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Under Biden, Experts Predict DOJ Revamp, Policing Focus
President-elect Joe Biden will likely move quickly to reestablish Obama-era priorities within the Department of Justice and focus on advances in police accountability as well as public defense investment, criminal justice experts told Law360.
Analysis NJ Criminal Justice Data Law Could Spur Reforms Elsewhere
A new law pulling back the curtain on New Jersey's criminal justice system by requiring its attorney general to compile and analyze a wide range of information could serve as a model for the rest of the nation and fuel future reform efforts in the Garden State,
experts say. Pro Bono Spotlight Paul Hastings Puts Navy Vietnam Vets On Course For Benefits
A team of pro bono lawyers from Paul Hastings LLP earned a key victory for potentially thousands of Navy veterans who were exposed to the highly toxic herbicide Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, after a federal judge ruled that the veterans could be entitled
to retroactive disability benefits that could ultimately total more than $100 million.
NY Judges, Court Staff Say Budget Cuts Will Hurt Access
New York state judges and court staff lambasted cuts to the judicial budget in a New York State Assembly hearing on Thursday, warning that the state's justice system is already spread too thin to weather more austerity.
Justices Told Of Due Process Issues Without Bond Hearings
The American Civil Liberties Union asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the Trump administration's position that undocumented immigrants who have re-entered the United States can be detained indefinitely, even when their deportation is far from certain.
Perspectives Countering Racial Bias In Courts Requires Bold Change
A recent review of the New York state court system recommends addressing pervasive racism through anti-bias trainings and better discrimination complaint protocols, but such efforts only scratch the surface of systemic racism in the law, says Jason Wu at the
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