We are excited to announce that the Clearinghouse will be taking on the administration of the Access to Justice Fellows Program for the 2014 session. The Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission launched the Access to Justice Fellows Program in the fall …

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Louis Manzo, while working as a journalist in Boston, was first drawn to the legal profession after covering a murder trial. The courtroom setting appealed to him, and he liked the idea of presenting a case and arguing on behalf …

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Seven years ago, Sue Finegan, a partner at Boston law firm Mintz Levin, approached Kathy McGrath, Senior Corporate Counsel at Liberty Mutual, about a possible partnership. Liberty Mutual was already a client of Mintz Levin’s, but Finegan, who had recently been …

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The Lawyers Clearinghouse operates free legal clinics throughout the year at three 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 from Edwards Wildman with homeless clients at Pine Street Inn seeking legal assistance.

The Lawyers Clearinghouse operates free legal clinics throughout the year at three 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 from Brown Rudnick with homeless clients at St. Francis House seeking legal assistance.

Clients should sign up in advance if possible by contacting the shelter representative:

Alex – 617.457.1010

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 …

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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 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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