Tax Litigation Clinic Obtains Important Victory at the U.S. Court of Appeals—Decision Overturns Tax Court Precedent that Harmed Low-Income Taxpayers and Others
On July 19th, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit embraced an interpretation of the tax code that had long been advocated by LSC’s Tax Litigation Clinic—handing an important victory to the ...
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LSC’s Rebecca Greening Quoted in Globe on Staggering Number of DCF Decision Reversals in Fair Hearings
Rebecca Greening, clinical instructor in LSC’s Family Justice Clinic, commented in a recent Boston Globe article on the astounding number — 48 percent in 2022 —of Department of Children and Family (DCF) decisions that are ...
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Mussab Ali: Right-to-Counsel reform and the way forward | Opinion
In this Jersey Journal column, Mussab Ali ’23 talks about his work in LSC’s Housing Clinic representing clients facing eviction— and how important it is to have legal representation against “unscrupulous landlords.” Read Mussab’s reflections ...
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For Anthony Pericolo ‘23, Helping Secure Benefits for a Veteran without Permanent Housing was his Most Rewarding Law School Experience
In this Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs blog post, Anthony Pericolo ‘23 discusses his representation of an older veteran whose veterans benefits had been unlawfully terminated. Anthony explains in the post that his ...
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Arabi Hassan ’23 Gets Introduction to Emerging Field of Family Defense While at LSC
What does it look like to expand access to justice when people in crisis can’t afford a lawyer? In this Harvard Law School Clinic in a Minute video, Arabi Hassan ’23 talks about how her ...
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Harvard Students Select Alex Chen for AAPI/APIDA Affinity Celebration Faculty Award
After soliciting nominations from students representing all schools at Harvard, the Planning Committee for the 2023 Harvard AAPI/APIDA (Asian American Pacific Islander/Asian Pacific Islander Desi American) Affinity Celebration selected Alex Chen, founding director of LSC’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy ...
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LSC Students Honored with Clinical and Pro Bono Awards at Harvard Commencement
Three LSC students received clinical and pro bono at Harvard Law School’s commencement: Stephanie Perez ’23, a clinic student in LSC’s Veterans Legal Clinic in 2022, was honored with the Ralph D. Gants Access to Justice ...
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Sam Holloway ’24 Discovers that Criminal Record Sealing is Not Always the End of the Story
In this blog post, Sam Holloway ‘24, student in LSC’s Safety Net Program, discusses how he helped a client fully clear her public record. This client had been absolved of criminal wrongdoing and her record ...
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Destini Agüero Awarded Women’s Bar Foundation Nery J. Arrano Pro Bono Award
The Women’s Bar Foundation presented Destini Agüero, deputy director of LSC, clinical instructor, and director of the Estate Planning Project in the Veterans Legal Clinic, with one of two Nery J. Arrano Pro Bono Awards ...
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Madison Wulf Elbich ’24 Helps Craft Amicus Brief Urging Sixth Circuit Court to Overturn Decision that Harms Low-Income Taxpayers
During her first two weeks at the clinic, under the supervision of Audrey Patten, clinical instructor and acting director of the Tax Litigation Clinic, Madison Wulf Elbich ’24 filed an amicus brief urging the Sixth ...
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Former Director of LSC’s Federal Tax Clinic Keith Fogg’s Career Chronicled in Podcast
At the Annual Low Income Taxpayer Clinics Conference in Phoenix in December 2022, Omeed Firouzi, staff attorney at Philadelphia Legal Assistance Taxpayer Support Clinic, spoke with Keith Fogg, clinical professor of law emeritus and former ...
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Letter to the Editor Calls for Radically Re-Imagining the Department of Child and Family Services
In this Boston Globe letter to the editor, Rebecca Greening, clinical instructor in the Family Justice Clinic at LSC, argues that the Department of Children and Families (DCF) should not be the path to care ...
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