PRESS RELEASE: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, American Psychiatric Association, National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Association for Rural Mental Health, and National Association of Social Workers on June 28 released the...
Ethics and Law
Mental Health Groups Decry Supreme Court Decision Upholding the Criminalization People who are Unhoused
Community-based housing, mental health services are better ways to address homelessness
In legal victory, Ohio Supreme Court extends parental rights to same-sex couples
NASW part of amicus brief that supports rights of parents in same-sex marriages
NASW amicus brief helps lead to court ordering children removed from Louisiana Angola Prison
Despite legal victory, Louisiana has appealed ruling by Fifth Court of Appeals
Courts Matter to Social Workers: A Call for SCOTUS Ethics Reform
The intersection of SCOTUS actions and the social welfare of marginalized Americans is unmistakable.
NASW disappointed by ruling upholding firing of pregnant Catholic school teacher
This expansion of the ministerial exception risks threatening the civil rights of thousands of New Jersey employees.
Now that Affirmative Action is Dead, Look Back for the Way Forward | NASW Member Voices
More than 60 years of work to diversify schools and provide opportunities for minorities has been undone.
NASW scores legal victory in same-sex parenting case in Michigan
On July 24, 2023, the Michigan Supreme Court in Pueblo v. Haas ruled in our favor, granting unmarried people in same-sex relationships the right to seek custody and parenting time with their children even if there was no genetic connection.