These are the women who fought for change by striking out on their own path.
Monday marks International Women’s Day, an annual commemoration of women, civil awareness, anti-sexism and anti-discrimination.
The day’s campaign theme for 2021 is #ChooseToChallenge, which organizers hope will inspire many to examine and challenge biases and stereotypes, as well as hold up and celebrate women s achievements. A challenged world is an alert world, the International Women s Day website says. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality.
Celebrations for International Women s Day this year have gone virtual in light of the pandemic, and the International Women s Day website notes the many different events occurring in the 47 countries listed as observing the holiday.
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Juvenile Expungement: Running a Court-Based Help Desk During a Pandemic
Foot traffic from within the Juvenile Center and proximity to its partners fueled a momentum that resulted in more people visiting the Juvenile Expungement Help Desk. That momentum was abruptly interrupted on March 17, 2020.
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Jason (whose name has been changed for this article) is a new client at the Juvenile Expungement Help Desk. He is 32 years old, but when he was 15, Jason was arrested in Chicago for battery and retail theft. The prosecutor filed charges against him in juvenile court, and Jason was found guilty and sentenced to one year of probation. He followed all the rules of his probation, and after a year, the case was closed. That juvenile case was Jason’s only involvement with the criminal legal system, yet he was denied a job with the Chicago Transit Authority because the arrest is still on his record. Like many other juveniles who cycle through the legal system, Jas
Middle District U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin Sr. retires after 3 decades of public service
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
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Middle District of Alabama U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin Sr. retired Friday after three decades of public service in the state.
Franklin joins multiple U.S. Attorneys across the country retiring today, or in recent days, which is standard following a presidential election where a Republican president succeeds a Democratic one, or vice versa. U.S. Attorneys are appointed positions. Richard Moore, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announced his retirement, effective today, earlier this week.
New Jersey Pulse
By Nick Muscavage
Although the staff of New Jersey s judiciary has been handling the pandemic and its effects on the courts with vigor, the acting administrative director for New Jersey s courts warned that there could be a pending crisis looming.
By Nick Muscavage
President Joe Biden recently announced the formation of a commission to study possible reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the majority of the experts tapped for the commission are working as professors at the nation s top law schools.
By Nick Muscavage
The New Jersey Supreme Court has pushed back the potential date for resuming in-person jury trials to June after assessing rising COVID-19 infection trends.