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Digital legal papers give greater access to justice, Nov 15
When Alejandro Alvarez says “greater access to legal documents is an important component to achieving greater access to justice”, the UN legal expert is underlining the importance of contracts to how society and business function from day to day. As hea ...
With More Lawyers for Tenants, City Says Evictions Are Dropping, Nov 13
. . .In the past, almost all of the attorneys here were representing landlords. But starting last year, New York City’s Right to Counsel law has provided free lawyers for tenants in 15 ZIP Codes throughout the city, three in each borough. The law is gradu ...
Eviction isn’t just about poverty. It’s also about race — and Virginia proves it., Nov 12
What happens during an eviction couldn’t seem more straightforward: A tenant doesn’t have the money to make rent, so the landlord gives him or her the boot. New research, however, is complicating that picture of eviction in America. It’s not only a matt ...
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