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Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
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“The way the system is supposed to work is that it’s an adversarial system where both sides have advocates and both sides would therefore have equal bargaining power when they get to the court, but that’s not actually the reality,” Eloise Lawrence, deputy faculty director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.
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‘Even my most stressful days are deeply fulfilling’
November 3, 2023
We caught up with Levine to learn more about his passion for public interest work, common misconceptions about government work, and challenges facing consumers in today's digital economy.
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Via Harvard Legal Aid Bureau News Suzanna Bobadilla served as the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau’s President from February 2022 through February 2023, and is…
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Four members of the HLS Class of 2023 have been selected as recipients of the Skadden Fellowship, a two-year fellowship to…
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Helping parents know their legal rights
March 23, 2023
HLAB launches Family Defense Practice to help parents facing investigations by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families By Colleen Walsh
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HLAB wins judgment against Mass. painting & construction company for recurring wage theft
February 22, 2023
By Shilpa Sadhasivam ’23
Via HLAB Blog CAMBRIDGE, Feb. 21, 2023—Dana Talbot, owner of painting and construction company Dana Talbot Painting, has incurred… -
Harvard Legal Aid Bureau 2023-2024: Board and Recruitment
February 17, 2023
On March 1, the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (HLAB) will transition to a new board for the 2023-2024 academic year. 2023-2024 Board of Directors…
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A moment of truth for the Housing Court
February 16, 2023
By Esme Caramello
Via Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly The Housing Court was created in 1971 to bring specialized expertise and resources to the complex… -
Excerpted from WGBH
By Stephanie Leydon ‘Our housing system has broken down’ There’s been an uptick in housing construction over the last several… -
By Danny McDonald
Via The Boston Globe It is morning in Eastern Housing Court, and Frances Louis is seated on a bench in… -
Slavin v. Lewis Amicus Brief Project: Housing Clinic Students Step Up In Solidarity with Tenants and Survivors of Abuse
August 10, 2022
By Annalise Wagner ’23 This past spring, I worked as a Student Attorney in the WilmerHale Legal Services Center Housing Clinic. From the first day…
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Via J.D. Admissions Blog
By Sarah Tsai ’23 Peach crop top hoodies. The charming yellow building across from the law school. Michelle Obama. Those… -
By Olivia Klein Liz Butterworth ’22 is the recipient of the 2022 Gants Access to Justice Award. Butterworth is honored for her zealous advocacy for housing justice as a member of…
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HLAB’s Stephanie Goldenhersh honored as Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Top Woman of Law
January 14, 2022
by Correy E. Stephenson, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly As a 3L, Stephanie E. Goldenhersh took a clinic and team-taught an undergraduate course. It was an experience…
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Harvard Law School clinics redouble efforts to assist after eviction moratorium’s end
September 15, 2021
via Harvard Law Today
by Rachel Reed The expiration two weeks ago of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s pandemic-related moratorium on evictions… -
Eviction moratorium’s end could cause homelessness or housing insecurity for ‘millions of families’
August 3, 2021
via Harvard Law Today
by Rachel Reed Last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a nation-wide moratorium on evictions,… -
via Harvard Law Today by Grace Yuh Credit: Courtesy of Jeremy Ravinsky Jeremy Ravinsky ’20 was awarded this year’s Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono…
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Eloise Lawrence named assistant clinical professor of law and deputy faculty director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
February 6, 2020
via Harvard Law Today Eloise Lawrence, a community lawyering advocate, was named assistant clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School and deputy faculty…