Volume 51, Issue 3
Three roadblocks to affordable housing requiring our immediate attention are home rule, limitations of the Fair Housing Act, and legally enforceable covenants that preclude affordable housing.
The ABA Young Lawyers Division and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) remain united in their mutual goal of providing free disaster-related legal assistance to any individual with insuffi…
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency has observed that ransomware attacks have become increasingly prevalent among all levels of government, including state, local, tribal, and ter…
All states are parties to 25 or more interstate compacts; in 2021, court decisions applied longstanding principles in new ways, compact agencies enacted rules for reviewing new legislation and ADR, a…
In addressing inequity, municipalities can trigger displacement. This article argues that municipalities could deploy anti-displacement land use strategies to stop this cycle of (in)equity, and offer…
Lawyers play a crucial role in providing assistance to victims of natural disasters. Meeting the Legal Needs of Disaster Survivors explains the need for pro bono disaster legal assistance and how ser…
This article reviews the historical context of the required records doctrine and its applicability to compel the production of records despite an assertion of the privilege against self-incrimination…
An introduction to Ensuring an Informed Public: State Open Records and Meetings Laws, an ABA publication on individual states' open meeting and public records laws, and an excerpt of Chapter 9, conce…