August 15 2017 Community
LSA’s Newest Rising Star: Hilaire Armstrong A native of Hoover, Alabama, Armstrong obtained a bachelor’s degree in Political Science/Spanish from Samford University in 2012, and a MBA/Juris Doctor from the Brock Business School and Cumberland School of Law in 2016. Armstrong also served as President of Women in Law while at Cumberland. Legal Services Alabama …
August 07 2017 Community
By Holly Ray Homeownership is The American Dream, and for many people, that dream comes along with a membership in their neighborhood’s homeowners’ association. But for one group of Madison County residents, HOA membership nearly meant losing their dream, and their home, until Legal Services Alabama intervened. The Chandler Farms subdivision in the Harvest community …
August 04 2017 Community
LSA welcomed Rae Bolton (left), Staff Attorney in our Birmingham office, and Peyton Faulk (right), Staff Attorney in our Montgomery Office, on July 31. On July 31, LSA added two new lawyers to our team, Rae Bolton in Birmingham and Peyton Faulk in Montgomery. A Jacksonville, Fla. native, Rae Bolton graduated from Birmingham’s Cumberland School …
August 01 2017 Community
By Michael Forton, Director of Advocacy Our July 2017 Advocate of the Month is Stephen Last. Before becoming official, Stephen volunteered at LSA both while in law school and after graduating. Stephen became a full-time member of the LSA team in October 2014, when he joined our call center as a staff attorney. In 2016, …
July 31 2017 Community
By Farah Majid and Laurie McFalls, LSA’s High Impact Litigation Unit Our client came to LSA when she was facing the loss of her Section 8 Housing Voucher on suspicions that she was involved in illegal drug sales. At the revocation hearing, the Housing Authority’s “evidence” consisted of nothing more than copies of two indictments more …
July 26 2017 Community
Legal Services Alabama’s Mobile Office Advocates Charlotte Tipton (Lead Attorney) and Ann Brown (Managing Attorney) work with formerly incarcerated individuals during a Voter Rights Restoration Clinic held at Stone Street Baptist Church in Mobile, Ala., July 22. The clinic assisted more than two dozen formerly incarcerated individuals. More than 40 formerly incarcerated individuals received legal advice or assistance in …
July 18 2017 Community
The foremost barrier to middle class status remains the absence of a quality education. As Legal Services Alabama continues to expand its mission of fighting entrenched poverty, it is preparing to launch an initiative this fall to challenge obstacles to educational access for low income children. Terrika Shaw, a Staff Attorney in LSA’s Birmingham office, …
July 12 2017 Community
By Stephen Last “It’s a job, and I enjoy being around the kids.” This is how my client described his job of 12 years working at the public school systems where he is a classroom aide helping teach children about nutrition. My client has spent virtually his whole life in Montgomery. He was a child …
July 10 2017 Community
byTracie McMillan Journalist Tracie McMillan shares her firsthand experience with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the confrontation with her own assumptions about poverty, in this op-ed piece from The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/opinion/sunday/poverty-snap-food-stamps-.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region#story-continues-1
July 10 2017 Community
By Desiree Taylor More than 100 people from across the state gathered at the Historic Brown Chapel in Selma, Ala., July 8 to get informed about Alabama’s new law regarding voting rights. Sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama and Legal Services Alabama, the Voting Rights Restoration Training attracted students, community leaders, …
