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VICTORY! UC System Can No Longer Consider SAT and ACT in Admissions

VICTORY! Deported US Veteran Joel Diaz-Rincon Returns to the US as a Lawful Permanent Resident Joel Diaz Rincon returns home after nearly 20 years, marking the second veteran to have his deportation overturned through Public Counsel’s Deported Veterans Project

Victory! Student Debtor gets over $320,000 in Student Loans Discharged in Bankruptcy Case with the help of Public Counsel and Greenberg Glusker In Febuary, just weeks before the novel coronavirus devastated the U.S. economy and sent millions of Americans into unemployment, attorneys from Public Counsel and Greenberg Glusker relieved 55-year old substitute teacher Dante Venegas of $327,000 in student loan debt in his bankruptcy case. Venegas’s case marks the second and largest successful discharge of student loan debt through the assistance of Public Counsel’s Debtor Assistance Project, which provides legal assistance and pro bono representation to students struggling with overwhelming student loan debt.

VICTORY: DACA Recipients Prevail at Supreme Court! The Supreme Court recognized the dignity and rights of DACA recipients, and delivered a victory for DACA recipients and our nation. The court recognized the Trump Administration's paper-thin and politically-motivated reasoning for ending the DACA program, and in doing so reaffirmed that the rule of law stands always ready to protect and uphold the values on which this nation is based.

09/24/2020
Public Counsel's President & CEO Margaret Morrow to Step Down After Leading the Nation's Largest Pro Bono Law Firm for Five Years Public Counsel, the nation's largest pro bono law firm, has announced its search for the successor to the Honorable Margaret Morrow (Ret.), its President and Chief Executive Officer. Judge Morrow, who will step down after five years of outstanding service to Public Counsel, will remain in place until her replacement is appointed.

09/01/2020
UC System No Longer Allowed To Consider SAT And ACT Scores In Admissions Judge Brad Seligman announced a groundbreaking decision in Kawika Smith v. Regents of the University of California, granting a preliminary injunction that requires the UC system to stop using the SAT and ACT as part of the admissions process immediately.

07/29/2020
Victory! Union Pacific Railroad Police Cuts Ties with ICE The Union Pacific Railroad Police has agreed to break off its shadowy collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that was rooted in racial profiling and other actions causing the harm that the California Values Act was enacted to prevent.

06/18/2020
Supreme Court Rules Decision to Rescind DACA "must be vacated" in DHS v Regents of the University of California This morning the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration decision to rescind DACA must be vacated because it violated the Administrative Procedure Act. The decision keeps the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program intact and ensures that recipients can continue to be a core part of their communities.

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01/14/2015
LA Times: Skid row doctor's care includes finding patients a home Los Angeles Times A new County program uses county Department of Health Services money to subsidize rents for the very sick among the county's 39,000 homeless people. Experts call it the nation's most promising initiative to end homelessness.

01/09/2015
Los Angeles Times: Activists fear that big-project zoning change would ignore L.A.'s poor Los Angeles Times Newly proposed rules meant to smooth the way for vetting big developments in Los Angeles are stirring up alarm among community groups that say the plan doesn't do enough to protect poor households or small businesses from being displaced.

01/05/2015
California Health Report: High school students push for playgrounds in small cities southeast of L.A. California Health Report A group of high school students from Southeast L.A. County is learning to lobby for green space and greater play opportunities for the area’s youngest children.

Gov. Gavin Newsom Accepts Public Counsel's 2019 William O. Douglas Award
2019 William O Douglas Awards Dinner
Mike Farrell Accepts Public Counsel's 2018 William O. Douglas Award
Grammy-nominated musical guest Aloe Blacc Performs at the 2018 Douglas Dinner
Mike Farrell -- Recipient of the 2018 William O. Douglas Award
Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr. Accepts Public Counsel's 2017 William O. Douglas Award
The Campaign to Legalize Street Vending In L.A.
Dignity for Wounded Warriors and Their Caretakers
The Fight for Justice at LAX and Beyond