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WilmerHale Legal Services Center
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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 Credit: iStock/JJ Gouin The expiration two weeks ago of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s pandemic-related… -
Going public
July 12, 2021
via Harvard Law Today
by Elaine McArdle
Credit: Shutterstock Before starting as a student at Harvard Law School two years ago, Courtney Brunson ’22 worked… -
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, … -
via LSC blog Panelists highlight the disparities and unmet needs of minority veterans, see hope in greater involvement and action While the military has…
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Students Work with Clients to Seal and Expunge Records
November 3, 2020
via LSC blog Credit: Jessica Scranton Criminal record sealing is an especially important legal tool useful in addressing inequality and the disproportionate impact the…
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Students Work with Clients to Seal and Expunge Records
October 20, 2020
via LSC blog Criminal record sealing is an especially important legal tool useful in addressing inequality and the disproportionate impact the criminal justice system…
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LSC Tax Clinic Offers Help with Stimulus Payment Issues
October 6, 2020
via LSC blog The Legal Services Center’s Tax Clinic is now offering assistance to people who haven’t received their stimulus payments. This assistance is…
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Legal Services Center Urges VA to Change Eligibility Rules for Veterans with Bad Paper on behalf of Swords to Plowshares and The National Veterans Legal Services Program
September 12, 2020
via LSC blog September 8, 2020 – The Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School (LSC), on behalf of veterans organizations Swords to Plowshares and…
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VA unlawfully turned away vulnerable veterans for decades, study says, with 400,000 more at risk
March 9, 2020
via Washington Post by Alex Horton Dwayne Smith, seen in Afghanistan in 2009, was issued an other-than-honorable discharge in 2012. (Dwayne Smith) The Department…
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Clinic Stories: Prepping for the U.S. Court of Appeals
November 27, 2019
via Harvard Law Today Through Harvard Law School’s Federal Tax Clinic, students have the unique opportunity represent low-income taxpayers in disputes with the IRS,…
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HLS Legal Services Center: A Veteran’s Story
November 25, 2019
via Harvard Law School YouTube The Legal Services Center’s Veterans Legal Clinic provides legal representation to veterans and their family members when they cannot…
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Via Boston Herald By Maria Szaniszlo For years, Massachusetts has had a program that provides financial aid for food, housing, clothing and medical care…
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Disability Rights Advocate and LSC Alum Haben Girma on making her way in the world with help from her guide dog
September 10, 2019
Via the WilmerHale Legal Services Center From left to right: Senior Clinical Instructor Julie McCormack, Haben Girma ’13, and Clinical Instructor Dana Montalto.
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Amanda Kool On Solving America’s Rural Justice Gap
July 19, 2019
Via Law360 By: RJ Vogt Amanda Kool left her dream job at Harvard Law School to tackle America’s rural access to justice gap…
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Putting compassion into action
April 15, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today Credit: Heratch Photography
Using the Law to Create Economic Justice panelists: (left to right) Clinical Professor of Law and Director… -
A ’60s Experiment with a Ripple Effect
January 31, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By: Emily Newburger During an event at Harvard Law School last year celebrating its 40 clinics and student practice organizations,…