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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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 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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Congratulations to our vice president, Nancy Blueweiss, for being named one of the 2013 “In-House Leaders in Law” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly! The annual award goes to corporate in-house lawyers who are “leaders in the community, forward thinkers and best …

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