Julie Lovely started riding horses at the age of ten. When she was eleven, she began volunteering with a therapeutic riding program at the urging of her Spanish teacher, who was also an avid rider. Therapeutic riding is a form …
The Lawyers Clearinghouse held a Legal Clinic for the Homeless on November 1 at Pine Street Inn. The clinic was staffed by volunteers from Boston law firm Goulston & Storrs. Joe Sheridan, an associate at the firm and a recent …
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The Massachusetts Legal Clinic for the Homeless was founded in 1994. Since that time, it has served 2673 homeless and at-risk individuals, connecting them with volunteer attorneys who provide pro bono legal aid in cases of social security, housing, CORI …
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The Lawyers Clearinghouse co-hosted a Nonprofit Incorporation Workshop on December 5 at the Boston Public Library. Led by two nonprofit attorneys–Sue Abbott, of Goodwin Proctor and Jim Grace, executive director of the Arts & Business Council–the seminar covered important topics regarding …
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The Massachusetts Legal Clinic for the Homeless was founded in 1994. Since that time, it has served 2673 homeless and at-risk individuals, connecting them with volunteer attorneys who provide pro bono legal aid in cases of social security, housing, CORI …
Area nonprofits joined together on Tuesday, October 22 to participate in a free legal services fair for residents of the Roxbury and Dorchester communities. The event, organized by law firm Seyfarth Shaw, with Brown Brothers Harriman, as part of Pro …
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Lawyers Clearinghouse often partners with Boston Private Bank & Trust Company’s Community Investment Series to host legal workshops for nonprofits. These workshops, led by lawyers, consultants and other experts, cover a range of important topics, including merger and collaboration strategies; …
Lawyers Clearinghouse hosted the first legal clinic of the fall last Friday at Pine Street Inn, along with six volunteers from Boston law firm Ropes & Gray. The firm’s clinic coordinator, Kevin Daly, attorneys Jon Decker, Anthony Gostanian, Amy Roy …
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John Baraniak, a partner at Boston law firm Choate Hall & Stewart, first met Asad* at a legal clinic coordinated by Lawyers Clearinghouse at Pine Street Inn. Asad spent most of his childhood in a Somali refugee camp. As a teenager, …
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My name is Hilary Vaught and I am the new Communications Coordinator for the Lawyers Clearinghouse. I thought it would be nice to introduce myself and discuss my role as I continue the work started by our last coordinator, Holly …