Photo Credit: The New York Observer, https://observer.com/2018/05/liuba-grechen-shirley-childcare-campaign-funds/ By: Creighton Boggs With less than forty-five days remaining until the midterm elections, political pundits continue to speculate that this may be the second “Year of the Woman.”[1] The first “Year of the Woman” was in 1992, when forty-seven women were elected to the House of Representatives and four women were elected to the Senate.[2] This is typically characterized as … Continue reading In What May Be the Second Year of the Woman, It’s Time to Ensure Childcare is Considered a Campaign Expense in State-Level Races Too

Photo source: https://theintercept.com/2018/09/01/metoo-fbi-informant-environmental-activism-rod-coronado/ A self-portrait Julie Henry took after she was assaulted in 2014. By: Alta Viscomi Spike Lee’s highly anticipated movie “BlacKkKlansman” winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, debuted on August 10th to nearly collective high praise.[1] A few days later, director Boots Riley, took to Twitter to remind viewers that the movie’s plot was a “made up story in which the false … Continue reading FBI Surveillance Takes on Community Outreach and the #MeToo Movement

By: Rachel Lugay With the explosion of the opioid crisis, came a spike in “sober homes” throughout southern Florida. These seemingly well-intended rehabilitation programs promising a cheaper outpatient recovery option, in fact, are central to a large scale insurance fraud scheme.[1] When insured substance users seek assistance from sober homes, the owners receive insurance payments for their rehabilitative care, while the insured receive little to … Continue reading The Fraudulent Florida Shuffle

By: MaryAnn Grover, Editor-in-Chief The Richmond Public Interest Law Review welcomes you to the PILR Blog. As we begin our second year of blogging, we also enter our twenty-second year of publishing scholarly articles addressing the serious issues that occupy the minds of those who work in the public interest. This year we are lucky to welcome nineteen new staff members. They come to us … Continue reading Welcome Back!