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Morning Docket: 03.02.22

Above The Law

* Come back when you’re older, spud: Bill to make tobacco purchasing age 21 passed Idaho’s Senate. Not enough of a good thing: a spike in need for legal help fighting evictions is hurting legal services. [ Idaho Capital Sun ]. Daily News ]. * The Real Deal ]. * New Florida law makes panhandling a fineable offense.

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Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

CourtTechBulletin

link] The Kentucky Court of Justice has multiple services to help the self-represented linked to their Legal Self-Help page at: [link] The page includes multiple tutorials on subjects such as eviction relief, small claims, protective orders, and an online glossary of legal terms.

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Access to Justice Requires Access to Law. So Why Aren’t the Advocates of Each More Closely Aligned?

LawSites

legal system. The Legal Services Corporation estimates that 92% of the civil legal problems of the roughly 50 million low-income Americans receive no or insufficient legal help. For many with legal problems, simply knowing the law and their rights is the first step toward achieving a resolution.

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Morning Docket: 03.29.23

Above The Law

* Idaho planning to criminalize interstate travel to procure legal services in another state. If only the Constitution said something about states fully and faithfully crediting the laws of other states. Huffington Post ] * Most firms aren't worried about taking a profit hit last year.

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Morning Docket: 11.08.23

Above The Law

LegalCheek ] * NY puts off looking into proposals that could allow non-attorneys to provide some legal services to cover justice gap. [ Bloomberg Law News ] * Idaho charging family with kidnapping for taking daughter out of state to get abortion care. [ Law360 ] * Wachtell names new leadership.

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The Crisis in Crisis Counseling

The Crime Report

Depending on the needed service, some centers partner with local police departments, others deploy trained employees as emergency responders and some refrain from contacting law enforcement entirely, focusing instead on one-on-one hotline conversations, legal referrals or case management. Passed in 1994, VAWA provided $1.6

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