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Managing Attorney Laura Graham Receives DSBA Award
Congratulations to Managing Attorney Laura Graham, who received the Community Service Award from the Multicultural Judges and Lawyers Section of the Delaware State Bar Association at the Annual Judge Haile L. Alford Memorial Breakfast on May 11, 2017. Laura is pictured below with Wilson Gualpa, former CLASI law clerk and currently an associate at Morris James LLP,…
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Healthy Beginnings Program at CCHS Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
Congratulations to the Healthy Beginnings program at Christiana Care on its 10 year anniversary. The Healthy Beginnings Program is partially funded by the Delaware Division of Public Health and is a partner in CLASI’s Medical-Legal Partnership Program. CLASI received this letter in appreciation of our partnership.
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Unity Day at Jewish Community Center
Recent threats of violence aimed at the Siegel Jewish Community Center (JCC), the deportation of members of the area Hispanic community, racial tension in the African American community, and racial profiling in the Muslim community are all reminders of the hatred that many in our community face each day. The nonprofit community has planned a…
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Tips from the Immigration Law Resources Center
This resource from the Immigration Law Resource Center (ILRC) includes tips for community members to remain calm, get informed, be prepared and stay safe in the current deportation climate https://www.ilrc.org/plan-de-proteccion-familiar. Este enlace del Immigration Law Resource Center (ILRC) incluye consejos para los miembros de la comunidad animándoles a tranquilizarse, informarse, prepararse y mantener su seguridad…
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Brookings Institution Report Supports Medical-Legal Partnerships
A report just released by the Brookings Institution finds that Medical-Legal Partnerships improve health outcomes. The report recommends increasing funding for such partnerships. See the blog post and full report here: https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-law-as-healer-how-paying-for-medical-legal-partnerships-saves-lives-and-money/
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CLASI and ACLU Respond to COAD
CLASI and ACLU Delaware released the following statement in response to statements by the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware that the settlement agreement regarding restrictive housing and mental health care is to blame for the hostage crisis at Vaughn Correctional Institution. (Wilmington, February 23, 2017) Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI) and the Delaware Department…
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Delaware quietly disbands death row, gives inmates formerly on death row significant out of cell time.
http://delawarestatenews.net/news/delaware-quietly-disbands-death-row/
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DLP Monitoring Accessibility of Polling Sites
The Disabilities Law Program (DLP) of Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI) will be helping to enforce the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) during the General Election on November 7th. “We want to ensure that people with disabilities have full participation in the election process, including accessing polling…
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Elder Law Program Wins Major Supreme Court Victory
CLASI’s Elder Law Program wins a major victory in the Delaware Supreme Court preserving the rent justification act for manufactured homeowners! The Court affirmed the Superior Court’s decision that found the park owners must meet all of the factors in the rent justification law in order to raise rent above inflation. See the full decision…
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