HLAB Alumnus Lam Nguyen Ho ’08 wins the 2017 Gary Bellow Award
William Ahee ’17 and Lam Nguyen Ho ’08 are the 2017 Gary Bellow Award winners
Providing Free Legal Services to the Greater Boston Community Since 1913
William Ahee ’17 and Lam Nguyen Ho ’08 are the 2017 Gary Bellow Award winners
Louis Fisher J.D. ’16, student attorney in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (HLAB), presented an oral argument in the case of Meikle v. Nurse on November 5, 2015. The case focused on whether a landlord’s violation of the state security deposit law provides a defense to a
Jemel Derbali Alumnus, Co-founder of WISE Systems Class of 2013 “At the Bureau, the way I was thrown into new cases and had to respond on the fly helped prepare me for the twists and turns of a young company.” Where are you working
It seemed like a natural collaboration: Harvard College; Harvard Law School; a student-run homeless shelter; a student-run legal aid firm. Those parallels ignited the partnership between the Youth to Youth (Y2Y) and Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, which will go into full effect this fall. The
This summer HLAB and the greater Boston community lost a leading advocate, mentor and friend. HLAB Faculty Director David Grossman passed away on July 13, 2015, after a seven-year battle with cancer. Congressman Joe Kennedy III, HLAB alumnus ’09,spoke on the House floor in memory
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.”