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Via WGHB By: Chris Burrell Source: iStock A hot real estate market in Boston and surrounding cities is fueling rent hikes and evictions…
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Via the Project on Predatory Student Lending Over 158,000 students of abusive colleges applied for loan cancellation, yet the U.S. Department of Education has…
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My Student Loan Truth: Theresa’s Brooks Institute Story
June 28, 2019
Via the Project on Predatory Student Lending By: Theresa Sweet Source: Flickr When Theresa graduated from the Brooks Institute in 2006, she never…
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Via the Legal Services Center The Veterans Legal Clinic at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School (LSC) is piloting a new…
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Reform Meets Response: LSC Launches Criminal Record Sealing Initiative in Wake of Massachusetts Criminal Justice Reform
June 28, 2019
Via the Legal Services Center The Legal Services Center strives to place the voices of Boston’s communities at the heart of its…
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HIRC client wins asylum after eight years
June 28, 2019
Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic Pictured left to right: Clinical Instructor Phil Torrey, Abraham, Clinical Instructor Cindy Zapata, and Alicia Coneys,…
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Prosecuting a Jury Trial
June 27, 2019
By: Joseph Rosenberg, J.D. ’19 “An hour-and-a-half?” I repeated over the phone. “But the trial is starting now!” Today, I was prosecuting an operating under…
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Looking for Tools to Change
June 27, 2019
Via the Harvard Dispute Systems Design Clinic (Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP)) Margaret Huang ’19 Margaret Huang ’19 came to law…
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“They Don’t Teach You This in Law School,” Moments in the Domestic Violence and Family Law Clinic
June 27, 2019
By: Tara Louise Casey, LL.M. ’19 Tara Louise Casey LL.M. ’19 As an LL.M. student who has recently finished my primary law degree in…
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Are Americans Getting Enough Fiber?
June 24, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By: Elaine McArdle Susan Crawford, author of “Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution-and Why America Might Miss It” Credit: Dana…
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LSC Housing Clinic student helps win precedent-setting case for domestic violence survivors facing eviction
June 24, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today WilmerHale Legal Services Center’s Family Law and Housing Clinic attorneys Maureen McDonagh and Julia Devanthéry, with Emily Mannheimer ’19.
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Via MassLive By: Shira Schonenberg A few times a week, Katie Macomber, medical home care coordinator at Amherst Pediatrics, writes a “prescription” for patients…
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Collecting on Dreams
June 24, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By: Julia Hanna As a 2L, Toby Merrill ’11 was enrolled in a Harvard Law School consumer clinic litigating against…
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All in a Day’s Work
June 20, 2019
By: Alexis Farmer The numerous clinics at Harvard Law School (HLS) are frequently successful in their pursuit of advancing justice. We often read of victories…
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From the Boston Marathon to a deadly meningitis outbreak, a prosecutor shares negotiation lessons
June 14, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By: Adriel Borshansky Credit: Lorin Granger This spring, George Varghese, an assistant U.S. Attorney based in Boston, delivered a…
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Sheryl Dickey Named a 2019 Harvard Hero
June 13, 2019
By: Olivia Klein OCP and OPIA staff with award winner Sheryl Dickey (middle) The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs (OCP) is proud…
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The Small Victories Mean the Most
June 13, 2019
By: Gege Wang, J.D. ’19 Gege Wang ’19 Before leaving law school, I wanted to gain some exposure to public interest and legal services work.
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My Time with the Mississippi Delta Project
June 13, 2019
By: Emanuel Powell, J.D. ’19 From left to right, Emanuel Powell ’19, Sacajawea “saki” Hall, a Environmental Justice Initiative Client at Cooperation Jackson, and Megan…
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Legal Services Center Housing Clinic wins precedent setting case for domestic violence survivors facing eviction
June 10, 2019
Via the Legal Services Center Source: flickr Survivors of domestic violence in Massachusetts and nationwide facing eviction have won a major victory in the…
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Project on Predatory Student Lending Director Toby Merrill Honored by the American Constitution Society
June 7, 2019
Via the Project on Predatory Student Lending Toby Merrill Credit: Martha Stewart At the American Constitution Society’s National Convention in Washington, D.C. this week,…