Pro bono organizations filed an amicus brief in support of a Glen Burnie man who was ordered to contribute $5,000 toward his opponent's attorney's fees despite qualifying for free legal assistance.

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Judge’s law clerks may not perform pro bono legal services except those that do not involve practicing law, the Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee said in a new ruling. The committee’s latest reported opinion was issued last month after a pro ...

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Mid-Shore Pro Bono hosted a reception at the Eastern Shore Conservation Center in Easton to thank the legal service provider’s volunteer attorneys.

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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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The percentage of Maryland lawyers who reported doing some pro bono work fell slightly last year, according to a report.

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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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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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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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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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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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