LSC Reaches Out to Homeless and At-Risk Vets at Stand Down 2017
A team of lawyers from LSC’s Veterans Clinic joined staff and volunteer lawyers from Veterans Legal Services to offer legal advice at the 2017 Greater Boston Stand Down on September 8 at City Hall Plaza. ...
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LSC Alum Leading the Way for People with Disabilities
Haben Girma, a Harvard Law School alum and alum of LSC’s Disability Litigation Unit (now the Safety Net Project) , is featured on the cover of the September issue of the American Bar Association Journal for ...
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Moving Day in Boston: What Are Tenants’ Rights?
Renters moving out of one place and signing a lease on a new one need to know their rights as tenants. One way to do that is to check out the newly updated book ...
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Job Announcement: LSC’s Project on Predatory Student Lending Hiring for a Clinical Attorney
The Project on Predatory Student Lending seeks an outstanding experienced attorney to join our team this summer. The Project is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff and an inclusive environment. This position presents ...
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LSC’s Project on Predatory Student Lending and Public Citizen Sue to Stop Education Department’s Illegal Regulatory Delay
The U.S. Department of Education broke the law when it announced a delay of a rule designed to protect students defrauded by predatory for-profit colleges and career training programs, two borrowers said in a lawsuit filed today ...
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Veterans Legal Clinic Files Class Action Against Massachusetts Treasury on Behalf of Veterans with Bad-Paper Discharges
On June 29, the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School filed a class action lawsuit in Massachusetts Superior Court on behalf of Army combat veteran Jeffrey Machado and an ...
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Court Orders Department of Education to Consider Student Loan Relief Application, Calling Request for Further Delay “Frivolous and in Bad Faith”
The United States District Court for the Central District of California issued an Order today that directs the Department of Education to rule on the loan relief application of a former Corinthian student that has ...
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ITT Trustee to Stop Collection on All “Temporary Credit” Accounts
MAY 19, 2017 On May 18, the court overseeing ITT’s bankruptcy case approved a motion to stop collection on all ITT “Temporary Credits.” ITT used unfair and deceptive tactics to get students to sign up ...
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Boston Bar Association posts podcast featuring Julia Devanthery and Maureen E. McDonagh
Julia Devanthery and Maureen E. McDonagh are featured in this Boston Bar podcast about the proposed statewide expansion of the Housing Court
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Project on Predatory Student Lending Statement on Proposed Sale of EDMC to Dream Center Foundation
Last Friday, for-profit college giant Education Management Corporation (EDMC) announced the sale of many of its campuses to the Dream Center Foundation. The acquisition would convert three of the corporation’s chains—the Art Institutes, Argosy University, ...
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Project on Predatory Student Lending Sues Federal Government For Withholding For-Profit College Corporation’s Recruitment Records
On February 14, the Project on Predatory Student Lending of the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, challenging the government’s refusal to provide documents shedding light on for-profit ...
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Job Announcement: Attorney Position, Veterans Legal Clinic
The Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School is pleased to announce that we are adding a new Clinic Attorney to our team in the Veterans Legal Clinic. With a focus on advocating for veterans ...
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