Tag: Rhode Island Center for Justice
More eviction filings have these nonprofit legal services laboring
Lawyer Steven S. Flores and his staff at the Housing Law Center at Rhode Island Legal Services Inc. are busy these days, and many...
Settlement reached in closure of Providence high school
PROVIDENCE – Multilingual learner students from 360 High School and their families, the Providence Public School District and the R.I. Department of Education have...
360 High School students, families file lawsuit to keep school open
PROVIDENCE – Multilingual learner students who attend 360 High School and their parents have recently filed a federal lawsuit along with the Rhode Island...
Tenants, landlord reach interim settlement in right to organize case
PAWTUCKET – A group of tenants and their landlord have reached an interim settlement following allegations that the landlord and his property management company...
R.I. ACLU, Center for Justice allege landlord violated tenants’ rights to...
PAWTUCKET – Two nonprofits have filed a lawsuit against Warwick property management company Elmwood Realty, alleging that the business and its manager are illegally...
Lawsuit over alleged lack of special education services to young students...
PROVIDENCE – A settlement between the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union Inc., the Rhode Island Center for Justice, the R.I. Department of Education...
PPSD, RIDE sued over lack of special education services to young...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union Inc. and the Rhode Island Center for Justice on Monday announced they have filed a...
Does ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’ need an update?
Rhode Island’s adoption of a “Homeless Bill of Rights” may have won state leaders praise when it was passed in 2012, but the weakness...
ACLU, student advocate group pen letter opposing body cameras on school...
PROVIDENCE – A coalition of nine groups focused on students and civil rights, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc., have released...
Housing crisis putting eviction law in spotlight
Most of Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s peers at Harvard Law School weren’t interested in eviction defense work.
The pay was low. Elorza, who worked...
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