The lawyers at the Homeless Persons Representation Project say there’s an important — but often overlooked — dimension to the problem of homelessness: health.

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Here’s a surprising number in the run-up to Election Day: in Maryland, nearly 600,000 people have disabilities.

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The Equal Justice Council, the fundraising arm of Maryland Legal Aid, awarded former U.S. Attorney General (and retired partner and past chair at Venable) Benjamin R. Civiletti its Lifetime Achievement Award at the EJC’s annual managing partners' breakfast in Baltimore last week.

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland and the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service will be honoring volunteers at events this month — including an attorney credited with changing Maryland’s social and political landscape in a career that reached the U.S. Supreme Court three times.

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Would you or your family be ready if you were in a serious car accident or suffered a stroke and required nursing home care? Or what if a parent became incapacitated?

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Do you do pro bono? This fall, the University of Baltimore School of Law is going to make it easier to say yes — at least for UB Law students — by offering the Pro Bono Challenge.

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Thousands of Maryland homeowners find themselves between a rock and a hard place. Saddled with mortgages they can’t afford, they often discover they can’t sell their homes at a price that will cover their note. And foreclosure looms.

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In November 1960, Edward R. Murrow reported on the plight of migrant farmworkers in the U.S.

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In Maryland, there’s no separate crime of domestic violence. Who knew? The House of Ruth Maryland did, for one — and successfully advocated for a new law that will go far in addressing that problem when it goes into effect ...

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At the University of Baltimore’s Family Law Clinic, student attorneys do more than help low-income clients seeking child custody, support, divorce, adoption, and civil remedies for domestic violence. They also look at the big picture. And they get results: Clinic ...

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