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“I Am Undocumented And A New Yorker”: Affirmative City Citizenship And New York City’S Idnyc Program, Amy C. Torres Oct 2017

“I Am Undocumented And A New Yorker”: Affirmative City Citizenship And New York City’S Idnyc Program, Amy C. Torres

Fordham Law Review

The power to confer legal citizenship status is possessed solely by the federal government. Yet the courts and legal theorists have demonstrated that citizenship encompasses factors beyond legal status, including rights, inclusion, and political participation. As a result, even legal citizens can face barriers to citizenship, broadly understood, due to factors including their race, class, gender, or disability. Given this multidimensionality, the city, as the place where residents carry out the tasks of their daily lives, is a critical space for promoting elements of citizenship. This Note argues that recent city municipal identification-card programs have created a new form of …


Access To Justice: A Roadmap For Reform, Deborah L. Rhode Mar 2016

Access To Justice: A Roadmap For Reform, Deborah L. Rhode

Fordham Urban Law Journal

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Lippman's Law: Debating The Fifty-Hour Pro Bono Requirement For Bar Admission, Justin Hansford Mar 2016

Lippman's Law: Debating The Fifty-Hour Pro Bono Requirement For Bar Admission, Justin Hansford

Fordham Urban Law Journal

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Collateral Consequences: How Reliable Data And Resources Can Change The Way Law Is Practiced, Christopher Gowen, Erin Magary Feb 2016

Collateral Consequences: How Reliable Data And Resources Can Change The Way Law Is Practiced, Christopher Gowen, Erin Magary

Fordham Urban Law Journal

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The Housing Crash And The End Of American Citizenship, Matt Stoller Feb 2016

The Housing Crash And The End Of American Citizenship, Matt Stoller

Fordham Urban Law Journal

No abstract provided.