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Domestic Tobin Tax - Tax on Financial Transactions

Posted on January 13, 2009
An op-ed in the New York Times on Monday by Bob Herbert, "Where the Money Is," advocates a tax on financial transactions. Such a tax would function similarly to proposed Tobin taxes on international flows of capital (See Amy Youngblood...

Two upcoming CLE programs from the ABA Commission on Homelessness & Poverty

Posted on January 12, 2009
The ABA Commission on Homelessness & Poverty is presenting "Foreclosing on the American Dream: The Housing Crisis and the Role of Lawyers and Laws in Securing Housing Justice," Friday, Feb. 13, 2009 in Boston, MA. And on Feb. 13th in...

National Network for Youth Symposium 2009: Celebrating Youth, Inspiring Leadership, Creating Change

Posted on January 12, 2009
Co-sponsored by the ABA's Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, Center for Children and the Law, and Commission on Youth at Risk, the 2009 Symposium of the National Network for Youth is entitled "Celebrating Youth, Inspiring Leadership, Creating Change" and takes...

News Coverage related to the Employee Free Choice Act

Posted on January 10, 2009
The Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would help unionization, is getting a lot of attention. The New York Times Editorial, "The Right to Unionize," March 6, 2007 in support gives a quick summary of the bill: The most...

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New Paper: Patricia Salkin on Senior Housing Needs

Posted on January 09, 2009
Patricia Salkin has posted "A Quiet Crisis in America: Meeting the Affordable Housing Needs of the Invisible Low-Income Healthy Seniors" to SSRN. The abstract is below: With the rapid increase in the senior population due to the aging of the...

Unemployment at 7.2%

Posted on January 09, 2009
The percent of Americans unemployed increased for the 12th consecutive month, with more jobs lost in the year than in any year since 1945, or adjusted for population growth since 1982. The NY Times story is: Louise Uchitelle, "Unemployment Hits...

Article on Appalachian town (Huntington, WV) with poorest health

Posted on January 07, 2009
According to a (dated) Huntington Herald-Dispatch article from Nov. 2008, "Appalachian town shrugs at poorest health rating," Huntington, WV is the town with the poorest health, driven by obesity problems. A student who forwarded the article noted that she saw...

Alternative Christmas/Holiday Presents

Posted on December 23, 2008
It is that time again and if you haven't already done your holiday shopping or want to give generally here are some options that I have been emailed about in the last two weeks that I thought might be of...

NYTimes Nicholas D. Kristof, Business Defeating Poverty

Posted on December 22, 2008
New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof has a newish blog post Business Defeating Poverty Dec. 9, 2008, whose focus is described by the title. The actual post is quite short, but the comments afterward include citations to quite a...

New Paper: Susan Carle on Class in Torts and Employment Law

Posted on December 20, 2008
My colleague Susan Carle has posted a new essay onto SSRN: Short Notes on Teaching About the Micro-Politics of Class, with Examples from Torts and Employment Law Casebooks, forthcoming in the Buffalo Law Review. The abstract is below: This short...

New Paper: Spencer Rand on Clinical Teaching and Client Self-Image

Posted on December 19, 2008
Spencer Rand has posted "Creating My Client's Image: Is Case Theory Value Neutral in Public Benefits Cases?" Washington Univ. Journal of Law and Policy (2008) to SSRN. The abstract is below: Effective case theory demands that an attorney consider with...

Upcoming Conference: Indian/Poverty/Economic Justice/Community Lawyer Clinic Conference

Posted on December 19, 2008
Third Annual Indian Law Clinics and Externship Programs: Symposium and Workshop, Isleta Casino & Resort, Pueblo of Isleta (located just south of Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 7-9, 2009. The conference is for ?Professors, Directors, Clinicians and Staff of Indian Law,...

New Paper: Laura Kessler on Getting Class

Posted on December 18, 2008
Laura T. Kessler has posted Getting Class to SSRN. The abstract is below: Gender-based economic inequality has been a longstanding concern of feminist legal theory, particularly as it affects middle-class women. Yet much legal feminist literature remains uninterested in class...

Media coverage of The Invisible Workforce

Posted on December 17, 2008
The Central Penn Business Journal is doing a special series on The Invisible Workforce, looking at ways to bridge the gap between jobless inner-city residents and employers who complain of being unable to find workers for high-skill, blue-collar jobs...

Op-Ed by the President of the Legal Service Corporation

Posted on December 17, 2008
Helaine M. Barnett, President of the Legal Service Corporation, published an op-ed in the Austin American Statesman on Dec. 12, 2008, How To Deal with the Justice Gap. A related public hearing can be seen here. Here is the concluding...

SEALS 2009 Panels/Tentative Schedule

Posted on December 16, 2008
The Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) annual conference is from Aug. 2-Aug. 8, 2009, at the Ritz Carlton Palm Beach, FL. The tentative schedule includes panels such as: Critical Race Theory, The School-to-Prison Pipeline, Theories of Equality, The NAACP...

22nd Annual Robert M. Cover Retreat, Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2009

Posted on December 16, 2008
SALT's Robert M. Cover Retreat (see also ereis Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2009, at the Sargent Center in Peterborough, NH. Here is a letter from the organizer. The overview of the conference is below: Every year, public interest law students, professors,...

Call for Papers: Political Science Conference on Poverty

Posted on December 10, 2008
The Institute for Advanced Policy Solutions at Emory University is hosting "Reducing Poverty: Explaining Recent State Policy Innovations and Strategies," Nov. 19-20, 2009. The call for papers seems fairly open to academics and practitioners and has a Jan...

Op-Ed on repealing the Bush tax cuts

Posted on December 08, 2008
Here: Robert H. Frank, "Why Wait to Repeal Tax Cuts for the Rich?" New York Times, Dec. 5, 2008. Relatedly, Darren Hutchinson has this post on his blog, Dissenting Justice (not looking at the tax cut issue but at Obama...

Article of Interest: "Lifting Burdens: Proof, Social Justice, and Public Assistance Administrative Hearings"

Posted on December 05, 2008
Article of interest: Lisa Ellen Brodoff, Lifting Burdens: Proof, Social Justice, and Public Assistance Administrative Hearings, 32 NYU Rev. L. & Soc. Change 131 (2008). This SSRN link is to an earlier draft, the final version I think is only...

Self-Promoting Post on Remittances

Posted on December 04, 2008
My article, "Immigrant Remittances," has now been published by Connecticut Law Review and the final version is now on SSRN. The abstract is below: Remittances, the sending of money from immigrants back to their home countries, are the newest anti-poverty,...

Costs of Higher Education

Posted on December 03, 2008
A headline from the New York Times today tells the story, "College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S." (by Tamar Levin), Dec. 3, 2008. The associated graphic is here. Relatedly, on Nov. 30, Tamar Levin's article about foreign study,...

Native American and Rural Economic Development

Posted on December 01, 2008
For those interested in economic development of Indian tribes or of Indian reservations, a new article highlights the ways in which tribes and rural communities face similar economic development challenges and that both should do more to take advantage of...

Two new Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal articles of interest

Posted on December 01, 2008
Two articles of interest: Jane Gravelle & Jennifer Gravelle, Taxing Poor Families: The Evolution of Treatment Under the Federal Income Tax, 7 Conn. Pub. Int. L.J. 35 (2008). Tan N. Nguyen, An Affair to Forget: Law School's Deleterious Effect on...

Media coverage of poverty in the 2008 campaign

Posted on November 25, 2008
The Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity released a new report by Tom Freedman and John Bridgeland that looks at the coverage of poverty by the media 2003 to 2008. "Reaching New Heights: The Issue of Poverty in the 2008 Campaign,...

Overworked Public Defenders Rejecting New Cases

Posted on November 24, 2008
Older story of interest: Erik Eckholm, "Citing Workload, Public Lawyers Reject New Cases," New York Times, Nov. 8, 2008. -E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu

Web Resource: Chicago-Kent 2008 Financial Crisis Primer

Posted on November 23, 2008
A new very helpful compilation of materials on the crisis can be found at the Chicago-Kent 2008 Financial Crisis Primer webpage. -Thanks to Brian Leiter's Law School Reports for the heads up! E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu

Movie Recommendation: Slumdog Millionaire

Posted on November 22, 2008
Though not perhaps exactly "poverty law" material, nevertheless as a movie worth checking out for its depiction of the Mumbai slums, "Slumdog Millionaire" is great! -E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu

Workplace Flexibility and Workplace Fairness

Posted on November 21, 2008
The workplace is getting some attention these days. According to Georgetown Law's Workplace Flexibility 2010 program, the definition (from the Sloan National Initiative) is: The ability to have flexibility in the scheduling of hours; The ability to have flexibility in...

Downward Mobility: The Formerly Middle Class

Posted on November 19, 2008
The popular press (and to some degree academics as well) likes to focus on the middle class squeeze, see House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform page on the Middle Class Squeeze here, which when combined with the economic downturn...

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