As we head into the New Year, we are reflecting on what we accomplished in 2023 and looking ahead optimistically into 2024. We send a big thank you to everyone who supported the impact we are having on the communities we serve. If you have not made a year end gift to LCLC, you have one more day to donate here: https://lnkd.in/gE669Tyz If you have already donated, we hope you take a moment this weekend to reflect on the difference you have made -- the lives you have touched that will be better off because of you. The impact we've had is the result of all of us working together to make it happen. THANK YOU! Let's play the 2023 highlight reel (enjoy!): - Robin Steinberg, the national leader in community holistic defense, is supporting us with help from The Bail Project, one of our best-ever partners - Nearly completed the consenting process for our RCT -- 630 of the 660 consented with more coming in this week - Secured $3MM funding to sustain our successful roll out of Community Release with Support + expand into Maywood and Rolling Meadows - Illinois ended cash bail in September! And we are proving it's safer and successful! - Deepened our partnership with CLIHTF to connect our clients to housing - Awarded $5MM in city funding to house our clients, the largest investment in our clients' housing needs likely in the history of Chicago! - Raised $21MM in capital funding to construct our Residential Workforce Development Center! - Completed nine-month SWOT analysis and have been implementing solutions since - Unprecedented earned media coverage due to the great work our team is doing! The impact we're having is undeniable: - Community Holistic Defense -- ~340 youth served annually, 82.2% not catching new cases while in our care, 75% are being connected to critical social supports, 53% progressed in employment, 66% progressed in school, 46% no permanent felony records, 62% stay home instead of prison - Community Release with Support -- ~3,000 clients served annually, 98% returned to court, 64% cases dismissed, 100% received court reminders and transportation as needed, 57% linked to social services pending trial - Restorative Justice Community Courts -- we started the first in North Lawndale, two more have been added, 219+ emerging adults served, 84% charged with felony weapon possession, 86.9% have not caught new cases compared to 34.8% from a matched control group (conversely only 13.1% caught new cases in RJCC vs. 65.2% outside of RJCC) - Housing Justice -- We linked ~50 clients to housing with over 100 family members + another forty families in the queue for 2024. We go into 2024 with the unique expertise and value we have created in the field of criminal justice over the last fourteen years. We go into 2024 with a bright future, bold vision, and a great team of people dedicated to making our world better. Thank you and Happy New Year!
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This is what restorative justice looks like. More of this please. #HonoringMartingLutherKingJr
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As the summer has moved along, I have gotten deeper into the work at Brooklyn Defender Services through court observations, work on motions, trial preparation, and research assignments for open cases. I am getting a lot of first-hand experience observing hearings in family court, which has been very interesting to participate in. This week, I worked on preparing for a simultaneous permanency and motion hearing for a client. I prepared a digest for trial based on the ACS case notes available and used that to draft cross examination questions for the case planner during the hearings. To do this effectively, I also conducted research into legal arguments we were using to try to further our case, such as how certain factors in determining family reunification are defined in the law. It is exciting to learn how to prepare for trial and how to begin analyzing evidence in a way to be able to further our client’s case in court. It is exciting to learn how to prepare for trial and analyze evidence to help further our client’s case in court. To help Equal Justice America support future law students working toward the goal of providing equal access to justice for all, you can donate here: https://lnkd.in/ePp6aGuJ #EJAFellowUpdate
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For my third #EJAFellowUpdate with Equal Justice America, I wanted to share a bit more about the work I have been doing in the housing context during my tenure at CLC. Data shows that unhealthy housing conditions trigger adverse health effects like asthma. D.C. has one of the highest rates of childhood asthma in the nation – almost doubling the national average in some areas of the District. As part of our healthy housing work, the Special Legal Projects team has been gearing up for a whole-building class action on behalf of the residents of a D.C. apartment complex. Aside from obvious Housing Code violations, as part of my work as a law clerk, I have been researching additional legal avenues we could take to help these families. One newly-developing area of the District’s landlord-tenant arena particularly stands out: the Consumer Protection Procedures Act (or the CPPA). The CPPA, in addition to protecting consumers of traditional goods and services, also protects tenants from unfair practices by landlords. For example, recently arguments have been made in federal court that rodents, plumbing issues, and mold – the very housing conditions that can make children and families sick – effectually violates the terms of a lease agreement. It has been interesting to think about the CPPA in this context and to see yet another example of the ways that legislation can be formed to reflect our communities and uphold our simplest tenets. In this case, as my pop might say, “It doesn’t matter who you are! If you break a promise, you have to pay the consequences!” I hope lawmakers will continue to have the courage to fight for such an equitable system. Thank you all for your continued support and, if you are so inclined, here is my EJA Fellows Fundraiser link once more: https://lnkd.in/g5252mZa.
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"To move forward, our focus should be on how to achieve equality and justice for future generations where the country has failed in the past." In Fortune, Business for Good's Ed Mitzen discusses why the recent court ruling dismissing the case of the Tulsa Massacre survivors should be a wake-up call for leaders to prioritize equality and justice for the future, and where to start in the local community. #BusinessforGood #TSEClientwork Read the full piece 👇 : https://lnkd.in/eAYF-Kxj
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Check out my conversation with CCRJP about starting Restorative Jeff Co!
"CCRJP: How did Restorative Jeff Co get started? Jenna: There has been a lot of desire and work to get restorative justice work in Jefferson County over the last 15 years or so. I feel like our current success rests on the work of others, namely Liz Porter-Merrill, who educated and mobilized community stakeholders. The stakeholder group decided they would apply for a grant to hire someone to develop what has become Restorative Jeff Co. I was hired and started working a year ago and already had partners who were interested in starting the work. As relationships are the foundation of restorative justice, they are also the foundation of Restorative Jeff Co. We started by building those relationships and continue to strengthen them and work toward more connections within the county." #RestorativeJeffCo #RestorativeColorado https://conta.cc/483eaXa
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Check out this short video that highlights some of the important work done by my firm this year!
We serve the most marginalized communities across 60,000 square miles through free advocacy, legal representation, and community education, including: - Children - Veterans - Survivors of Crime - LGBTQIA+ individuals - The disabled - The elderly - The unemployed and underemployed - The unhoused In 2022, we closed 27,390 cases, assisting 48,742 individuals, supporting 22,352 children, empowering 18,109 survivors of crime, serving 1,798 Veterans*, providing aid to 25,252 disaster survivors, and protecting 14,860 tenants facing eviction. We also partnered with pro bono attorneys to directly help 4,881 of our clients. Additionally, we helped with 28 community groups, reaching a population of 889,166 people. Create meaningful change today! https://lnkd.in/gYGFuw8m #LegalAid #Nonprofit #Donate #GivingTuesday
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Lots of worthwhile #givingtuesday posts today. If you're looking for a great cause and you believe that access to justice should not depend on the ability to afford an attorney, please consider giving to Legal Aid Chicago at https://lnkd.in/dMp99Dyz Any contribution makes a difference, but your contribution makes an impact in the following ways: ·$100 enables us to secure critical benefits such as Food Stamps or Medical coverage for a family in need. ·$500 enables us to get a juvenile record expunged or sealed. ·$750 enables us to get an order of protection for a victim of domestic abuse or sexual assault. ·$1000 enables us to save a senior from losing her savings to a consumer scam.
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This #GivingTuesday, we hope you consider making a contribution to help make the legal profession more accessible and inclusive! At this time, we are really gearing up toward incorporating as an organization, which is accompanied by some costs. However, as disabled legal professionals ourselves, we cannot do this alone. Some of the costs include: 1. A registered agent 2. Directors and officers insurance 3. Various filing fees 4. Setting up an accessible website 5. CART, ASL interpretation, and other services to ensure meetings are accessible and inclusive 6. Email accounts and ways of maintaining communication between leadership You can contribute to our GoFundMe here: https://gofund.me/53abd679. Do note that because we are not yet incorporated and are not yet a 501(c)(3), this is not tax deductible. This will be provided to the leaders to directly cover costs. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation toward inclusion within the profession, we encourage you to donate to our partners, the National Disabled Law Students Association (NDLSA). NDLSA is doing incredible work. It is run by, and for, disabled law students. https://lnkd.in/eSW-nuu3 We appreciate all of you and your support, regardless of whether you contribute! You help to make this community brighter. #Disability #Access #Inclusion #Law #LawyersOfLinkedIn
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As Southern Legal Center for Youth launches into its first full year of operations, I have two main goals: 1. Increase awareness in Atlanta and GA of unaccompanied youth and young adult homelessness as a LEGAL issue. 2. Improve referral connections for young people experiencing homelessness and housing instability to already existing legal services in the ATL community. This panel event was part of Goal #1. All of us hear about the housing and homelessness crisis, but we never talk about it at law school in terms of what we can actually do as law students to prevent and end homelessness. I want law students to know about all the levers they can pull, from individual representation to addressing systemic issues through legislation. The long term goal is that we close the gaps between the homelessness and legal systems so much so that in many instances they become the same system - that way, no young person will fall through the cracks.
A couple of weeks ago we held our first event at Georgia State University College of Law - Youth Homelessness and the Law. We heard from amazing speakers from Georgia Appleseed Center for Law & Justice, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Youth Empowerment Success Services, Inc. and Point Source Youth/the International House of Juicy Couture. It was the first time students had the opportunity to engage with the topic of youth homelessness at the law school and we have had amazing feedback that they felt inspired and energized to advocate more effectively for unhoused young people in the future. Thank you to our panelists and our partners for helping us spread awareness about the legal needs of unaccompanied youth and young adults experiencing homelessness and housing instability.
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