Alex Chen Delivers Harvard Law School’s “Last Lecture”
“Go learn how to ride a motorcycle. Go diving, go climb a mountain or learn how to fly. Or go and do something irrational for someone you love,” recommended Alex Chen, founding director of LSC’s ...
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LSC Student Representation of Veteran’s Spouse Impacted VA Policies: Providing the Same Survivor Benefits to Same-Sex Marriages as Heterosexual Marriages
In this Harvard Law School Clinic in a Minute video, Nathan Lowry ‘24 and David Paul ‘24, students in LSC’s Veteran’s Law and Disabilities Benefits Clinic, discuss their work representing Mr. Larry Vilord, who had ...
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Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School’s Open House Photo Gallery, March 21, 2023
Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School’s Open House Photo Gallery, March 21, 2023
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Two LSC Students Selected for Skadden Fellowship
“For me, the most important part of clinical and SPO [student practice organizations] work has been the emphasis on each individual client…The daily fight to improve the life of one individual at a time is…a ...
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Community Resource Fair for Returning Citizens, Wednesday, April 5, 10am-12pm at Boston Public Library’s Grove Hall Branch
Join the Legal Services Center for our Community Resource Fair for Returning Citizens at Boston Public Library‘s Grove Hall Branch tomorrow, Wednesday, April 5th, from 10 am-12 pm. Visit https://legalservicescenter.org/cori-webinar-series/… for more information.
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Destini Agüero, LSC’s new deputy director, discusses her role and its impact
Over the past five years, the Legal Services Center (LSC) has continued to expand and evolve in order to address the community’s changing legal needs and respond to student interests. We have added clinics, including ...
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Bridging the Military-Civilian Divide: Thoughts from those Who Have Been on the Front Line
Bridging the Military-Civilian Divide: Thoughts from those Who Have Been on the Front Line There was a time in US history when, during periods of war, almost everyone in a community had served or knew ...
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Settlement reached on birth certificate gender markers, names in West Virginia
Via Washington Blade The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources’ Vital Registration Office has introduced more accessible and safer policies for transgender people seeking to amend their birth certificates. This action implemented as ...
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Julia Devanthéry Honored with Massachusetts Lawyer Weekly’s Top Women of Law Award
Julia Devanthéry, founding director of the Housing Justice for Survivors Project at the Legal Services Center (LSC), has been selected as a 2022 Top Women of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and was honored at ...
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VIDEO – LSC’s Alex Chen at Harvard Kennedy School Forum on Transgender Rights and Transgender Lives
One month after the death of HKS student and trans activist Rodrigo Ventocilla MPA/ID 2023, a panel of experts grappled with a difficult question: is the story of trans rights and trans lives one of ...
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VIDEO – The DAV Distinguished Speaker Series – Bridging the Gap: Sebastian Junger on the Dangers of the Military-Civilian Divide
The 2022 DAV Distinguished Speaker Series features a discussion about the military-civilian divide with noted author and filmmaker Sebastian Junger. Hosted by the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School ...
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Following Court Challenge by Harvard Law School’s Legal Services Center, VA Expands Access to Benefits for LGBTQ+ Veterans’ Surviving Spouses
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Yesterday, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it is ending enforcement of a marriage duration requirement that discriminates against survivors of LGBTQ+ veterans, including Lawrence Vilord, a client of the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School. This decision will ...
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