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Bet Tzedek is pleased to announce the appointment of Elissa D. Barrett as the new Vice President and General Counsel for the agency. Ms. Barrett joins the agency following her tenure as executive director for the Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA) and, most recently, as the Chief of
Read more →Attorney Janet Morris, Director of the Family Caregiver Project for Bet Tzedek, has recently been appointed to California Olmstead Advisory Committee. In the letter of appointment, Ms. Morris was recognized for her, “[E]xtensive experience in the field of elder law and long term services and support and
Read more →February 1, 2012 – Bet Tzedek announced that, in a decisive win for more than a hundred Inland Empire California warehouse workers who load Walmart goods in Inland Empire warehouses, a federal judge in Los Angeles today issued a preliminary injunction barring the retaliatory mass termination of
Read more →Bet Tzedek wishes to thank the over 1,100 guests who attended the Dinner Gala 2012 honoring: Gary D, Roberts, 2012 Luis Lainer Founder’s Award recipient. Gary is a past Bet Tzedek board chair, board member, and has been involved with the agency since 1986. U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Read more →Thanks to all of you who made our “Law, Justice, and the Holocaust” symposium such a wonderful success. Over 250 people were in attendance to hear keynote speaker, Dr. William Meinecke, and the panel discussion which followed. Read more about the symposium (click here) Pictured below (from
Read more →LAW, JUSTICE AND THE HOLOCAUST (SOLD OUT !!! – Thank you) In the period leading up to World War II, the Nazi regime used the German legal system to strip legal and civil rights from Jews and other minorities to make them scapegoats for Germany’s economic and
Read more →“It’s critical that we adequately fund our courts, because they exist to serve the public. The work that legislators do, and bring to the Governor to sign into law, is meaningless if there is no forum to enforce it.” – Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California. On
Read more →Following the announcement of Bet Tzedek co-founder, Stan Levy, having received The American Lawyer Magazine’s 2011 “Lifetime Achiever” award, reporter Jonah Lowenfeld of The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles sat down with Levy to learn the whole story behind this remarkable individual’s career and accomplishments. Click
Read more →LOS ANGELES (November 9, 2011)—A landmark class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of about 400 workers against four Los Angeles carwashes has resulted in a settlement of $1 million to compensate employees for unpaid wages and other employment violations, it was announced today by Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Read more →Bet Tzedek Attorney Kevin Kish makes a case for low wage workers in the Los Angeles Daily Journal – even so-called ‘small stakes’ cases can have a big impact when you’re not sure where your next meal may be coming from. Bet Tzedek speaks up for those
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