For the past year and a half, third year law student Christina Jones has had her sights set on joining Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC) this summer. In early 2014, as first-year law students at the University of Notre Dame, Christina and three of her classmates met the majority of LAS-ELC’s legal… Continue reading Beyond the Classroom: Christina Jones Wants Employment Opportunities for Special Needs Students into Adulthood
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A Commitment to Service: DeCarol Davis' Journey from Home to the Military to LAS-ELC
Though now living in California, our incoming law clerk DeCarol Davis considers Darlington – a tiny, rural town in South Carolina – her home. Her whole family lives down South, and Darlington is where she goes home for the holidays. DeCarol comes from a loving, hard-working family, some of whom have been employed as hotel… Continue reading A Commitment to Service: DeCarol Davis' Journey from Home to the Military to LAS-ELC
Family-Friendly Workplaces Create a Stronger California
A new mother is told she will be fired if she does not return to work when her baby is just six weeks old. A retail worker struggles to find child care because her schedule is erratic and changes with little notice. A grandson is denied time off to care for his dying grandmother. Thankfully,… Continue reading Family-Friendly Workplaces Create a Stronger California