By Elaine McArdle In February, the Housing Justice for Survivors Project took on a case just 24 hours before a critical deadline—and, through round-the-clock effort and creative lawyering, helped a survivor of domestic violence and […]
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Originally Published on Feb 06, 2025 in Harvard Law Today Eight years ago, Julia Devanthéry, a housing justice advocate, founded the Housing Justice for Survivors Project at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School to
Explore the collective work completed at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center (LSC) during just a single week in November! Compiled & Written By: Elaine McArdle Consumer Protection Clinic secures victory for client who was victimized
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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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MGH Funds to Housing Justice for Survivors Project Means More Help for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence By Elaine McArdle Survivors of gender-based violence often face serious housing problems, too, including getting evicted from their homes
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LSC’s Housing Justice for Survivors program Awarded MGH Community Health Impact Funds Funding to Support Affordable Housing Initiatives FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 9, 2024 BOSTON, MA – The WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard
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By Harvard Law School Student Tashrima Hossain ’26 When I was eight, Hurricane Katrina ravaged my community and pushed my family into homelessness. A decade later, I moved to San Francisco and was struck by
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By Harvard Law School Student Melissa Morgan ’24 In Massachusetts, where survivors of gender-based violence have access to some important housing protections, such protections are little understood and little used. In 2013, the state legislature
Published by the Harvard Law School Office of Clinical Programs | August 10, 2022 By Annalise Wagner ’23 This past spring, I worked as a Student Attorney in the WilmerHale Legal Services Center Housing Clinic.
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By Rachel Reed/HLS News Staff/ September 10, 2021, in Harvard Law Today The expiration two weeks ago of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s pandemic-related moratorium on evictions has caused new uncertainty for the
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Julia Devanthéry, Attorney and Clinical Instructor in LSC’s Housing Clinic and founder of the Housing Justice for Survivor’s Project, was recently interviewed by Huffington Post as part of its reporting on the increased challenges and
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