ALAA’s LGBTQ caucus along with 1199’s LGBTQ caucus are participating in the NYC AIDS walk on May 20. If any ALAA members wish to join the AIDS walk team, please contact: Danielle King (dking@legal-aid.org). Even if you are not able to the participate in the walk, donations can be made to the team via the Read more about AIDS Walk 2018[…]

(New York, NY)- Legal Aid Attorneys in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens have walked out of court three times in the last week and held an emergency rallies outside the courthouses to protest the detention of their clients by Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents.  In the majority of these cases, the client was set to have Read more about Pro-Immigrant Walk-Outs Hit Three Boroughs in Three Days[…]

UAW Local 2325 and allies say that the presence of ICE Officers in the Courthouses impedes access to justice and denies due process to defendants and communities. (New York, NY) – The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys – UAW Local 2325 (ALAA), along with a broad coalition of unions, immigrant rights organizations, and community groups Read more about Legal Aid Attorneys and Community Organizations Hold March Demanding Due Process for New York’s Immigrant Communities[…]

(Bronx, NY) – Legal Aid Attorneys in the Bronx held an emergency rally today to protest the detention of their client, a young immigrant college student, earlier today and to call on the Office of Court Administration and Chief Judge Janet DiFiore to immediately implement a policy to prohibit Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents from Read more about Bronx Legal Aid Attorneys Walk Out and Stage Rally to Protest Immigrant Client Detention[…]