LEGAL DISCLAIMER A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual is written and updated by members of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review.The law prohibits us from providing any legal advice to prisoners. This information is not intended as legal advice or representation nor should you consider or rely upon it as such. A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual Chapter 16: Using 42 U.S.C. ss 1983 and 28 U.S.C. ss 1331 to Obtain Relief From Violations of Federal Law Commonly used by prison inmates to assist with federal lawsuits when they believe their Civil Rights have been violated by the prison. View Alexandra Valdez's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual Columbia Law School. Juris Doctorate (JD) Columbia Human Rights Law Review "A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual and Supplement" 2012: Columbia Human Rights Law Review "A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual and Supplement" 2011: Columbia Human Rights Law Review "A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual and Supplement" 2010 He was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, served as an articles editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review's A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual, and helped create the Prison Healthcare Initiative, a student-run organization that began in Professor Bernard Harcourt's Legal Methods class. He interned in the capital at the U.S. Department of NYS jailhouse lawyer's manual info. This is distributed by the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. As of this posting, it costs $25 if requested by or for an inmate (which means it has to be mailed directly to an inmate). The original writers and editors of the Handbook (formerly the NLG Jailhouse Lawyers Manual), Brian Glick, the Prison Law Collective, the Jailhouse Manual Collective and Angus Love. And special thanks to Alissa Hull and John Boston for significant work on the 2010 edition. The Center for Constitutional Rights and National Lawyers Guild wrote The Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook in 2003 for inmates needing rudimenta