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Latest News in Access to Justice

• December 19, 2025

  9th Circ. Revives Excessive Force Suit Against Spokane Police

  The Ninth Circuit has held that police officers in Washington state could have violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a man who died in their custody during a suspected drug overdose, finding that their alleged use of force would be excessive under federal law if proven.

• December 19, 2025

  4 Stories That Shaped Civil Rights, Access To Justice In 2025

  Civil rights and access to justice advocates faced mounting pressure in 2025, as President Donald Trump's return to office drove aggressive immigration enforcement, deep cuts to criminal justice funding, renewed Supreme Court scrutiny of the Voting Rights Act, and a steep increase in executions.

• December 19, 2025

  3 Reforms To Help Pro Se Litigants Tackle Family Court Forms

  Self-represented family court litigants must navigate the often-bewildering process of finding, completing and filing the correct form, so courts and policymakers should consider several ways to make the process more accessible, says Caroline Rogus at Drexel University.

• December 18, 2025

  New NJ Rules Combat AI And Housing Discrimination

  The use of artificial intelligence in hiring practices is among the areas targeted by a sweeping new mandate enacted by New Jersey's Division on Civil Rights meant to shore up protections against discrimination.

• December 15, 2025

  High Court Will Review Racial Bias In Miss. Jury Strikes

  The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear its second case involving the same Mississippi prosecutor's peremptory strikes of Black prospective jurors in a Black defendant's death penalty case — and the same state judge's approval of those strikes.

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