Lawyers Clearinghouse Launches CORI Sealing Program Clearinghouse partners with Codman Square NDC, Urban Edge, and the City of Boston to help Massachusetts residents clear their criminal records. BOSTON— Boston legal services nonprofit Lawyers Clearinghouse has announced the creation of a …
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At Lawyers Clearinghouse, we believe Black lives matter. Lawyers Clearinghouse was founded in 1988 to provide additional avenues to justice for the most vulnerable in our community, and “access to justice for all” is one of the core values that …
Black Lives Matter: A Statement from Lawyers Clearinghouse Read more »
On September 20, we hosted a Legal Clinic for the Homeless at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP), staffed by volunteer attorneys from Liberty Mutual and Fish & Richardson. There was a familiar face among the volunteers: Mia Friedman, Pro Bono Manager …
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Members of the Massachusetts nonprofit and legal communities gathered at the John Adams Courthouse on October 22 to join Lawyers Clearinghouse and the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission in kicking off the eighth year of the Clearinghouse’s Access to Justice …
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The mission of the Lawyers Clearinghouse is to improve the lives of people facing social and economic hardship by engaging the legal community in pro bono service to nonprofit organizations and their homeless and low-income clients. The Clearinghouse is hiring …
We’re Hiring a Fall 2019 Volunteer Legal Intern! Read more »
Two hundred members of the legal, nonprofit, and business communities gathered at the Boston office of Nixon Peabody on June 6 to join Lawyers Clearinghouse in celebrating 31 years of pro bono service and honoring Chrystal Kornegay, Executive Director of …
BOSTON, MA—Boston legal services nonprofit Lawyers Clearinghouse announces that attorney James “Jim” Kelleher, Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer at Liberty Mutual Group, is the first ever recipient of the organization’s Pro Bono Excellence Award, created to acknowledge the …
By the time Access to Justice Fellow Crispin Birnbaum retired from her position as General Counsel for the Massachusetts Probation Service (MPS) in May 2018, she had amassed nearly 34 years of experience in various state government offices. “The combination of …
Access to Justice Fellow is Helping People Get a Fresh Start Read more »
Current Fellows and guests participated in an engaging discussion on current issues in the Probate and Family Court. Among the hot topics and challenges discussed were: the great need for translators and attorneys for pro se litigants in Suffolk Probate …
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A Co-Founding Partner at KJP Partners LLP, Kurt James practices in the area of real estate development and finance, with a focus on affordable housing and community development projects. Kurt joined the Clearinghouse Board of Directors in 2001. He recently …