Youth rise up to address climate change
August 12, 2015 By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board President & Cooperating Attorney Last week, at the Next Generation Climate Justice Action Camp (NGCJAC), a diverse group of youth and adult organizers met in Southern Oregon to share tools and stories and prepare the...
Federal court finds jail for immigrant children unlawful
By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board President & Cooperating Attorney Last week, a federal court in California held that holding immigrant children from Central America in jail during their immigration proceedings was unlawful because it violates the terms of a...
Federal court rules that same sex parents must both be listed on birth certificate
CLDC Blog July 20, 2015 By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board President & Cooperating Attorney Last week, in Roe v. Patton, a federal court in Utah ruled that Utah must recognize a same-sex married couple as the legal parents of their child from birth. Under Utah state...
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