January-February 2011 Clearinghouse Review

This issue includes several articles describing how adopting a human rights framework can help legal aid attorneys meet broader advocacy goals for their clients. Other articles cover the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, framing federal claims to vindicate individual rights, incorporating social work into legal aid practice, and using consumer law to combat criminal record barriers to housing and employment.

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July-August 2011 Clearinghouse Review

Article topics in this issue cover the racial wealth gap, child labor, adoption assistance, pro bono, medical-legal partnerships, social security disability for individuals with substance abuse problems, and more.

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March-April 2011 Clearinghouse Review

Articles in this issue cover low-income college students' eligibility for SNAP benefits, crafting effective requests for reasonable accommodations in assisted living, negotiated rulemaking, welfare privatization, and child welfare financing reform.

Individual articles published in the March-April 2011 issue of Clearinghouse Review: Journal of Poverty Law and Policy are available for purchase online.

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November-December 2011 Clearinghouse Review

Articles in the November-December 2011 issue cover identification requirements for SNAP benefit recipients, employment protections for home health care workers, how health reform will affect home- and community-based services, using the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to challenge and prevent foreclosure, and more.

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September-October 2011

Human rights arguments offer front-line legal aid lawyers an expanded set of tools in representation of low-income clients. This special issue of Clearinghouse Review: Journal of  Poverty Law and Policy applies a human rights lens to poverty law practice. With contributions from expert advocates across the country who work at the intersection of international human rights and poverty law, articles discuss new strategies, analyze how international human rights law applies to traditional legal aid issues like health, housing, and workers’ rights, and offer case studies of successful use of human rights arguments on behalf of low-income clients.

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The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law acknowledges with thanks the Ford Foundation, The Libra Foundation, and the Francis Beidler Foundation for their generous support in publishing this special issue of Clearinghouse Review.

 

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May-June 2011 Clearinghouse Review

Topics covered in this issue include using disparate impact theory under the Fair Housing Act to challenge housing barriers against people with criminal records, ensuring fair wages for individuals with disabilities under the Fair Labor Standards Act, reforming the H-2B guest worker program, the impact of the move toward electronic benefit cards on low-income beneficiaries, and residential mobility for Housing Choice Voucher families in Illinois.

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