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On July 24, HLAB and the ACLU filed an amicus brief in Matorin v. Commonwealth on behalf of the ACLU and social scientists Matthew Desmond, William J. Berman, Justin Steil, and David Robinson. The brief demonstrates that eviction has a disparate impact on Black families,
In response to the national spotlight on anti-Black police violence, the president of Harvard hoped that the university would “find the strength and determination to act on [our] beliefs—to repair and perfect this imperfect world.” The Dean of Harvard Law School (HLS) encouraged us to
Attorney General Martha Coakley cites the Suero case in urging the FHFA to use buyback reductions and principal reductions. See link to press release here. BOSTON – Saying in a letter today that the use of buyback programs and principal reductions are “key to helping
The Boston Globe covers the Suero case, in which Nicole Summers ’14 won a preliminary injunction earlier this school year. Link to the Globe article here. By Paul McMorrow Globe Columnist May 13, 2014 Ramon Suero left the Dominican Republic for Boston over a
[photo: Clinical instructor Stephanie Goldenhersh and HLAB member Carolina Kupferman ’15] See the OCP blog post here. By: Carolina Kupferman ’15 My legs were shaking under me as I stood up in front of the judge to give my opening statement. My speech in front
See the blog post from HLS Clinical Programs here. On January 28, 2014 Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (HLAB) student attorneys Nicholas Pastan ‘15 and Breana Ware ’14 found themselves conducting a trial in federal court and asking a Judge to decline to enforce a Petition
Head to The Harvard Law Record to read “Reflections from HLAB, Law Review, and BSA.”
The Bureau’s 100th Anniversary Celebration took place November 8-10, 2013. See coverage of the events and HLAB’s history at the following links:
In 2008, our client gave birth to her son. She was 19 years old. That same year, our client was arrested for a crime for which she was later acquitted. She was also in an abusive relationship with the father of her child, who was
Head to the Harvard Law School Office of Clinical Program’s blog to read “Two Trials and a Graduation,”a piece by HLAB’s Chas Hamilton ’13 on the experience of trying two – not one, but TWO – cases in front of juries in the midst of