Legal Aid Center in the News
Nevada officials promise bill tightening rules on payday lending
August 10th 2016
Adelaide Chen
Las Vegas Review-Journal
A state bill tightening restrictions on payday loans is in the pipeline for the upcoming 2017 legislative session, according to the state treasurer. Nevada is among at least six other states with no interest rate cap – Utah, Idaho, Wisconsin, Texas, South Dakota and Delaware – making it among the most expensive states to take out a payday loan. The average cost to borrow $300 for five months in Nevada is $596, based on an annual percentage rate of 512 percent, according to a study by The Pew Charitable Trusts in 2014.
UNLV Boyd School of Law to Hold 7th Annual Community Law Day
August 2016
UNLV
WHAT:
Citizens with criminal records in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Henderson are invited to attend a community event that will allow them to get a court order sealing of their record. Interested individuals must complete the steps outlined here by Aug. 11 in order to participate.
Some get a chance to wipe their criminal record clean
August 2016
Vanessa Murphy
Channel 8 News
It's already tough enough to find work in Nevada, especially with the second highest unemployment rate in the country. But what if you have a criminal record?
Access to Justice Salutes Melanie Kushnir 1973-2016
July 2016
Patricia Lee, Esq.
Nevada Lawyer Magazine
The access to justice community lost one of its brightest lights with the passing of Melanie Kushnir in May.
Northern Nevada man charged with abusing guardianship system
July 12, 2016
Wesley Juhl
Las Vegas Review-Journal
An Elko County man has been arrested in connection with abuses of the guardianship system, the Nevada attorney general’s office announced Tuesday.
Lawyers take pro bono cases of attorney who died in Red Rock Canyon hiking fall
July 17, 2016
Alexander S. Corey
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Dozens of local attorneys are taking on pro bono cases to honor a former colleague whose life was cut short in a May hiking accident.
Nevada AG intensifies efforts to fight financial fraud, shield elderly from exploitation
June 30, 2016
Sandra Chereb
Las Vegas Review Journal
The Nevada attorney general’s office is intensifying efforts to fight financial fraud and protect the elderly and vulnerable people from exploitation.
A family on the valley's east side is without air conditioning once again.
July 6, 2016
Michael Burton
ABC 13 Action News
Man who had been hospitalized says air conditioning is broken yet again
These fine local legal minds also have big hearts — for kids, immigrants and the underprivileged
June 24, 2016
Jason Scavone
Desert Companion
In popular culture, lawyers have been having a moment for, like, 60 years now, ever since the TV version of Perry Mason started badgering criminals into ’fessing up on the stand.
Nevada lawmakers approve new fraud unit for Attorney General
July 1, 2016
Geoff Dornan
Nevada Appeal
The Interim Finance Committee on Thursday approved spending nearly $1.3 million a year for the next five years to create a new financial fraud unit within the Attorney General’s Office.
Woman says landlord won't fix broken air conditioning
June 22, 2016
Stephanie Zepelin
ABC 13 Action News
A valley mom says she has been without air conditioning in her home for two weeks.
Nevada Praise for Feds' Move to Curb Payday Lending Abuses
June 3,, 2016
SUZANNE POTTER
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
Nevada consumer advocates are praising a federal plan released Thursday to rein in short-term lenders who can charge sky-high interest rates for payday and car-title loans.
Officials see need to reduce national visa backlog for undocumented immigrant crime victims
May 20, 2016
ALEXANDER S. COREY
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Congresswoman Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, and Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Executive Director Barbara Buckley called attention Friday to a national backlog of visas for undocumented immigrant victims of crime.
Law firm offers counsel to those fighting to prevent guardianship takeover of rights
May 22, 2016
COLTON LOCHHEAD
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
A nonprofit law firm hopes some fresh eyes might help ease the troubles facing Southern Nevada’s guardianship system.
Most who take out auto title loans resort to reborrowing, official says
May 17, 2016
JAMIE MUNKS
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
One in five people who take out single-payment car title loans end up seeing their vehicle seized by the lender for failing to repay their debt.
