A national company offers help for people who cannot afford attorneys with one major difference from the state organization with a similar name and mission.

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Maryland Legal Aid Bureau’s new downtown Rockville home has name plates outside office doors, gray carpet and a sign over the break room trash can reminding staff members to clean up after themselves.

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Gov. Martin O’Malley signed into law a measure extending surcharges on filing fees in civil cases until June 30, 2018, securing a revenue source that provides about $6 million annually for legal services to low-income Marylanders.

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Representatives from the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law, School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy and School of Social Work gathered for JustAdvice’s 200th legal services session Nov. 8 in Lexington Market.

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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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Of course I am excited about her new job but, for selfish reasons, I am sad to see her go. ...

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Contested child custody cases can be short and sweet, long and contentious or somewhere in the middle. The majority of my cases fall in the “somewhere in the middle”...

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Jessica A. duHoffmann, a principal at Miles & Stockbridge PC in Baltimore, received the “Champion of Justice Award” from The Maryland Legal Aid Bureau’s Equal Justice Council during its 15th annual recognition breakfast May 23. duHoffmann has served on Legal ...

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I recently won my first motion for judgment during a modification for visitation hearing. It wasn’t the win that had me on cloud nine — it was my client’s level of gratitude. Her appreciation is why I work for Legal ...

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We might not have gotten the Super Bowl matchup we wanted, but it is what it is. On a perhaps less serious note, here are some news items to help fill your Monday. — The lead detective in last century’s ...

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