Attorneys and Staff say they will stand together to ensure New Yorkers get the best legal representation amid Federal challenges to civil rights protections and legal services. NEW YORK – Unionized attorneys and staff at the Legal Aid Society along with community allies took to the steps of City Hall, Thursday, June 1st at 1pm Read more about Legal Aid Attorneys (UAW Local 2325) Rally for a Fair Contract, Urge Mayor De Blasio to Fully Fund Essential Legal Services for New York’s Most Vulnerable.[…]

Over 200 ALAA members from the Brooklyn Neighborhood Office, supported by their union Sisters & Brothers from the two other practices as well as LSSA UAW Local 2320 members from Brooklyn Legal Services, rallied outside the Legal Aid Society at 111 Livingston Street last Friday to protest the unjust termination of an attorney, Sophia, just nine Read more about Brooklyn Neighborhood Office Attorneys Mobilize to Fight Unjust Termination[…]

The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys – UAW Local 2325 and dozens of other community groups under the banner of Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) filed an amicus brief in Floyd et al. v. City of New York to challenge the NYPD’s newly state Body Worn Camera policy.  While the new policy will mandate that Read more about ALAA & Community Groups File Opposition to NYPD Body Worn Camera Policy[…]

ALAA President, Deborah Wright, submitted testimony to the New York City Bar Association’s Task Force on the New York State Constitution on Wednesday, urging them to oppose any attempt to open a Constitutional Convention.  “Our current State Constitution is one of the strongest in the nation in terms of protecting New York’s most vulnerable, the constituency Read more about ALAA Urges the New York City Bar Association to Oppose a Constitutional Convention[…]