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About LAPILJ: Founded in 2007, the Los Angeles Public Interest Law Journal (LAPILJ) is the only organization dedicated to the documentation, dissemination, and promotion of public interest scholarship by practitioners and advocates in Los Angeles. We are an independent collaboration of students from Loyola, Pepperdine, UCLA, and USC who seek to provide a local forum for law students, practitioners, and community members to share and generate ideas, strategies, and research that promote social justice. We are a project of Community Partners, the leading non-profit incubator in Southern California.
Acknowledgments: The Volume 1 Editorial Board would like to acknowledge Joshua Adams, the founder of LAPILJ, as well as founding board members Matthew Grace, Rebecca Husman, and Maya Roy. We would also like to recognize Nate Madsen and Rachel Rossi for their contributions to LAPILJ activities. In addition, we would like to thank Professors Sande Buhai, Scott Cummings, Niels Frenzen, and Kathleen Kim for serving as faculty advisors to the Journal this year. Sande Buhai; Howrey LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP; Loyola Law School; O’Melveny & Myers LLP; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP; Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; UCLA Public Interest Law Program; and USC Gould School of Law provided the contributions that made this publication possible. Finally, we would like to thank Cindy Bendat for allowing us to use her photo pro bono.
Copyright: Copyright © by the Los Angeles Public Interest Law Journal (LAPILJ). LAPILJ is a project of Community Partners. The Copyright in each article is owned by the respective author. Except as otherwise provided, the author of each article, essay, letter or work published (“article”) in this issue of LAPILJ grants permission for copies of that article to be made for classroom use, provided that (1) each copy is distributed at or below cost, (2) the author and LAPILJ are identified on each copy, (3) proper notice of copyright is affixed to each copy, and (4) the author and LAPILJ are notified of the use.
Cover Photo: We Built America © Cindy Bendat 2006. All rights reserved. www.cindybendat.com.
Manuscripts: LAPILJ publishes a combination of the following: (1) symposium articles solicited by LAPILJ; (2) articles from open submissions; (3) “Community Voices”, which includes letters, reflections, and essays from community members, including experienced public interest attorneys, community advocates, clients, and other members of the Los Angeles public interest community. Any author wishing to submit an article or reflection for publication is encouraged to visit the LAPILJ website at www.lapilj.org for updates on deadlines and submission instructions.
Production: The text and citations of LAPILJ generally conform to The Blue Book: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2008) and The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed. 2003). It is the general policy of LAPILJ to use gender-neutral language. Views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions of LAPILJ, its editors, directors and advisors, or Community Partners. LAPILJ is printed by Joe Christensen, Inc. in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Subscriptions: Subscriptions are available for $25 per year (plus $5 for international mailing). This subscription price is based on projected publication of two issues of LAPILJ each year, and as such, the price is subject to increase upon renewal if LAPILJ plans to publish more than two issues in any given year. All subscriptions are renewed automatically unless the subscriber provides timely notice of cancellation. All notifications of change of address should include old and new addresses, with zip codes. Address changes and requests for subscription information should be directed to the General Managing Editor at lapilj@gmail.com.
