A window into a week at the Legal Services Center
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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Patrick Healy ’26 on Capturing veterans’ stories in the Estate Planning Project
By Patrick Healy ’26, Originally Published in HLS ‘Clinic Stories’ The Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic counts for three credits on my transcript, but it also satisfies three things that drew me to the ...
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Fall 2024 DAV Distinguished Speaker Series Examines Changing Veteran Demographics
The State of Innovation: California and Massachusetts Lead Pro-Veteran Efforts DAV Distinguished Speaker Series Examines Changing Veteran Demographics By: Elaine McArdle Today’s military veterans face distinct needs and challenges that are just beginning to be ...
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Aliyah McLaurin Joins Veterans Legal Clinic as DAV Charitable Service Trust Fellow
Aliyah McLaurin Joins Estate Planning Project, within the Veterans Legal Clinic as DAV Charitable Service Trust Fellow By: Elaine McArdle We are very pleased to announce that Aliyah McLaurin has joined LSC’s Veterans Legal Clinic ...
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Q & A with Consumer Class Action Expert Stuart Rossman
Q & A with Consumer Class Action Expert Stuart Rossman, Access to Justice Fellow at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center of HLS By: Elaine McArdle Predatory lending, unfair trade practices, scams against military veterans—for 25 ...
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Dana Montalto Receives National Award for Work on Behalf of Veterans
Dana Montalto, of LSC’s Veterans Legal Clinic, Receives 2024 Dave Myers Award for Work on Behalf of Veterans By Elaine McArdle In recognition of her decade-long effort to persuade the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ...
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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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New Funds Will Mean More Help for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
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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Legal Services Center Awarded MGH Community Health Impact Funds
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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