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The Legal Services Center was founded in 1979 with a commitment to combine education and service in the study of law.

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The Legal Services Center has a long record of providing exemplary legal services to address the unmet needs of low-income individuals and families in Greater Boston.

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Our mission is to educate law students for practice and professional service while meeting the critical needs of the community.

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Celebrating 30 Years at LSC: Roger Bertling & Julie McCormack

Celebrating Clinician Anniversaries: 30 Years at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School Original Post: Harvard Law Today This year, two Legal Services Center clinicians are celebrating milestone anniversaries at Harvard Law School. Over ...
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Housing Clinic Helps with Landmark Legislation to Seal Eviction Records

Housing Clinic Helps with Landmark Legislation to Seal Eviction Records By: Elaine McArdle For the first time in Massachusetts history, tenants will have the opportunity to seal an eviction record, following years of legislative advocacy ...
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Continuing Conversations On Trauma-Informed Clinical Education

Julia Devanthéry speaks in London on Trauma-Informed Clinical Education   Julia Devanthéry, Director of the Housing Justice for Survivors Project at the Housing Law Clinic, was invited by the University College of London’s Faculty of ...
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LSC Students Contribute to Passing of Historic Massachusetts Law, HERO Act

Historic Massachusetts Law to Support Veterans Signed into Law – with Help from LSC Students By Elaine McArdle Three students in the Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic—David Paul ’24, Basundhara Mukherjee ‘24, and Nathan ...
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