Unemployment Action Center
Overview
Non-profit organization
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run by students of nine law school
Law school
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s in the New York City
New York City
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area. The purpose of UAC is to provide free legal representation to people who were denied unemployment benefit
Unemployment benefit
Unemployment benefits are payments made by the state or other authorized bodies to unemployed people. Benefits may be based on a compulsory para-governmental insurance system...
s by the New York State Department of Labor, or against appeals by employers from an initial determination granting unemployment insurance.
UAC was founded in 1981 as a clinical program at New York University School of Law
New York University School of Law
The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law, and is located in Greenwich Village, in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
and now adds over 100 participants each year.
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