The percentage of Maryland lawyers who reported doing some pro bono work fell slightly last year, according to a report.
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Read More »November 8, 2021 Comments Off on Pro bono service fell slightly in Maryland last year, report finds
The percentage of Maryland lawyers who reported doing some pro bono work fell slightly last year, according to a report.
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Read More »December 10, 2019 Comments Off on Asylum cases clog dockets, outstrip attorneys’ ability to help immigrants
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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Read More »May 20, 2016 Comments Off on Courts should clarify murky Md. parentage laws, attorneys say
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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Read More »October 16, 2014 Comments Off on Social Security in search of volunteer lawyers
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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Read More »May 15, 2014 Comments Off on Little progress seen in quest to end human trafficking in U.S.
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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Read More »September 14, 2012 2 Comments
"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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Read More »March 20, 2012 1 Comment
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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Read More »June 20, 2011 Comments Off on Erlichman appointed to American Bar commission
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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