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Know Your Rights: Government Benefits and Education Loans
Government Benefits and Education Loans If you are a New York State resident you can apply for and receive government benefits like Food Stamps, Medicaid,…
Know Your Rights: Housing and Arrests or Criminal Convictions
Housing and Reentry A criminal history can affect your eligibility for both public housing and, if a landlord conducts a background check, private housing. An…
Know Your Rights: Employment & Criminal Convictions
Employment & Reentry 1. An employer said it wouldn’t hire me because it doesn’t hire anyone with a criminal record. Is that legal? No. Employers…
Know Your Rights: Special Information for Non-Citizens
Non-citizens involved in the criminal justice system confront additional and severe civil consequences. Even if you have lived in the United States for a long…
Know Your Rights: What is Reentry & What are Collateral Consequences?
The term “reentry” is used by many advocates, service providers, policy-makers, and formerly incarcerated people to define what happens to people coming home from prison.…
The new Center for Holistic Defense
The Bronx Defenders is thrilled to announce our newest innovative venture—the creation and implementation of The Center for Holistic Defense. With funding from the U.S.…
Robin speaks to the Criminal Law Committee of the Bar of NYC
Robin Steinberg spoke to the Criminal Law Committee of the Bar of the City of New York about Holistic Defense and the work of the…
NYU Law School Magazine: Another Bronx Tale
Robin Steinberg passionately believes that effective legal defense for the poor includes a good dose of social work. Never say something is impossible to achieve…
Robin travels to… Hawaii
The Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association invited Robin Steinberg to speak at their Sunny Climate Annual Conference in Hawaii. Robin spoke about Holistic Defense and…
From Arrest to Reintegration: A Model for Mitigating Collateral Consequences of Criminal Proceedings
By McGregor Smyth. Collateral sanctions. Invisible punishments. Internal exile. From the moment of arrest, people are in danger of losing jobs, housing, basic public benefits,…