The Legal Aid Bureau has been providing free civil legal services in Maryland for low-income people, children and the elderly since 1911.
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Maryland Legal Aid Maryland Legal Aid All Maryland Legal Aid Bureau offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27, 2009, and will reopen on Monday, November 30, 2009. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
Maryland Legal Aid What if we could raise money for Maryland Legal Aid by doing something we do every day — searching the Internet? Check out http://www.goodsearch.com/about.aspx. Add this to your browser at home, and use the search tool as often as you feel like you can. Suggest that family and friends use it. Every penny counts!
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Maryland Legal Aid An editorial in this morning’s Washington Post urges conferees reconciling House and Senate bills to increase funding to the Legal Services Corp. (which funds Maryland Legal Aid) and end Congressional restrictions that tie the hands of civil legal programs that help the poor.
Maryland Legal Aid Help! Our Mock Trial is Saturday, 11/7/09, 9:00 til 2:00 pm, Baltimore City Circuit Court. We need witnesses! Help new legal services lawyers use their trial skills, use your acting skills, escape the hustle of Saturday chores, get a free lunch in the company of colleagues. Witnesses may leave after testifying, but ca...n stay until the trial ends. Contact Yoanna Moisides at 443-451-2810, or ymoisides@mdlab.org.
Maryland Legal Aid Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Pro Bono Week in Maryland in coordination with National Pro Bono Week, which promotes free services donated by lawyers nationwide. O’Malley was joined by Chief Judge Robert Bell, officials from the Maryland Bar Association, the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, and homeowners who hav...e benefited from the free counseling services when he made the declaration.
Maryland Legal Aid Over 30 lawyers at a free legal clinic hosted by Maryland Legal Aid on Saturday helped 100 people by providing informational seminars and one-on-one meetings. “It’s an exciting day to see all these private lawyers come out here to give their services,” Legal Aid executive director Wilhelm Joseph told WJZ-TV news.
Maryland Legal Aid 12 yo had 3 school outfits after her mother left her. Jernita Hines asked staff to help. She got a closetfull. Client shared: never wanted to be separated from family, but is making best of it. Her focus: to excel in school. She misses her mother, doesn’t miss sleeping outside on bench, sharing room with strangers. The... clothes made her the happiest she’s ever been, feels good to know that people care.
Maryland Legal Aid Congratulations to Carol Ahlum, who will receive the Maryland Legal Services Corporation's 2009 William L. Marbury Outstanding Advocate Award in December. The annual award is presented to a non-attorney who has demonstrated outstanding service in Maryland representing or expanding service on behalf of the rights and legal needs of low-income people.
Maryland Legal Aid After Maryland Legal Aid successfully challenged the permanent expulsion of three Baltimore City school students, the Baltimore Sun reports that the school system is softening its stance on permanent expulsion for students under 16 involved with arson or explosives.“Nicole Jassie, a Legal Aid attorney, said she believe...s the Baltimore school system may have violated the Maryland Constitution when it told students they no longer had access to a public education.”
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Maryland Legal Aid The Equal Justice Council will hold its third annual Managing Partners’ Meeting on 10/7, at 8 a.m., at the offices of Miles & Stockbridge. Discussion will focus on the challenges facing low-income Marylanders with civil legal problems and how the legal profession can meet the demand. Partners of the MD’s 50 largest fi...rms will join Ct of App. Judge Bell. For information, email agilmore@mdlab.org or call 410/951-7759.
Maryland Legal Aid Volunteer for Pro Bono Day 2009 at the address below.
Bar Association of Baltimore City Pro Bono and Access to Justice Legal Services Committee Law Day 20
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Thank you for your interest in volunteering for the October 24, Law Day 2009 event. The event will be held from 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Legal Aid Bureau located at 500 E. Lexington Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
Maryland Legal Aid For the ABA’s National Pro Bono Week, the Bar Association of Baltimore City, Legal Aid Bureau, Legal Services for the Elderly, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, and Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, are hosting Pro Bono Day 2009 on Saturday, Oct. 24th, from 10 am to 2 pm at Legal Aid’s Baltimore City office, 500 ...E. Lexington Street. The event is free and open to the public. For information call 410-951-7732.
