Tensions were running high at Baltimore’s Immigration Court, with more than 30 people packed into Judge Zakia Mahasa’s courtroom, many facing the prospect of being deported. Most of those who stood before Mahasa appeared to be teenagers. Some came with ...

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As reproductive technology has advanced and marriage equality has become the law of the land, the body of Maryland statutes and cases that determine the legal definition of a parent have not kept up, according to panelists at Thursday’s annual ...

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The Social Security Administration has launched a pro bono pilot program in Maryland and is seeking attorneys to manage payments for Social Security beneficiaries who need help.

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Martina E. Vandenberg highlighted the lack of progress to eradicate human trafficking in the U.S. in the keynote speech at the 2014 Maryland Partners for Justice Conference in Baltimore on Thursday.

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"I'm a recent graduate from law school," she said. "I graduated top of my class and I spend all day doing document review and wait tables at night, when I can get shifts."

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Two weeks ago I wrote about losing my job. I am still out there looking but have also kept plenty busy during my “hiatus,” so to speak. (And that doesn’t include applying for jobs, painting the kitchen and catching up ...

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Susan M. Erlichman, executive director of the Maryland Legal Services Corp., has been appointed to the American Bar Association’s Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts Commission. The commission collects, maintains, analyzes and disseminates information on programs involving IOLTA revenue, a major ...

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