Retired. Committed to #Codesigning Justice & #LegalEmpowerment. Busy fighting White Supremacy & Christian Nationalism in Flori-duh.
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10 Feb 2020
Exactly. There'll never be enough #legalaid, #probono or private #lawyers to bridge the #justicegap. So the very act of saying "go get a lawyer" or "only #attorneys have #authority" in the #justice system is an act of class warfare, intentional or not. #wherestheoutrage #NoPlanB
10 Feb 2020
Telling low-income people to "go get a lawyer" when they obviously cannot afford one is the same as Marie Antoinette saying "let them eat cake." It makes no sense, and it's deeply out of touch. But it's the status quo for poor people who show up to courts on their own today.
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Who is Mike Johnson? Five things to know about the new Republican House speaker nbcnews.com/politics/congres… via @nbcnews
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20 Sep 2023
Why are ya'll still on here? Trump Attacked Me. Then Musk Did. It Wasn’t an Accident. nytimes.com/2023/09/18/opini…
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16 Sep 2023
Jacksonville City Hall. Where I am. Where are you?
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7 Sep 2023
Happening Now: Oregon Supreme Court considers a supervised pathway to law licensure. Whatever the decision today, THIS is an example of a court truly engaged in self-regulation, w/out delegatory outsourcing. It's OUR profession. WE should dictate the requirements for entry.
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8 Sep 2023
Live Florida Sup Ct oral argument challenging current 15 week abortion law under 40 yr interpretation of FL constitution. 5 of 7 justice=DeSantis appt. 1 justice's wife sponsored 6 week abortion law, that will automatically go into effect 30 days after, if court upholds 15 weeks
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8 Sep 2023
"Among law student populations, this disparity has spillover effects onto democratic processes and access to legal services, further creating and compounding inequality in the United States" clp.law.harvard.edu/article/…
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6 Sep 2023
AND the solutions we've crafted over the past 100 years to meet people's legal needs are woefully imperfect and inadequate. Disturbingly so.
That we as a profession refuse to make any changes absent proof that such changes result in perfect outcomes is absolutely rage-inducing.
5 Sep 2023
“By the time you come to the perfect solution, the problem has already changed.”
– Jessie Shefrin
This one is for all the folks out there in lawland who oppose change to #MakeLawBetter in the face of our many current failures.
(TY to @matthomann for the quote)
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Melissa Pershing Moss retweeted
25 Aug 2023
We haven't even had a real, informed debate yet. We have one side being asked to prove the negative and collecting the small amount of data we can while the other is sharing their feelings about an economic (not ethics) restriction rooted in assumption.
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7 Aug 2023
Using @pewresearch data offline population shrinks 7%. In 2000, almost 50% didn't use internet. 25% of respondents aged 65 didn't compared w/ 4% age 50-64.
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4 Aug 2023
It's Friday, I'll go harder.
When the UT sandbox launched, "non-lawyer" co-ownership ⬇️50% was classified Low Risk and ⬆️50% was Low/Moderate Risk. Today, ABS structures are classified Low Risk. Why has that changed?
*Data has entered the chat*
*Feelings have left the chat*
4 Aug 2023
Here we go again with all-or-nothing thinking. The medical profession’s experience with PE ownership should be a guide for developing *better* models of co-ownership in the law. And not mentioned here (of course) is the data on these models in UT and AZ. abovethelaw.com/2023/08/than…
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Melissa Pershing Moss retweeted
3 Aug 2023
Because the Center is the future of its relevance.
And, this is exactly why the organization will continue to deny reality by replacing leaders committed to serving people with leaders who are committed to serving lawyers.
Sad.
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3 Aug 2023
And, if at this moment in time, the ABA dismantles its Center for Innovation, whether officially or effectively through budget cuts?
There is not a desert in the land big enough to hold the hubris-swollen collective head of this organization.
It needs the Center.
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Melissa Pershing Moss retweeted
3 Aug 2023
By placing people like Younger (who has spread misinformation on reg reform) on the @ABAInnovation council, ABA leadership has taken a clear stance against the free flow of dialogue on issues of importance to the profession.
Independence of thought & #A2J are under attack here.
3 Aug 2023
Citing 'political challenges' within the ABA, its Center for Innovation cancelled an op-ed advocating for regulatory reform. I have the op-ed and full details of what happened. This comes as the ABA annual meeting convenes in Denver. @ABAesq #ABAAnnual
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5 Apr 2023
Ridiculous!
Paralegals Flocking to Legal Ops, But They're Often Shortchanged on Pay at.law.com/HCRKxC?cmp=share_… via @corpcounsel
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26 Mar 2023
California and Hawaii Innocence Projects and the Employment Law Center of Maryland are seeing results.
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26 Mar 2023
@BobGlaves "Rather than everyone getting a lawyer for the whole case regardless of the merits of their position, we should be focused on making sure people have the right amount of legal help necessary to level the playing field in their case" 1/2
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26 Mar 2023
"We need to recognize legal assistance doesn't sit in a vacuum. Assistance, whether limited-scope or extended representation, is more effective at preventing avoidable evictions when combined with changes to court process, community outreach, rental assistance & social services"
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25 Mar 2023
Ya'll, being in Florida, in volunteer leadership w/local Democratic Party, when 11% of the community's Black, but rarely "seen", Pride org has private security in its operating budget & red-shirted Concerned Citizens Defending Freedom are everywhere is tough, crazy #GoodTrouble
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25 Mar 2023
Fascinating read. "continued presence of nonprofits represents a policy failure: the failure to create a more inclusive & responsive government, to adequately meet needs of low-income residents, & dismantle the racism of political-economic structures.”👇
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25 Mar 2023
"many think that highest leverage work is systems change...Not Dunning. "Systems change focuses on making a system work better. Structural change is about changing systems. Ultimately, that is the change marginalized people seek—to no longer be marginalized." 2/2
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