VA Secretary to speak at Harvard Law School on Nov. 2nd
Dr. David Shulkin, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, will deliver the 2017 Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Distinguished Lecture at Harvard Law School next month. This is the fourth annual event in the ...
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Helping Low-Income Clients Navigate the IRS
Tax Clinic students and faculty fight for clients’ rights, file potentially precedent-setting appeals. The client worked at a minimum wage retail job earning $13,000 a year and was the family’s sole breadwinner. Because she and ...
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Advocacy Alert: Low-Income Military Retirees Left Unprotected in Federal Payment Levy Program
In a recent blog post, Clinical Professor Keith Fogg, Director of the Federal Tax Clinic at LSC, advocates for the IRS to ensure that low-income veterans who receive military retirement payments are protected from financial ...
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Project on Predatory Student Lending Invites Secretary DeVos to Meet with Former For-Profit College Students
Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, will be speaking at Harvard University’s Kennedy School this Thursday, September 28th. In a letter to the Secretary, the Project on Predatory Student Lending has requested ...
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Fellowship Opportunity: Public Welfare Foundation A2J Tech Fellowship
Harvard Law School is thrilled to announce the Public Welfare Foundation A2J Tech Fellowship. This is an exciting post-graduate fellowship opportunity for Harvard Law students and graduates interested in working at the intersection of technology ...
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Successfully Protecting Housing Rights of Sexual Assault and Domestic Abuse Survivors
Attorneys and students in LSC’s Housing Justice for Survivors Project are working on multiple fronts to protect the rights of survivors of sexual assault and physically abusive relationships to ensure that they have safe, affordable ...
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AP Story Quotes LSC Attorney on Delay in Cancelling Predatory For-Profit College Loans
Tens of thousands of former students who say they were swindled by for-profit colleges are being left in limbo as the Trump administration delays action on requests for loan forgiveness, according to court documents obtained ...
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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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