NEWS and UPDATES
Press Release
June 5, 2019
On Monday, June 3, 2019 New Covenant Legal Services (NCLS), a St. Louis City-based legal services organization filed a petition in Cole County Circuit Court against the Missouri Family Support Division (“FSD”) and a number of its employees. The petition seeks monetary damages and declaratory relief on behalf of Mr. Jamie Wesley related to a wrongful license suspension as well as subsequent child support collection efforts. The license suspension occurred in September of 2018 and cost Mr. Wesley the loss of his employment as a professional truck driver. Wesley’s case has been well documented in a recent story by St. Louis Post Dispatch columnist, Tony Messenger, and a subsequent editorial that appeared in the Post-Dispatch on May 28, 2019.
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In the News: Trying to rebuild life after prison, trucker loses license, job over child support debt | Tony Messenger, St. Louis Post Dispatch
May 25, 2019
“Jamie Wesley didn’t want to see the judge. It was 2017. Wesley had just done 12 years in federal prison on drugs and weapons charges.
The judge who sent him away, U.S. Senior District Judge E. Richard Webber, wanted to talk to him.”
Continue reading the full article by Tony Messenger on the St. Louis Post DIspatch’s website.
2018 Annual Report
March 2019
In NCLS’s inaugural annual report, we share our annual caseload, service hours, client feedback, year end financial report and our planned growth for next year.
Click here to download a PDF version of our 2018 Annual Report.
New Covenant Legal Services Newsletters
Spring 2019 Newsletter
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In this issue:
- Sometimes We Lose (p 1)
- NCLS Office Expansion (p 2)
- NCLS Mourns Rev. Lutjens (p 2)
- Two New Directors! (p 3)
- New Horizons (p 3)
- NCLS Case Update (p 4)
Winter 2018 Newsletter
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In this issue:
- Payday Loan Scam (Page 1)
- Poverty Law Seminar (Page 2)
- NCLS Christmas Party (Page 3)
Fall 2018 Newsletter
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In this issue:
- NCLS Updates (Page 1)
- Attorney Spotlight: Eric Bronner (Page 3)
- Intern Spotlight: Tiffany Hill (Page 3)