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Mid-Shore Pro Bono joined the Oct. 24-30 National Celebration of Pro Bono by recognizing its volunteer attorneys for their work.
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Read More »Mid-Shore Pro Bono recognizes top Eastern Shore volunteer attorneys
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 »Frosh, Barbera, Shah urge lawyers to do more pro bono work due to pandemic
Maryland’s top attorney and judge Thursday urged the state’s 40,000 lawyers to represent at least one low-income litigant for free or to volunteer hours of legal services during the next year to help the growing number of people facing bankruptcy, ...
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Read More »Md. Legal Services reports nearly $7M drop, cites pandemic
Maryland’s chief provider of grants to groups offering free legal aid to low-income residents faces a nearly $7 million pandemic-driven shortfall, the executive director of the Maryland Legal Services Corp. said Thursday. To recover the losses, MLSC will try to ...
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Read More »Cannabis brand hosts expungement clinic in west Baltimore
At a free clinic in west Baltimore on Friday, volunteer lawyers helped at least 150 people begin the process of expunging marijuana possession convictions from their records. The clinic, held at the Liberty Rec & Tech Center on Maine Avenue, ...
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Read More »MVLS receives $200K for low-income homeowners’ program
The Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service has received $200,000 from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development for its low-income homeowners’ program. The grant, which was nearly $45,000 more than what MVLS received last year for the program, allowed the ...
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Read More »Legal programs say they’re stemming tide of Baltimore evictions
Facing a third eviction notice from her east Baltimore home, Lennea Anderson stood out from the 40 other tenants in Baltimore’s rent court last Thursday, as she had a volunteer lawyer from the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland (PBRC) ...
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Read More »MVLS receives $25K grant to help human trafficking victims
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service announced Monday that it has received a $25,000 grant from the Venable Foundation to assist with the nonprofit’s Human Trafficking Prevention Project. This is the second consecutive year that MVLS has received the funding from the ...
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Read More »Nonprofit group works to stop wrongful student suspensions
Facing a 10-day suspension for bringing a bottle of pepper spray to school that accidentally went off in a locker room last year, ninth-grade student Jewel Agu and her mom Terryce Elliott were worried Agu might have to miss more class than the week she was already suspended, or be forced to leave Dundalk High School altogether, which they felt was an unfair punishment.
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Read More »MVLS director Sullivan to retire, Francis to lead nonprofit
The executive director of the largest provider of pro bono civil legal services in Maryland announced her retirement Thursday after 11 years in the role. In an interview, Bonnie Sullivan said she will leave the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service at ...
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