Tag
Legal Services Center
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Julia Devanthéry Honored with Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s Top Women of Law Award
November 21, 2022
Via LSC Blog Julia Devanthéry, founding director of the Housing Justice for Survivors Project at the Legal Services Center (LSC), has been selected as…
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‘We want to be your voice’
November 16, 2022
By Olivia Klein Credit: iStock Abigail was nervous the first time she walked into the courthouse. She’d been working with students at the Family…
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Following court challenge by the Legal Services Center, VA expands access to benefits for LGBTQ+ veterans’ surviving spouses
October 17, 2022
Via LSC Blog 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,…
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Holistic Care through Interdisciplinary Partnership
September 20, 2022
By Olivia Klein Photo: GARY HIGGINS / BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL “It just makes sense.” Samir Hanna, clinical instructor at the…
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The Project on Predatory Student Lending Relaunches as Independent, Nonprofit Organization
August 2, 2022
Via LSC Blog The Project, which has grown to represent over one million student borrowers, will officially spin-off from the Legal Services Center at…
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LSC CORI/Criminal Record Sealing Summer Workshop Series
July 18, 2022
Via LSC Blog Seal or Clear Your MA Criminal Record! As many as 1 in 3 adults in the US have a criminal record,…
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‘Shadow pandemic’ of domestic violence
July 5, 2022
Via The Harvard Gazette
By Liz Mineo At the onset of the pandemic, the number of calls into hotlines went down. “But that didn’t mean… -
Via LSC Blog The tax issues faced by Native Alaskan tribal members are unusually complex. Those complexities stem not only from the area’s chief…
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Via LSC Blog Although the Supreme Court has been sharply divided on a host of issues this term, it ruled unanimously this spring in Boechler…
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When Perpetrators of Domestic Violence Use Civil Court System to Re-Victimize Survivors
April 25, 2022
By Madeline Finnegan, J.D. ’23
Via LSC Blog Madeline Finnegan, J.D. ’23 While domestic violence is sometimes dealt with in the criminal justice system,… -
By Stephanie Keleman, J.D. ’22
Via LSC Blog I lost my first appeal, and I am not sad. Over the course of a year, I… -
Fighting for Privacy, Fighting for Dignity
April 4, 2022
A transgender individual heads to their local DMV for a standard appointment – a registration renewal or driver’s license issuance. Just like the person at the…
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‘Doing Justice’ Together: An Interview with LSC Safety Net Project Director Julie McCormack
January 10, 2022
This interview appeared in the Brown Political Review. Julie McCormack is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, co-teaching “The Poverty Law Workshop –…
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Via LSC Blog By mid-semester, the 14 Harvard Law students enrolled in the Veterans Law & Disability Benefits Clinic at the Legal Services Center…
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LSC’s Safety Net Project Students Testify Before Mass Legislature on Importance of Nutrition Benefits
October 18, 2021
Via LSC Blog Kate Strickland and Rachel Schwarz, Harvard Law students in LSC’s Safety Net Project, submitted testimony last week on two bills under…
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Giving back to the Greater Boston community
June 29, 2021
via Harvard Gazette Daniel Polonsky ’21 Students contribute time, effort, expertise to solving local challenges, helping residents Students from Schools, centers, and programs…
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Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors From Eviction Is Always Important—but Especially During COVID
January 8, 2021
via MotherJones.com
by Isabela Dias Fight disinformation. Get the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. The coronavirus is a rapidly developing news story,… -
On Clinical Legal Education: Daniel L. Nagin
January 5, 2021
via The Practice
In this article we revisit three themes from previous issues this year—Clinical Legal Education, …
