
Lori Outzs Borgen
@loriborgen
Seton Hall Law School, Director of Ctr for Social Justice & Pro Bono Service Program. Opinions & tweets my own. RTs are not endorsements.
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03-10-2011 05:37:04
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We argued before the NJ Supreme Court yesterday: people who lose their jobs because of baseless criminal charges are legally entitled to unemployment benefits. dropbox.com/s/wowwdnyy39gt… Seton Hall Law Tess Borden Law360



This is absolutely incredible! Thank you Legal Defense Fund . I hope other civil rights organizations will follow your lead.



HUGE news! New $350 million fund just launched to support the movement to end mass incarceration. I cant think of better timing. This is the moment for transformational change. And with Ana Zamora at the helm, this fund will be led w/ brilliance & passion justiceacceleratorfund.org

Domestic violence is on the rise during the pandemic. Survivors need better access to resources & support esp for housing. #SetonHallLaw Ctr for Soc Justice & PartnersNJ urge NJ to address structural economic & racial inequalities which contribute to the problem of DV.



VICTORY! We went to the NJ Supreme Court with New Jersey Office of the Public Defender to address an unprecedented crisis in our criminal courts from the pandemic – people awaiting trials in jail with no end in sight. We asked the Court to let people challenge this limbo. The Court ruled: they can.




NJ is the only state to use “the line” to design its ballots. NJ is 45% people of color, but the line, influenced by white party chairs, puts non-line candidates 35 points behind. Proud to join Sue Altman, Jesse Burns & partners to end to NJ’s line: google.com/amp/s/www.nj.c…



