore City rent court
Of Service: New film will help balance scales of justice in Baltimore City rent court JOE SURKIEWICZ Special to The Daily...
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Feb
13
2009
Call to Action: Protect Tenants in Foreclosures
What happens to the tenants if a landlord has not paid the mortgage, and now the bank wants to foreclose on the building?...
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Feb
06
2009
PJC Files Three Briefs, On Behalf of an Employee, A Nursing Home Resident, and a Prisoner
The economy may have slowed, but the Public Justice Center's Appellate Advocacy Project has entered 2009 with a blitz of...
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Feb
02
2009
Dental Access for Children Nationally and Locally
We were excited to learn that one of the PJC's key issues is also high on the list of priorities for the new Obama...
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Jan
30
2009
Dental Action Committee's Interim Report
John M. Colmers, Secretary Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 201 W. Preston St., Suite 500 Baltimore, MD 21201 ...
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Dec
16
2008
"Are Schools Making the Grade When It Comes to Serving All Children?" at Justice for Breakfast
December 16, 2008, 8:15 a.m.
Justice for Breakfast Series: "Are Schools Making the Grade When It Comes to...
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Nov
30
2008
PJC Seeks Support for Spanish Language Version of "Beyond Debate: Rights of Homeless Students"
Homeless Children Have the Right to Education: Help Us Empower Them THE PROBLEM: Tens of thousands of Maryland...
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Nov
23
2008
Abell Foundation Salutes PJC and CPHA for Clean Streets Bill
The Abell Foundation, in its latest "Abell Report," salutes the Public Justice Center (PJC) and Citizens Planning...
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Nov
18
2008
"Using Film as a Social Justice Tool" at Justice for Breakfast
November 18, 2008
Breakfast for Justice Series:
Using Film as a Social Justice Tool
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Nov
13
2008
Governor Honored For Support for Children's Dental Care
On November 13, 2008, the Dental Action Committee honored Governor O'Malley for his contributions to access to dental care...
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Nov
06
2008
Court Decision Enables More Seniors to Choose Home and Community Based Services
On November 6, 2008, the Maryland Court of Appeals issued a favorable decision that should enable more seniors to remain in...
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Oct
17
2008
New Quarterly eNewsletter Will Cover Advocacy for Civil Right to Counsel
The Public Justice Center has been a leader in developing the Civil Right to Counsel movement around the country. In...
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Oct
17
2008
"Access to Education for Children in State-Supervised Care" Handbook Published
October 17, 2008: On October 17 2008, the Public Justice Center, in collaboration with the Department of Human...
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Oct
10
2008
Op-Ed in Examiner: Ten Years After Matthew Shepard
http://www.baltimoreexaminer.com/opinion/Ten_years_after_Matthew_Shepard.html Ten years after Matthew Shepard...
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Oct
03
2008
PJC Files Amicus in Wrongful Termination for Political Speech case
On October 3, 2008, Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow Matthew Hill filed an amicus brief on behalf of the PJC in the...
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Sep
21
2008
Inmate dies at Central Booking, complaining of denied health care
The following article in the Baltimore Examiner shows again that denied health care to detainees in the city jail may be life...
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Sep
17
2008
Baltimore Public interest law firm targets system to help individuals
By G. M. Corrigan
Examiner Correspondent 9/17/08
BALTIMORE – The legal services equivalent of triage in disaster recovery...
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Sep
17
2008
Examiner's "What's Working" Column Features Public Justice Center
Baltimore Public interest law firm targets system to help individuals
By G. M. Corrigan
Examiner Correspondent...
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Sep
12
2008
PJC Brief Argues Right to Counsel at Bail Hearing
On September 12, 2008, Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow Gregory Care filed an amicus brief on behalf of the PJC in the...
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Sep
10
2008
Court Strikes Challenge to Transgender Bias Law
On September 9, 2008, the Court of Appeals issued a brief per curiam order in favor of the Appellants in the election...
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Sep
10
2008
Premiere at Center Stage of "Beyond Debate: Rights of Homeless Students"
On September 10th at Center Stage in Baltimore, the Public Justice Center and the Megaphone Project premiered the release of...
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Sep
09
2008
Court of Appeals set to rule on transgender rights vote
Although not mentioned in this article, Murnaghan Fellow Greg Care wrote an amicus brief for the PJC in this case. See...
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Sep
05
2008
ABAG's Adventures in Philanthropy Column
"Charitable Giving: Public Justice Center Film on Homeless School Children Illuminates Tough Issue" By BETSY...
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Sep
02
2008
Residency policy unfair to homeless children
The Baltimore County public schools' new residency policy may prove to be an illegal barrier to the education of homeless...
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Aug
22
2008
Court Restricts Attorney Fees in Tax Sale Foreclosure When Plaintiff and Attorney Are Related
Circuit Court Judge Evelyn Cannon continues to hold the line on attorney's fees in tax sale foreclosure proceedings. In a...
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Aug
20
2008
PJC Files Brief in Election Referendum Case
On August 20, 2008, Murnaghan Fellow Gregory Care filed an amicus brief in the Maryland Court of Appeals in the election...
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Aug
12
2008
PJC's Latest Film: Beyond Debate: Rights of Homeless Students
BEYOND DEBATE:
RIGHTS OF HOMELESS STUDENTS
A 15 minute film produced by the Public Justice Center and Megaphone Project,...
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Jul
21
2008
PJC's 2008 Legislative Report
July 21, 2008 -- Click here for the PJC’s 2008 Legislative Report, covering our work in the Maryland General...
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Jul
03
2008
PJC Briefs Disabled Olympian Athletes' Claim for Equal Support to U.S. Supreme Court
On July 3, 2008, Murnaghan Fellow Gregory Care filed an amicus brief in support of a certiorari petition in the U.S. Supreme...
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Jul
01
2008
Dental Association Backs Medicaid Dental Reform
he landscape on oral health care for poor children in Maryland changed significantly on July 1, 2008 when a significant...
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Jun
14
2008
Free Transportation OKed for Homeless Students
Local
Free transportation OK’d for homeless students
Luke Broadwater, The Examiner
2008-06-14 16:26:00.0
Current rank: #...
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May
22
2008
PJC's Deb Gardner Wins Equal Justice Council Award for Civil Gideon Work
May 22, 2008 -- PJC Board, Staff, and Civil Gideon Friends, Please join me in congratulating Deb Gardner, PJC’s...
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May
09
2008
Homeless Children Suit Settles Against Baltimore County
Homeless students in Baltimore County, represented by the Public Justice Center, have reached a settlement agreement with the...
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May
08
2008
New Maryland Regulations Require Simplified and Uniform Process to Enroll Children in School
The PJC is very pleased to announce that after long advocacy in the regulatory arena, the Maryland State Department of...
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May
05
2008
Audacious Idea: connecting foster youth with mentors
Everyday Heroes
Monday, May 5, 2008
Posted by Shantel Randolph, OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow, under Simple ideas
Note:...
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Apr
28
2008
The death of a boy prompts Maryland to improve dental care for the poor.
Following is an editorial in the Washington Post, lauding the Maryland General Assembly’s decisions to begin increasing the...
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Apr
24
2008
PJC Calls for Transparency and Accountability to End Prison Violence
The following editorial opinion appeared in the Baltimore Sun today. Written by PJC attorney Sally Dworak-Fisher, it calls...
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Apr
23
2008
Law Review Article and Key Note Speech on Right to Counsel in Civil Cases in Maryland
The Civil Right to Counsel movement was the subject a symposium sponsored by the University of Baltimore Law Review last...
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Apr
22
2008
Youth shelter in city to close after 38 years
April 22, 2008: Public Justice Center E-Alert
Please see the article in the Baltimore Sun below on the sad closing...
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Apr
22
2008
Dental Hygienists Can Now Treat Patients Without Dentists
Following is an article noting a legislative victory from the last General Assembly Session: the Public Justice Center,...
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Apr
20
2008
Budget Approved to Increase Dental Care for Maryland Children
Following is an article in the Washington Post heralding the advances made to ensure dental health for Maryland’s children....
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Apr
16
2008
PJC Amicus Brief Supports Nurse Whistleblower
On April 16, 2008, Murnaghan Fellow Gregory Care filed an amicus brief in the Maryland Court of Appeals in the nurse...
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Mar
21
2008
PJC Policy Director Featured in Baltimore Gay Life Magazine
Click here to read an article published in the Baltimore Gay Life Magazine featuring PJC's Policy Director, Mark Jason McLaurin.
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Mar
14
2008
PJC Attorney Norris Named 2008 Public Citizen of Year
On Friday, March 14, 2008, PJC Attorney Laurie Norris was named 2008 Public Citizen of the Year by the Maryland Chapter of...
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Mar
07
2008
PJC Argues Prisoner Right to Public Info in Court of Special Appeals
On March 7, 2008, PJC Attorney Wendy Hess argued before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals on the case of Massey v....
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Feb
27
2008
Court Upholds Attorney Fee Award to Unpaid Worker
On February 27, 2008, the Maryland Court of Appeals issued a decision that will make it more likely that low-income people...
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Feb
18
2008
YOU are invited to Dental Action Day Feb. 29
February 18, 2008
Public Justice Center Call To Action
YOU are invited to Dental Action Day
Sponsored...
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Feb
06
2008
DHMH Withdraws Missed Appointment Proposed Regulation In Response to PJC Letter.
DHMH Withdraws Missed Appointment Proposed Regulation.
PJC Attorney Laurie Norris recently scored a quick victory through...
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Jan
29
2008
Regulations on Prisoner Grievances Reviewed at PJC and ACLU Request
On Monday, January 28, 2008, the Public Justice Center, the ACLU of Maryland, and the ACLU National Prison Project sent...
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Jan
17
2008
PJC New Film: The Silent Epidemic: Dental Disease Among Maryland's Children
The Public Justice Center, in conjunction with The Megaphone Project and Advocates for Children and Youth, has produced The...
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Jan
14
2008
Dental Care Death Still Haunts
washingtonpost.com
UPDATE: Dental-Care Death Still Haunts
Monday, January 14, 2008; B04
More than a year has...
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Jan
11
2008
Call to Action: Support Same Sex Marriage Bill
Please join the Public Justice Center in calling your legislators to co-sponsor or support the Religious Freedom and Civil...
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Jan
09
2008
Court Upholds Denial of Drivers License to Immigrant
The Court of Appeals issued a 5-2 decision on January 9, 2008 today in Alavez v. MVA, a case on which the PJC served as...
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Dec
26
2007
Culture of violence pervades prisons
ollowing is a letter to the editor co-authored by PJC Attorney Sally Dworak-Fisher on the culture of violence in Maryland...
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Dec
21
2007
The Pain of Foreclosure
Following is an article in the Washington Post highlighting the plaintiff in Griffin v. Bierman, who is represented by our...
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Dec
20
2007
PJC in the Human Rights Arena
The Public Justice Center endorsed, and in one instance, significantly contributed to, three shadow reports filed with the...
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Dec
13
2007
Court Adopts PJC Argument to Issue New Limits on Tax Sale Foreclosure Attorneys Fees
On December 12, 2007, the Honorable Evelyn Omega Cannon of the Baltimore City Circuit Court issued a lengthy opinion setting...
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Dec
05
2007
PJC Brief Challenges Due Process in Foreclosures
On December 5, 2007, the Public Justice Center, along with nine other national and local consumer and housing advocate amici,...
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Nov
30
2007
Court Victory in Source of Income Discrimination in Montgomery County
On November 30, 2007, the Maryland Court of Appeals delivered a resounding victory to local governments and low-income...
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Nov
16
2007
PJC and ACLU brief prisoner right to public information
The Public Justice Center and American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland are fighting for citizens’ rights under the Maryland...
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Nov
12
2007
New OSI Baltimore Community Fellows Joins the PJC
Shantel Randolph joined the PJC family in November 2007. Shantel has been awarded a 15 month OSI-Baltimore Community...
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Nov
05
2007
Baltimore City Foster Children File Contempt Motion in 1988 Consent Decree
After 20 years of noncompliance with a court order to remedy problems with Baltimore City’s foster care system, the...
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Oct
23
2007
PJC's Annual Report for 2007 is published
Click here to read the Public Justice Center's Annual Report for FY 2007 (July 2006 through June 2007).
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Oct
22
2007
PJC Responds to Mayor's Comments that Prisons are "Country Clubs"
PJC Attorney Sally Dworak-Fisher responded to Mayor Dixon's recent comment that prisons are "country clubs" with the...
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Oct
07
2007
Maryland Inmate AIDS Cases Doubled, Report Says
JC Attorney Sally-Dworak-Fisher is quoted in this article noting the skyrocketing numbers of inmates with AIDS.
...
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Oct
05
2007
Examiner Reports on Next Steps for the Rental Housing Coalition
Local
Retaliatory evictions are next issue for Baltimore City housing advocates
Stephen Janis, The...
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Oct
02
2007
Congressional Report Finds Inadequate Dental Health for Kids
On October 2, 2007, the Domestic Policy Sub-Committee of the U.S. House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform issued...
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Oct
01
2007
Mayor Signs Clean Streets Bill at Press Conference -- PJC monitors implementation
On October 1st, Mayor Sheila Dixon, flanked by bill sponsor Councilperson Ken Harris and Council President Stephanie...
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Oct
01
2007
Clean Streets Law Goes Into Effect; New Brochure Explains Procedures
On October 1, 2007, the City of Baltimore will have a new law that provides basic and better justice for tenants, relief for...
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Sep
24
2007
Amicus Brief Urges Lower Attorney Fees for Paying Off Tax Foreclosures
On September 24, 2007, the Public Justice Center filed an amicus brief urging the court to apply established criteria for...
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Sep
11
2007
Dental Action Committee Recommendations to Improve Children’s Dental Health in Maryland
On September 11, 2007, the Dental Action Committee issued its final report to the Secretary of Maryland’s Department of...
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Sep
10
2007
Dental Reform Movement Pushes On
By Mary Otto
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 10, 2007; B01
Six months ago, the death of a 12-year-old...
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Aug
30
2007
Op Ed in Examiner: Time for community to end violence against women
Time for community to end violence against women
Headlines are made when terrible things happen in “good” neighborhoods....
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Aug
22
2007
Inmate health care cost called 'shocking'
Len Lazarick, The Examiner
2007-08-22 07:00:00.0
Current rank: # 134 of 6,515
Annapolis -
Taxpayers dole out $5,000...
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Aug
20
2007
Letters to Editor Decrying Confusing Driving Ability with Immigration Status
Following are two letters to the editor, the first by PJC attorney Sally Dworak-Fisher, responding to the Baltimore Sun's...
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Aug
20
2007
Letters to Editor Decrying Confusing Driving Ability with Immigration Status
Following are two letters to the editor, the first by PJC attorney Sally Dworak-Fisher, responding to the Baltimore Sun's...
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Aug
16
2007
PJC Brief Supports Prisoner Desperately Trying to Make a Claim
On August 16, 2007, the PJC filed a brief in the Court of Special Appeals on behalf of Curtis Brown, a former inmate, in a...
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Aug
16
2007
Learning from our Children's Pain
The Afro
Learning from our children’s pain
Thursday, August 16, 2007 Elijah E. Cummings
When I was young, I...
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Aug
09
2007
Accord to advance dental care for kids
The PJC's efforts to ensure dental care for poor children, a major focus of our work since the death of Deamonte Driver last...
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Aug
08
2007
Baltimore City Council Poised to Pass Clean Streets Bill
On Monday, August 13, at 5:00 pm the Baltimore City Council could give final approval to a bill that would clean up...
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On July 27, 2007, Congresswoman Judy Biggert (R-13th/IL) was joined by Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-7th/AZ) and Congressman...
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Jul
13
2007
Remember Deamonte? Washington Post Editorial
Remember Deamonte?
The Senate needs to step up on dental care for children.
Friday, July 13, 2007; Page A16...
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Jun
30
2007
4 letters and 2 months for prisoner to get safe prescription
Our Prisoners Rights team is regularly called upon to intervene when a detainee at the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC)...
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Jun
25
2007
Brief Filed in 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for Chicken Processing Workers
On June 25, 2007, the Public Justice Center, as part of Plaintiffs’ counsel team, co-authored a brief filed in the United...
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Jun
20
2007
Landlords, tenants weigh in on evictions
Landlords, tenants weigh in on evictions
Bill to keep 'chattel' off street is debated
By Sumathi Reddy
Sun reporter
June...
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Jun
18
2007
Cummings assails Medicaid dental coverage
Congressman calls for reform in wake of death of Prince George's Co. youth
By Lynn Anderson
Sun Reporter
June 18, 2007,...
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Jun
12
2007
The Divide in Caring for Our Kids: New York Times Editorial
OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Divide in Caring for Our Kids
By BOB HERBERT
A few weeks ago, Teri Hatcher, one of the stars of...
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May
28
2007
Congressional Testimony on Status of Child Welfare in Baltimore
On May 28, 2007, important testimony was submitted to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. The testimony is entitled The...
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May
11
2007
Call Council President to Support Clean Streets!
Advocates for tenants and cleaner neighborhoods have joined forces with the Mayor to
STOP HAVING OUR STUFF
THROWN...
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May
08
2007
Baltimore Sun Editorial Calls for Better Balance in Landlord-Tenant Law
From the Baltimore Sun
A better balance
May 8, 2007
If you are a tenant down on your luck and unable to pay your...
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May
07
2007
Rally at City Hall to End Dumping Tenants' Belongings in Street
Public Justice Center
E-Alert
Friends:
The Rental Housing Coalition , a coalition of tenant and community...
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May
07
2007
Baltimore Sun: Bill Aims to End Eviction Practice
From the Baltimore Sun
Bill aims to end eviction practice
Landlords would store tenants' items, could not dump on street...
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May
02
2007
PJC Testifies Before US Congress on Dental Health
On May 2, 2007, PJC Attorney Laurie Norris testified before a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives to tell the...
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Apr
19
2007
OpEd in Examiner: Maryland Marriage Evolving Towards Equality
The following editorial opinion was written by PJC Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow Janet Hostetler, following up on the...
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Apr
11
2007
PJC joins ACLU brief on custody & visitation rights of same-sex parents
Amicus Brief in Janice M. v. Margaret K., Maryland Court of Appeals Case No. 122 (Sept. Term 2006)
The Public Justice...
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Apr
06
2007
Dying in Jail, With or Without Charges
The following case recently handled by PJC Legal Assistant Alexandra Taylor illustrates one aspect of how disposable people...
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Apr
05
2007
PJC Presents at Two Civil Gideon Conferences
Equal Justice Conference:
The fight for a civil right to counsel continued to gain support and momentum at this year's...
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Mar
27
2007
PJC Alert: Call Governor & Mayor: Don't Evict Grieving Family Members
Stymied by the deference paid to the City Administration here in Annapolis, advocates have gone to the fourth branch of...
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Mar
27
2007
PJC Signs onto Two Amicus Briefs in Discrimination Cases in Supreme Court
The PJC's Appellate Advocacy Project recently signed on as amicus curiae to two important civil rights briefs filed in the...
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Mar
27
2007
PJC & National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel Case in Washington State
The PJC's Appellate Advocacy Project authored an amicus curiae brief filed on March 23, 2007, for the National Coalition for...
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Mar
14
2007
State may not force medication on mental patients absent danger
The Court of Appeals has issued a favorable and important decision upholding a mental patient's right to refuse forcible...
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Mar
01
2007
Audit Finds Significant Noncompliance in Inmate Health Services
The Office of Legislative Audits audited the health care contracts state-wide to examine (1) the staffing levels, and (2)...
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Feb
28
2007
For Want of a Dentist, a Boy Dies
Public Justice Center
E-Alert
Board, Staff, and Friends of the PJC,
We are heart broken to forward the following...
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Feb
27
2007
Attorney General Withdraws Subpoena in Green Party Case
Maryland's Attorney General has withdrawn a subpoena directed at Montgomery College, the employer of a lawyer who was...
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Jan
22
2007
Health Advocates Fear Document Rules Make Medicaid Harder for Poor
Medicaid called harder for poor
Health advocates fear document rules cause many to lose coverage
By Kelly...
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Jan
16
2007
Top Court Narrows Grandparents Visitation Law
On January 16, 2007, the Maryland Court of Appeals issued a decision consistent with a friend of the court brief written by...
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Jan
09
2007
Court Simplifies Filing Claims In Discrimination Suits
On January 9, 2007, the Maryland Court of Appeals sided with a PJC brief in ruling that the date of discharge of a worker,...
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Dec
12
2006
Next Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow is Selected
The Public Justice Center and the Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellowship are delighted to announce that the...
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Dec
07
2006
PJC Street Stories
A few recent examples of the Public Justice Center's work with individual clients that exemplify common social justice...
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Dec
06
2006
Webcast of PJC Oral Argument on Forcible Medication of Psychiatric Patients
On November 30, 2006, the first day of webcasting oral arguments before the Court of Appeals, PJC Appellate Director Suzanne...
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Dec
05
2006
Fourth Annual Murnaghan Public Lecture on "A Defined Right to Civil Counsel"
The Fourth Annual Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellowship Lecture on Law, Civil Liberties, and Public...
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Nov
09
2006
The Fourth Annual Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellowship Lecture on Law, Civil Liberties, and Public Policy - Tuesday, November 28, 6:00 pm
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Nov
08
2006
Court of Appeals Victory for Government Transparency
By unanimous decision on November 8, 2006, the Maryland Court of Appeals issued a strong decision requiring government...
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