LSC Staffs Legal Assistance Tent at Stand Down Event for Homeless Veterans
LSC staff and volunteers at Massachusetts Stand Down 2014. Back row (L-R): Max Weinstein, Christopher Melendez, Daniel Nagin, Robert Proctor, Lisa Bernt, Nate Hennagin. Front (L-R): Julie McCormack, Toby Merrill, Charlie Carriere, Steve Shay, Dehlia ...
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LSC Clinic Students Awarded Public Service Fellowships
Congratulations to the following former Legal Services Center clinic students who received 2014 Public Service Venture Fund fellowships to pursue diverse opportunities for 2014-2015. Stephanie Berger (J.D. ’14) has been awarded a fellowship to work with ...
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Bill Aims to Help Sellers of Foreclosure Homes
Max Weinstein, Clinical Instructor in the Predatory Lending Practice, is quoted in the July 30, 2014 Boston Globe article “Bill aims to help sellers of foreclosure home.” From the article: “A controversial bill aimed at helping ...
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Stephanie Davidson Joins Family Law and Domestic Violence Clinic
Stephanie Davidson joined the Legal Services Center (LSC) in July as an Attorney and Clinical Fellow. The Clinic primarily serves clients through the Passageway Health Law Collaborative, a partnership with the Brigham and Women’s Hospital ...
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Student Lawyers Making an Impact on Family and Domestic Violence Cases
Students in the Family and Domestic Violence Law Clinic manage all aspects of their cases. Under the supervision of Associate Director and Senior Clinical Instructor Nnena Odim, they conduct intake, provide advice, and represent clients ...
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Diversity and Disability: How Disability Fits in to the Campus-wide Dialogue About Diversity
Julie McCormack, Director and Senior Clinical Instructor in the Disability Litigation and Benefits Advocacy Clinic, participated in a robust discussion on April 11th at Harvard Law School on “Diversity & Disability: How Disability Fits in ...
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Family Law Clinic Student Advocates for Survivor of Domestic Violence
by Akhila Kolisetty, J.D. ’15, Harvard Law School As I sat in the courtroom with my client, waiting for the judge to call us for a pre-trial hearing, we saw my client’s abusive husband enter ...
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Student Contributes to People’s Law School
by Jewel Hand, J.D. ’15, Harvard Law School Recently, I was able to contribute to the Legal Services Center’s second annual People’s Law School. It is a unique day-long community outreach program designed to teach ...
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McDonagh Named to Mayor Walsh Housing Task Force
Maureen E. McDonagh, Director of the Post-Foreclosure Eviction Defense/Housing Law Clinic has been named to a new task force convened by Mayor Martin J. Walsh set to take on a challenge that has stymied Boston’s ...
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LSC Student Receives 2014 Law Student Ethics Award
Legal Services Center student Shaina Wamsley J.D. ’14, Harvard Law School, received the 2014 Law Student Ethics Award from the Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Student in Housing Law Clinic Helps Elderly Couple Fight Eviction
Harvard Law School student K-Sue Park, J.D. ’15, describes her experience defending an elderly couple as part of her clinical work in the Post Foreclosure Eviction Defense Housing Clinic. Read about her experience here.
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Re-Writing the Rules on Loans and Debit Cards
Toby Merrill, director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, was selected as a negotiator by the Education Department as described in the Inside Higher Ed February 10, 2014 article “U.S. Selects Rules Panel for ...
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