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Email updates Press releases and speeches before January 20, 2009

November 30, 2016

Press Release
White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable Issues First Annual Report to the President

November 16, 2016

Speech
Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Bill Baer Delivers Remarks at Second International Conference on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems

November 7, 2016

Press Release
Justice Department Files Brief to Address Automatic Suspensions of Driver’s Licenses for Failure to Pay Court Debt

September 14, 2016

Speech
Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin Delivers Opening Remarks at the National Security Division 10 Year Anniversary Conference

May 14, 2016

Speech
Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at the ABA’s 2016 National Meeting of State Access to Justice Chairs

May 12, 2016

Press Release
Department of Justice Files Amicus Brief in Idaho Right to Counsel Case

May 6, 2016

Speech
Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at the Texas Fair Defense Act 15th Anniversary Symposium Celebration

March 14, 2016

Press Release
Justice Department Announces Resources to Assist State and Local Reform of Fine and Fee Practices

February 6, 2016

Speech
Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at ABA’s 11th Annual Summit on Public Defense

September 11, 2015

Press Release
Department of Justice Files Amicus Brief in Pennsylvania Right to Counsel Case

August 6, 2015

Press Release
Justice Department Files Brief to Address the Criminalization of Homelessness

May 7, 2015

Speech
Director Lisa Foster of the Access to Justice Initiative Delivers Remarks at the Equal Justice Conference

April 22, 2015

Press Release
Justice Department Applauds Settlement to Improve Juvenile Right to Counsel in Georgia

March 26, 2015

Speech
Remarks by Karen Lash, Access to Justice Deputy Director, on Civil Legal Aid Research at the University of South Carolina School of Law
Speech
Attorney General Holder Addresses the Bipartisan Summit on Criminal Justice Reform

March 16, 2015

Press Release
Attorney General Holder Applauds Settlement to Improve Right to Counsel in New York State

March 13, 2015

Press Release
Department of Justice Statement of Interest Supports Meaningful Right to Counsel in Juvenile Prosecutions

February 17, 2015

Press Release
In Milestone for Sentencing Reform, Attorney General Holder Announces Record Reduction in Mandatory Minimums Against Nonviolent Drug Offenders

February 13, 2015

Press Release
Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Clanton, Alabama, Bond Case

October 16, 2014

Press Release
Attorney General Holder Announces Lisa Foster to Serve as Director of the Access to Justice Initiative

October 14, 2014

Press Release
Attorney General Holder Announces New Policy to Enhance Justice Department's Commitment to Support Defendants' Right to Counsel

October 2, 2014

Speech
Remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder at the 50th Anniversary Event for the Neighborhood Legal Services Program

September 25, 2014

Press Release
Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in New York State Right to Counsel Case

September 23, 2014

Press Release
One Year After Launching Key Sentencing Reforms, Attorney General Holder Announces First Drop in Federal Prison Population in More Than Three Decades

September 16, 2014

Speech
Remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Legal Services Corporation 40th Anniversary Event

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