The Lawyers Clearinghouse hosted a graduation ceremony for the 2014-2015 class of Access to Justice Fellows on Thursday, June 11, at Boston law firm Mintz Levin. Graduating Fellows were joined by representatives from their partner organizations, as well as a number of …
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“When I reached retirement age I didn’t really want to retire,” says Access to Justice Fellow Hardin Matthews, who retired in 2013 after a 39-year legal career in the Tax & Benefits Department at Ropes & Gray. Matthews found the …
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Access to Justice Fellow Mike Haroz, a semi-retired Director at Boston law firm Goulston & Storrs, spent his Fellowship year volunteering with Suffolk University’s Accelerator-to-Practice Program. The program, which just finished its first year, is designed to prepare prospective lawyers …
On any given night, there are 1250 homeless veterans sleeping on the streets of Massachusetts. Many of them are grappling with mental illness and substance abuse issues due to post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and other invisible wounds …
Access to Justice Fellows making legal aid more accessible to veterans Read more »
The Lawyers Clearinghouse and the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission cohosted a Kick-Off Event for the Access to Justice Fellows Program on the evening of Thursday, October 2 at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston. Members of Boston’s legal and nonprofit …
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There were no persuasive phone calls or networking events involved in Dick Allen’s decision to volunteer as an Access to Justice Fellow after his retirement. Instead, the experiences of his wife Rosemary, a Fellow with the 2013-14 class, convinced him to …
Mia Friedman was working as a lawyer in private practice when she decided it was time to follow her true passion. She had gone to law school seeking the skills to help people in need change their lives for the …
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