Women are severely under-represented at the Bar in Bangladesh where the current male to female ratio of lawyers enrolled in the Bangladesh Bar Council (BBC) is approximately 10:1. To understand…
read moreHow protesting forces those in power to face the injustices the system has created Isabel Valentín is a 17-year-old climate activist from Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico, who serves as…
read moreOn September 22, 2020, the Tallahassee Democrat published an opinion column by Rep. Anna Eskamani calling for funding of civil legal aid through the CARES Act. “The COVID-19 pandemic has…
read moreWe need Justices who will make sure our courts remain a place where science and the law beat corruption and privilege. For fifty years, Earthjustice has been fighting in the…
read moreToday, the Government will lay temporary legislation extending custody time limits by 56 days for all new Crown Court cases from 28th September. These measures will remain in place for…
read moreThe spike in global temperatures is contributing to climate disasters that will only get worse unless we take action. Across the globe, extreme weather is becoming the new normal. Destructive…
read moreIt has become an unfortunate fact in many countries and around the world that low-income families and individuals often can’t financially afford to get the legal help they need. According…
read moreBad infrastructure in Hawaiʻi is putting wildlife at grave risk. The solution is actually quite simple. Hawaiʻi has a problem that is killing our wildlife. Our communities’ infrastructure – the…
read moreWhile courthouses were closed because of COVID-19, members of San Diego’s legal community developed a new program designed to help parties tackle their civil disputes for free outside the court…
read moreLeaders in the Pacific Northwest must step up where federal agencies have failed. Federal agencies had a once-in-a-generation opportunity to save wild salmon and the orca whales that depend on…
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