Links of Interest, October 15-19, 2012
Elections and Judicial Performance
- Early voting in Cook County begins on Monday. The bar association recommendations are compiled at VoteForJudges.Org where you can also read the Judicial Performance Commission’s evaluations, which do not include voter recommendations.
Immigration Reform
- The Department of Homeland Security is reporting that nearly 4,600 deportation reprieves have been approved.
NIJC has resources for youth pursuing deferred action, and the Immigration Policy Center has revised estimates about who might be eligible for deferred action.
Social Justice
- The Washington Post has an editorial on an announcement from Rohit Chopra, ombudsman for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, that “on the basis of the complaints the CFPB has received, he is concerned that we face a student-loan-servicing sequel that will rival the home-mortgage crisis that helped lead to the financial collapse of 2008.”
Public Citizen has additional information and links concerning this first annual report from the ombudsman for student loans. Here are Mr. Chopra’s entries at the CFPB blog.
- Next week is National Pro Bono week. The Chicago Bar Association has many events planned and we always have opportunities to serve.
The NYTimes ran an editorial about pro bono and the new pro bono requirement in New York for law students.