When attorney Teresa Santalucia, a partner at Klein Hornig and a member of the Clearinghouse Board of Directors, presents at one of the Clearinghouse’s nonprofit seminars, she’s not only drawing upon years of legal knowledge, but upon her own firsthand …
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Josephine McNeil, an attorney and longtime member of the Clearinghouse Board of Directors, will never forget the time she was working on an affordable housing project for the city of Newton when a woman approached her and said, “I think …
Affordable Housing Champion Josephine McNeil to Retire Read more »
Introducing our newest feature: Meet the Board! Members of the Clearinghouse Board of Directors work in both the legal and nonprofit sectors, and their wide variety of practice areas and skillsets are an invaluable resource as the Clearinghouse expands its …
The Lawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and Homelessness is a nonprofit organization founded in 1988 by the Boston Bar Association and Massachusetts Bar Association. Our mission is to connect pro bono lawyers with nonprofits and people in need, to promote access to justice, strengthen …
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“One of the great things about doing pro bono work is that it gives you substantive experience that you might not otherwise get. I’m not a litigator, but I was able to work with litigators from our office, attend hearings, …
“Pro bono work allowed me to have a real impact on a client’s life right at the beginning of my legal career. CORIs put already vulnerable people at a disadvantage in finding jobs and stable housing. Since these cases were …
DLA Piper attorney Brian Hochleutner was working as a litigator after law school when he got involved in a real estate case and found himself fascinated by the ins and outs of real estate law. Over the next few years, …
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Fourteen years ago, when Lawyers Clearinghouse and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA) teamed up to host a workshop series on nonprofit incorporation, they reached out to Sue Abbott, then an associate at Goodwin Procter, to see if she was …
Goodwin Attorney Plays Key Role in Supporting New Nonprofits Read more »
The following piece was written by Access to Justice Fellow John Carroll. As an Access to Justice Fellow, John is working with the Equal Justice Coalition (EJC) to create an accurate account of the origins of civil legal services in Massachusetts. Over …
Attorney Kathy McGrath, Assistant Vice President and Senior Corporate Counsel at Liberty Mutual, was first connected with Lawyers Clearinghouse over a decade ago, when lawyers from Mintz Levin invited members of the Liberty Mutual Legal Department to join them at …
