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Unpaid lawyers helping Conn’s disabled victims recover benefits

April 13, 2016

Lexington Herald Leader By John Rosenberg Well, it’s about time the feds caught up with lawyer Eric Conn, you say. I agree. But a much larger saga has been playing out in recent months to the detriment of hundreds of disabled Eastern Kentuck...

KBA's Bench & Bar March/April 2016 Features "That Magdeburg Boy - a tribute to John Rosenberg"

April 07, 2016

A tribute to John Rosenberg by Kentucky's 2015-2016 Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon.  "That Magdeburg Boy"

Denying Housing Over Criminal Record May Be Discrimination, Feds Say

April 05, 2016

Denying Housing Over Criminal Record May Be Discrimination, Feds Say NPR New guidance released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development warns landlords that they may be breaking the law by turning down tenants based on their criminal re...

AppalReD Announces Volunteer Lawyers for Veterans Program

April 04, 2016

PRESS RELEASE:  Monday, April 4, 2016                                   &nb...

The Justice Department shines a light on the high price of petty court costs

March 21, 2016

The Justice Department shines a light on the high price of petty court costs The Washington Post March 18 at 6:50 PM Each year in Virginia, state courts order license suspensions for 300,000 to 400,000 drivers, many of them indigent, who have fai...

Spend your summer changing the world one RURAL community at a time.

February 05, 2016

RURAL Summer Legal Corps Program The Rural Summer Legal Corps program connects public interest law students with civil legal aid organizations to address pressing legal issues facing rural communities. To prepare for the program’s launch in t...