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10/08/2009
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS EVENT RECOGNIZES PUBLIC INTEREST LAWYERS RISING TO ECONOMIC CHALLENGES

10/06/2009
PUBLIC SERVICE SWELLS DURING RECESSION

09/30/2009
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS APPOINTS LAW STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

07/20/2009
AMERICORPS LEGAL FELLOWS LEAD CLASS OF 2009

06/08/2009
RECOVERY ACT GRANT PUTS ATTORNEYS ON FRONTLINES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS

05/07/2009
ALLEN WAXMAN NAMED BOARD CHAIR OF EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS

05/04/2009
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS ALUMNA HONORED BY AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

04/29/2009
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS FELLOWSHIPS NAMES CLASS OF 2009

04/23/2009
NOMINATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS LAW SCHOOL AWARDS

04/06/2009
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS HONORED WITH NALP AWARD OF DISTINCTION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

04/06/2009
STUDENT DEBT RELIEF ON THE WAY; HISTORIC LEGISLATION TAKES FULL
EFFECT JULY 1

03/17/2009
APPLICATION PERIOD OPENS FOR 2009 SUMMER CORPS; PROGRAM FOR LAW STUDENTS ADDS MORTGAGE-FORECLOSURE INITIATIVE, SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC DEFENDERS

02/25/2009
JUDITH LICHTMAN JOINS BOARD OF EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS

02/02/2009
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS CONGRATULATES FORMER BOARD MEMBER ERIC HOLDER ON HIS APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL

01/30/2009
LAW STUDENTS REPORT ON SUMMER CORPS 2008

01/16/2009
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL DEAN LARRY KRAMER JOINS EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

01/05/2009
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS APPLAUDS CONTRIBUTIONS OF JEHT FOUNDATION

10/27/2008
LAW STUDENTS JOIN EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

10/27/2008
FINAL REGULATIONS RELEASED FOR COLLEGE COST REDUCTION AND ACCESS ACT

10/27/2008
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL DEAN ELENA KAGAN JOINS EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

10/21/2008
CLOROX GENERAL COUNSEL LAURA STEIN JOINS BOARD OF EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS

10/02/2008
2008 EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS AWARDS DINNER HONORS PUBLIC INTEREST VISIONARIES

09/30/2008
2008 EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS FELLOWS BEGIN PUBLIC INTEREST PROJECTS

09/29/2008
ATTORNEY IN LANDMARK MARRIAGE EQUALITY CASE TO SPEAK AT EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS CONFERENCE

09/26/2008
IDEALISM REVISITED:40 YEARS AFTER KING AND KENNEDY

09/05/2008
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS SUPPORTS SERVICENATION; ENDORSES “STRATEGIES FOR BECOMING A NATION OF SERVICE”

09/02/2008
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS APPOINTS NEW MEMBERS TO NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

08/05/2008

EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS NAMES 2008 PUBLIC INTEREST LAW LEADERS

07/21/2008
AU’S CHARLENE GOMES JOINS EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS' LAW SCHOOL ADVOCACY TEAM

06/09/2008
JUDGE DAVID S. TATEL JOINS BOARD OF EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS

06/04/2008
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE RENEWS EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS GRANT

05/22/2008
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS FELLOWSHIPS NAMES CLASS OF 2008

05/20/2008
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS CEO DAVID STERN NAMED ONE OF THE “GREATEST WASHINGTON LAWYERS OF THE PAST 30 YEARS”

05/12/2008
HONORS FOR DOCUMENTARY ABOUT EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS LAWYERS IN THE GULF REGION

05/09/2008
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS FELLOW TESTIFIES ON CAPITOL HILL

03/19/2008
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS NAMES ANDREW ZOVKO DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

03/03/2008
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS NAMES DIANE CHIN DIRECTOR OF WEST COAST OFFICE

12/31/2007
LAW STUDENTS REPORT ON SUMMER CORPS 2007

12/10/2007
CONGRESS AMENDS COLLEGE COST REDUCTION AND ACCESS ACT
TO CORRECT "MARRIAGE PENALTY"

10/29/2007
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS APPOINTS NEW MEMBERS
TO NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

10/12/2007
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS NAMES 2007 PUBLIC INTEREST LAW LEADERS

10/01/2007
KPMG EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIR SVEN ERIK HOLMES JOINS EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS BOARD

09/28/2007
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS HONORS PUBLIC INTEREST LAW LEADERS

09/27/2007
LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT HONORS EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS PROJECT MANAGER

09/21/2007
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS HOSTS LARGEST NATIONAL PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CONFERENCE AND CAREER FAIR OCTOBER 6 AND 7 IN WASHINGTON, DC

08/272007
HOW TO MAKE A BETTER LAWYER
Equal Justice Works Publishes New Edition of Guide to Law Schools on Newsweek.com

07/14/2007
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS NAMES KENNETH ANDERSON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LAW SCHOOL ADVOCACY

07/17/2007
NATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY HONORS EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS LAWYER

05/15/2007
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS APPOINTS CAIT CLARKE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INTEREST LAW OPPORTUNITIES

04/09/2007
UPS SVP TERI PLUMMER McCLURE JOINS EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS BOARD

03/30/2007
E-GUIDE TO PUBLIC SERVICE AT AMERICA'S LAW SCHOOLS
Free interactive online resource offers alternative to U.S. News & World Report Rankings
(April 9 edition)

03/20/2007
AKIN GUMP PARTNER KIM KOOPERSMITH JOINS EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS BOARD

01/11/2007
NEWSWEEK.COM TO HOST LIVE TALK ON SCHOOL DESEGREGATION WITH PROMINENT CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY JACK GREENBERG

12/18/2006
DEBT FOR LAW SCHOOL GRADUATES GROWS

11/29/2006
NEW ORLEANS LAWYERS BRING FREE LEGAL AID TO KATRINA SURVIVORS

11/03/2006
NEWSWEEK.COM TO HOST LIVE TALK ON MAKING LAW SCHOOL AND A PUBLIC INTEREST CAREER AFFORDABLE

10/19/2006
HARVARD'S BENJAMIN W. HEINEMAN, JR. HONORED FOR LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE

10/19/2006
DEAN KATHARINE T. BARTLETT HONORED FOR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC INTEREST LAW

10/19/2006
SEATTLE'S SUDHA SHETTY HONORED FOR LEADERSHIP OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE INSTITUTE

10/19/2006
STUDENT HURRICANE NETWORK HONORED FOR EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SERVICE

10/19/2006
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS HOLDS LARGEST PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CONFERENCE AND CAREER FAIR

10/19/2006
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS HONORS LEGAL LEADERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE

09/11/2006
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS WELCOMES PAUL IGASAKI AS DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

08/14/2006
NEWSWEEK.COM AND EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS PRESENT THE E-GUIDE TO PUBLIC SERVICE AT AMERICA'S LAW SCHOOLS

07/31/2006
FELLOWSHIP AWARDED TO ATTORNEY TO HELP LOUISIANA RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES RECOVER FROM HURRICANE KATRINA

06/26/2006
NATION'S TOP LAW SCHOOL GRADUATES HELP COMMUNITIES THROUGH FELLOWSHIP

04/13/2006
TEXAS LAWYER AWARDED FELLOWSHIP TO HELP RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA

03/27/2006
MISSISSIPPI LAWYER AWARDED FELLOWSHIP TO HELP RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA

03/02/2006
GULF COAST LAWYER AWARDED FELLOWSHIP TO HELP CITIZENS AFFLICTED BY KATRINA

02/24/2006
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS WELCOMES COLE McMAHON TO MANAGE ITS AMERICORPS PROGRAMS

02/13/2006
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS RECEIVES FEDERAL GRANT TO RUN TWO DISASTER RELIEF LEGAL PROGRAMS IN THE GULF COAST REGION

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scarlson@equaljusticeworks.org

UPCOMING EVENTS

2010 Equal Justice Works
Awards Dinner
Thursday, Oct. 21
The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.

2010 Conference and Career Fair
Oct. 22 and 23
Bethesda North Marriott
Hotel and Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road
Bethesda, MD

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