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Legal Clinic for the Homeless (Medeiros Center)

By Hilary Vaught Posted on August 17, 2017 Posted in Tagged with affordable housing, attorneys, benefits, civil legal assistance, cori, homeless, homelessness, housing, lawyers, legal clinic, legal clinic for the homeless, low income, massachusetts legal clinic for the homeless, medeiros center, pro bono, ssi/ssdi

The Lawyers Clearinghouse operates free legal clinics throughout the year at a number of area shelters. In order to qualify, clients must be homeless, using shelter services, or otherwise income eligible for free legal services. This week’s clinic will match pro …

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Clearinghouse Honors John Keith and Shelley Hoon Keith at 29th Annual Meeting

By Hilary Vaught Posted on June 21, 2017 Posted in Recent News Tagged with 29th annual meeting, affordable housing, annual meeting, attorneys, beacon communities, choate hall & stewart, cindy rowe, cummings foundation, emily hodge, homeless, homelessness, hoon construction services, howard cohen, jeff sacks, john keith, kathy mcgrath, keith construction, keith properties, klein hornig, larry curtis, lawyers, Lawyers Clearinghouse, legal services, liberty mutual, Nixon Peabody, nolan sheehan patten, pro bono, rowe resources, shelley hoon keith, steven nolan, teresa santalucia, WinnDevelopment

On June 1, nearly 200 members of the legal, nonprofit, and business communities gathered at the Boston office of Nixon Peabody to join Lawyers Clearinghouse in honoring John Keith and Shelley Hoon Keith. John, the CEO of Keith Construction, Inc. and Keith …

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Governance Expert Teresa Santalucia Helps Local Nonprofits Succeed

By Hilary Vaught Posted on May 17, 2017 Posted in Recent News Tagged with affordable housing, community development, compliance, governance, klein hornig, legal referral program, legal workshops for nonprofits, nonprofit, nonprofit seminars, nonprofits, pro bono, teresa santalucia

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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Affordable Housing Champion Josephine McNeil to Retire

By Hilary Vaught Posted on May 17, 2017 Posted in Recent News Tagged with affordable housing, board members, CAN-DO, citizens for affordable housing newton development organization, clearinghouse board of directors, community development, homelessness, housing, josephine mcneil, newton

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 …

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Massachusetts Legal Clinic for the Homeless Expands

By Hilary Vaught Posted on November 16, 2016 Posted in Recent News Tagged with access to justice, affordable housing, attorneys, boston scientific corporation, bridge over troubled waters, brown rudnick, choate hall & stewart, cummings, cummings foundation, dick bauer, Goulston & Storrs, hinshaw & culbertson, homeless, homelessness, housing, lawyers, legal clinic, legal clinic for the homeless, legal services, liberty mutual, locke lord, maribeth perry, mbhp, metropolitan boston housing partnership, mia friedman, mintz levin, Nixon Peabody, nolan sheehan patten, pine street inn, poverty law, pro bono, ropes & gray, southampton shelter, st francis house, state street, volunteers, wilmerhale

A $100,000 grant from Cummings Foundation has enabled Lawyers Clearinghouse to expand and improve its Legal Clinic for the Homeless Program. While Massachusetts has made strides to reduce homelessness among individuals, veterans, and families, there are still many living on …

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Clearinghouse honors Michael Fish and breaks past fundraising record at 28th Annual Meeting

By Hilary Vaught Posted on June 23, 2016 Posted in Recent News Tagged with 28th annual meeting, access to justice fellows program, affordable housing, attorneys, dellbrook | jk scanlan, ea fish development, fellows program, forrest milder, gilbert winn, lawyers, lawyers clearinghouse 28th annual meeting, martha koster, masshousing, matthew mittelstadt, melissa fish-crane, michael fish, mike fish, nonprofits, pair project, peabody properties, pro bono, timothy sullivan, winncompanies

There was a lot to celebrate on the evening of June 1, when nearly 200 members of the legal, nonprofit, and business communities gathered at the Boston office of Nixon Peabody to help Lawyers Clearinghouse honor Mike Fish, President and …

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Legal Clinic for the Homeless (Bridge Over Troubled Waters)

By Hilary Vaught Posted on August 28, 2015 Posted in Tagged with affordable housing, attorneys, boston, bridge over troubled waters, homeless, homelessness, lawyers, Lawyers Clearinghouse, legal clinic, legal clinic for the homeless, legal services, locke lord, massachusetts legal clinic for the homeless, MLCH, pro bono, the bridge, volunteers

The Lawyers Clearinghouse operates free legal clinics throughout the year at four area shelters. In order to qualify, clients must be homeless, using shelter services, or otherwise income eligible for free legal services. This week’s clinic will match pro bono attorneys …

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