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June 21, 2018
Family Separations Continue: Children Being Placed in the Philadelphia Region
Last week, the nation was astonished to see the devastating results of President Trump’s family separation policy. According to Elizabeth Yaeger...
June 19, 2018
Philadelphia Bar Foundation Expands the Board of Trustees
New Trustees contribute to the organization’s interests in banking and real estate PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation welcomes Mark A...
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June 18, 2018
Philadelphia Rethinks its School-to-Prison Pipeline Just in Time for #ReentryMonth
Over the past decade, Philadelphia School District has been reevaluating its policies regarding criminal behavior and students. From 2002-2014, the...
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June 8, 2018
Unified Giving: Progress for Legal Aid Support
President's Monthly Column - June 2018 By Thomas A. Brophy, president emeritus at Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., and president of...
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June 6, 2018
Pennsylvania Innocence Project Helped a Man Win His Freedom After 11 years in Prison
On January 11, 2011 Antwine Jackson was confronted by a man in a convenience store. Minutes later, that man stole Jackson’s life with a singular...
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June 2, 2018
Happy National Reentry Awareness Month
In 2017, Philadelphia’s City Council officially recognized June as Reentry Awareness Month. Reentry Awareness Month is meant to highlight the...
May 25, 2018
Sheppard Fellowship Applications Due June 11
The applications for the 2018-19 cycle of the Sheppard Fellowship are due Monday, June 11. This cycle's opportunity is for Temple Law Students ONLY...