Appleseed Report Highlights Policy Challenges of Local Police Enforcing Federal Immigration Law
May 19, 2008
Asking state and local law enforcement to don a second hat as federal immigration officers is poor public policy, according to a recently-revised report that Appleseed released today.
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Appleseed Report Finds North Carolina Schools Need Better Parent Involvement
May 9, 2008
A new Appleseed report identifies a variety of barriers preventing North Carolina parents from being fully involved in their children’s education – a critical component to higher student achievement under the No Child Left Behind Act.
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New Jersey Appleseed Lawsuit Results in Favorable Ruling for Alternative Political Parties
October 22, 2007
Last October, New Jersey Appleseed Public Interest Law Center and Emery Celli Brinkerhoff & Abady, LLP filed suit against the State of New Jersey on behalf of three alternative political parties, arguing that state statutes barring their clients from official “political party” recognition were unconstitutional and discriminatory. On October 17, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Neil H. Shuster, Presiding Judge of the Chancery Division, Mercer County, signed a Consent Order granting equal treatment to alternative political parties in New Jersey.
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Appleseed Names Hurricane Katrina Project Director
August 22, 2007
Appleseed has hired Allison Berger Tiller as its first full-time Hurricane Katrina project director.
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Louisiana Appleseed, Adams and Reese and ConocoPhillips Receive "Innovator of the Year" Award for Exclusive Pro Bono Partnership
July 26, 2007
Adams and Reese LLP, Louisiana Appleseed and ConocoPhillips, have been selected by New Orleans CityBusiness among their "Innovator of the Year" honorees, for partnership efforts to advance and promote the pro bono services of Louisiana Appleseed.
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DuPont General Counsel and Legal Team Recognized for Leadership in Pro Bono and Diversity in Workplace
June 12, 2007
Appleseed will recognize DuPont General Counsel Stacey J. Mobley and the company's Legal team for their "unwavering leadership and commitment to promoting pro bono and diversity in the workplace."
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Kennedy "PACE" Bill Makes Parent Involvement a Top Priority
May 4, 2007
The introduction yesterday of The Keeping Parents and Communities Engaged (PACE) bill by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) represents an important step toward helping parents claim their rightful place as full partners in our nation's public schools.
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Appleseed and Private-Sector Partners Announce New "Fair Exchange" Brand
April 12, 2007
Appleseed announces the launch of an important new initiative that provides immigrants who send money to their native countries with clear, up-front information on remittance fees and exchange rates. The project is part of Appleseed's effort to establish a "Fair Exchange" brand, similar to Fair Trade(TM) branded coffee, that would make it easier for consumers to shop for the best remittance deals and reward transparent market players with greater market share.
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Appleseed Submits Testimony for Senate Committee Hearing
April 3, 2007
Appleseed recently submitted testimony for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The March 28 committee hearing addressed "NCLB Reauthorization: Effective Strategies for Engaging Parents and Communities in Schools." Edwin Darden, Appleseed's Education Policy Director, has worked closely with several parent-teacher groups and legislators, ensuring that the parental involvement component of the NCLB Act is not overlooked, especially with reauthorization on the horizon.
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Cavendish Named Executive Director of Appleseed
March 7, 2007
Betsy Cavendish has been named the new Executive Director of Appleseed, one of the nation's largest legal pro bono networks. She replaces Linda Singer, who was appointed Attorney General of Washington, D.C. last fall. Cavendish most recently served as Interim President of NARAL Pro-Choice America.
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The Advertising Council, The New York City Department of Education and Appleseed Launch New PSAs to Recruit Teachers
February 23, 2007
The Advertising Council, in partnership with the New York City Department of Education (DOE) and Appleseed announced today the launch of new public service advertisements (PSAs) designed to encourage the recruitment of teacher candidates to the current teaching force.
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Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice Outlines Real Solutions for Parental Involvement in Illinois
February 12, 2007
Few people would argue with the notion that parental involvement improves student success in school. Until now, however, little effort has been made to come up with systematic solutions for increasing the role parents play in their children's education. In a new report, Improving Parental Involvement in Illinois Under the No Child Left Behind Act, Chicago Appleseed offers a model for creating organizational structures that foster parental involvement even in the most disadvantaged school districts.
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Appleseed Announces Partnership with Adams and Reese
January 9, 2007
In the first partnership of its kind, Appleseed has entered into an agreement with Adams and Reese to provide one of its partners, Christy F. Kane, as the ConocoPhillips/Adams and Reese Fellow. Kane's full-time role will be to manage and direct Louisiana Appleseed, a nonprofit organization that works to advance pro bono efforts focused on changing policy in the legal arena. Her position is being funded for one year by Adams and Reese, ConocoPhillips and National Appleseed.
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Sen. Kennedy Praises Report on Parental Involvement and the No Child Left Behind Act
September 27, 2006
Senator Edward M. Kennedy today commended the Appleseed Foundation on its new report on the status of parental involvement in schools. The report is the first comprehensive analysis of parental participation under the No Child Left Behind Act.
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Appleseed Study Finds More Attention Needed to Parental Involvement for Federal NCLB Law to be a Success
September 26, 2006
Federal, state and local officials need to do a better job of abiding by the parental involvement sections of the No Child Left Behind Act, according to a national report issued today by Appleseed.
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Katrina Report: Local Governments, Groups More Responsive Than Federal Government in Caring for Evacuees
August 14, 2006
The first comprehensive report on the status of the more than one million Katrina evacuees reveals that local non-profit and government agencies responded more quickly to assist evacuees than federal and national organizations. The study also identifies continuing areas of dire need for evacuees, including long-term housing and mental health care.
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Six Law Firms to Donate More than $3M in Pro Bono Time to Assist Appleseed's Hurricane Advocacy Response Project
June 26, 2006
Six top law firms are investing over 80 attorneys and more than $3 million in pro bono resources to generate a report that chronicles cities' responses to Katrina evacuees, seeks to document the current status of evacuees, and identifies what worked, what didn't work, and what remains to be done. While Katrina caused a larger migration in one week than the Dust Bowl, little is known about the impact of this displacement on the evacuees and their new host cities. Appleseed's work aims to fill that gap and to remind us that, even as attention turns to the upcoming storm season, we still have much unfinished work in the communities that were impacted directly and those that were affected only indirectly.
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Appleseed: Local Police Should Not Enforce Federal Immigration Laws
January 29, 2006
With the passage of the Border Security Act of 2005 in the U.S. House of Representatives, which states that local law enforcement should enforce federal immigration law, and that they have inherent authority to do so, and which prohibits grants to local law enforcement agencies that do not share immigration information with the Department of Homeland Security, a ground-breaking report is being released that provides critical historical and legal background against these recent moves to force local law officers into this federal role and confusing area of law. Appleseed, a national non-partisan public policy organization, together with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP is releasing a primer for elected officials, law enforcement, and advocates on the legality of local officers enforcing federal immigration laws. The manual, Forcing Our Blues into Gray Areas: Local Police and Federal Immigration Enforcement, is already being hailed as one of the best resources available in the field.
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Appleseed Releases Report On Remittances, Calls For Transparency In The U.S. - Mexico Remittance Market
December 15, 2005
Appleseed, a national legal advocacy organization, along with Appleseed Centers in Nebraska, Texas, Illinois, and Georgia, released ground-breaking report this morning that provides remitters and policymakers with the information necessary to understand how the market actually functions, creating the potential for greater consumer protections while allowing the industry to maintain market control.
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Appleseed Releases Report Calling For Transparency In The U.S. - Mexico Remittance Market
December 15, 2005
Appleseed, a national legal advocacy organization, will release a ground-breaking report this Thursday morning, December 15 at 11:00 a.m. on "remittances"? â the billions of dollars that immigrants in the United States send home to family members living in their native countries. The report provides remitters and policymakers with vital information necessary on how the remittance market actually functions and sets forth recommendations to create greater protection for this vulnerable consumer group while allowing the industry to maintain market control.
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Appleseed, Prestigious Nonprofit Organization Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell
November 21, 2005
Willis Goldsmith, Officer of Appleseed, will preside over the closing bell. Appleseed, a non-partisan and non-profit organization, is a network of public interest law Centers working to identify and address injustices in their communities. Appleseed works to build a just society through education, legal advocacy, community activism and policy expertise, addressing root causes and producing practical solutions. As one of the nation's largest legal pro bono networks, Appleseed Centers work both independently and collectively, bringing their own experiences to create local solutions that are nationally relevant. They connect the top private practice lawyers, corporate counsel, law schools, civil leaders, and other professionals to tackle problems locally, at their root cause.
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Appleseed Releases Ground-Breaking Election Technology Report, Challenges State Officials To Raise The Bar
November 1, 2005
Appleseed, a national legal advocacy organization, along with Appleseed Centers in Nebraska, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington, released a ground-breaking report that offers best-practices for ensuring that states have strong state-wide HAVA voter databases in place to meet the looming federal deadline of January 1st. The report was produced in coordination with Latham & Watkins and with assistance from the Brennan Center for Justice, a nationally recognized legal action center.
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Appleseed Announces Judge Sharon Nelson Hill Joins National Pro-Bono Network Staff
November 1, 2005
Appleseed, one of the nation's largest legal pro bono networks, announced that Judge Sharon Nelson Hill of the Fulton County Juvenile Court in Atlanta, Georgia will be joining its staff to help further the mission of building a just society through education, legal advocacy, community activism, and policy expertise.
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Judge Sharon Nelson Hill joins national pro-bono network staff
November 1, 2005
Sharon Nelson Hill of the Fulton County Juvenile Court in Atlanta, Georgia will be joining Appleseed staff to help further the mission of building a just society through education, legal advocacy, community activism, and policy expertise.
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Appleseed Announces Mundheim Legal Fellowship
September 1, 2005
Appleseed, an organization that works on social justice issues through the legal system, education, and advocacy, today announced the inauguration of a Fellowship program named for its former president, Robert H. Mundheim. Mundheim, who is Of Counsel to Shearman & Sterling LLP, has served as dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, General Counsel of the US Treasury, General Counsel of Salomon Inc., and co-chair of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson.
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Hogan & Hartson Joins D.C. Appleseed to Issue HIV/AIDS Report
August 11, 2005
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 11, 2005 â Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. and the D.C. Appleseed Center for Law and Justice have co-authored HIV/AIDS in the Nation's Capital: Improving the District of Columbia's Response to a Public Health Crisis, a 170-page study that calls for major reforms in the District's response to its HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Alabama Appleseed releases 50-State Landlorg/Tenant Law Survery showing Alabam Lagging Behind National Trend Modernizing Residential Landlord/Tenant Laws
December 2, 2004
The Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice released today a survey of residential landlord/tenant laws that compares and contrasts the laws in all 50 states that affect residential landlords and tenants. This survey report shows that Alabama is lagging behind a national trend whereby states have modernized their laws relating to residential leases in order to set out specifically by statute the rights and obligations of both landlords and tenants in residential rental agreements. Alabama does not have a modern, comprehensive residential landlord/tenant law. Even though several landlord/tenant bills have been introduced in the state legislature during the last five years, opposing interests representing landlords and tenants have not been able to reach an acceptable compromise. As a result, Alabama's landlords and tenants are shackled with outdated landlord/tenant laws that speak in terms of crop confiscation and liens for crop preparation loans - reflecting Alabama's agrarian past rather than today's urban environment with large residential apartment complexes.
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National Report: Patisans, Special Interests Bankrolled
May 6, 2004
Poll Shows Popularity of Reforms that Would Curb Special Interest Influence in Judicial Elections
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New Income Measure Offers Hope for Alabama's Low-Income Families
February 10, 2003
What income does a single parent with one, two or three kids need to make to meet their basic needs in Alabama? Are income needs different in Jefferson County than they are in Lowndes County? What supports are available to help low-income families meet their basic needs and become self-sufficient? What efforts are underway to lift Alabama's low-income working families out of poverty?
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