By Grace Yuh In September, two Harvard Law School clinics and their community partner organizations were recognized by the Boston Bar Association (BBA) for their collaborative efforts to fight …
Students’ Legal Skills Help Prevent Homelessness
Via the Legal Services Center William* was feeling hopeless. Elderly, disabled, and receiving treatment for a recent kidney transplant, he was stunned when his landlord unexpectedly served him with …
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Moving Day in Boston: What Are Tenants’ Rights?
Via Housing Law Clinic With the single biggest residential moving day in Greater Boston coming up on September 1, renters moving out of one place and signing a lease on a new one need to know their …
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Boston Bar Association posts podcast featuring Julia Devanthery and Maureen E. McDonagh
Via Legal Services Center Julia Devanthery and Maureen E. McDonagh are featured in this Boston Bar podcast about the proposed statewide expansion of the Housing …
Housing Law Clinic: fighting housing displacement and insecurity
By Catherine Peyton Humphreville, J.D. '16 Working with homeless and street-involved youth as a legal intern at the Urban Justice Center’s Peter Cicchino Youth Project after my first year of law …
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Maureen McDonagh Named to Mayor’s Task Force
Via the Legal Services Center Maureen E. McDonagh, Director of the Post-Foreclosure Eviction Defense/Housing Law Clinic has been named to a new task force convened by Mayor Martin J. Walsh set to take …
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