Jennifer R Clarke

August 14, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

The epidemic of gun violence in Philadelphia is relentless. As of today, eight children have died of gun violence this year, more than 90 children have been shot and 1,100 people were victims of gun violence.

By Jennifer R. Clarke

5 minute read

July 19, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

We hear it over and over again: one brush with the law and it is over. Employers will reject you out of hand, even if your criminal record is decades old, regardless of what you've done since, and without regard to whether the crime has anything to do with the job.

By Jennifer R. Clarke

6 minute read

January 27, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Jan. 17, Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard L. McGinley issued his long-awaited ruling on the challenge to Act 18, Pennsylvania's photo ID law, in Applewhite v. Commonwealth, 330 MD 2012. McGinley held that Act 18 cannot be applied consistent with its terms and that it violates Article I, Section 5 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. The court permanently enjoined state officials from enforcing the act's photo identification requirement for voting.

By Jennifer R. Clarke

7 minute read

June 24, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

In 2004, when Congress reauthorized the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), it reported a disturbing trend in its findings: an "intensification of problems connected with mislabeling and high dropout rates among minority children with disabilities."

By Jennifer R. Clarke and Samuel Rudovsky

6 minute read

January 02, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

federal law, in place since 1975, offers a remarkable promise to approximately 25,000 children in the School District of Philadelphia. That law, now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), tells school districts that they must reach out and find children with disabilities ? the Child Find obligation.

By Jennifer R. Clarke and David Hanyok

7 minute read

January 05, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

A federal law, in place since 1975, offers a remarkable promise to approximately 25,000 children in the School District of Philadelphia.

By Jennifer R. Clarke and David Hanyok

7 minute read

July 27, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The recent U.S. Supreme Court term ended in a flood of cases on topics that captured the public imagination: searching teenage girls; race discrimination in firefighter examinations and DNA testing.

By Jennifer R. Clarke And Catherine T. Poynter

6 minute read

June 23, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

If you've ever wondered whether this is an issue, or this is the moment for you to tell your legislator to act, stop wondering. Right now, a unique convergence of events gives us all an opportunity to fix a statewide system of paying for public education that has been broken for nearly two decades.

By Jennifer R. Clarke

6 minute read

June 27, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

On June 14, 1982, as U.S. District Court Judge Edward Becker prepared to ascend to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, he observed to the courtroom at the conclusion of a hearing: As I look over all the cases that I had as a United States judge, the most significant by far has been this one and the case of which of I am most proud of my own participation.

By Jennifer R. Clarke and Maripat Pileggi

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January 22, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Thursday, Jan. 25, the SeniorLAW Center will hold a CLE training program titled Representing Low-Income Tenants: Basic Training in Landlord-Tenant Practice, from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the offices of Blank Rome, 1 Logan Square, Philadelphia. This course is free in exchange for handling one SeniorLAW Center landlord/tenant case on a pro bono basis. Two and a half CLE credits are anticipated. Lunch will be provided. To register contact Angel Recchia at 215-701-3209 or [email protected], or Jeni Wr

By Jennifer R. Clarke

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