PBRC in the News
Allison Harris, Director of PBRC's Home Preservation Project, was featured in The Baltimore Banner discussing the state of Baltimore's entrenched and predatory tax sale system.
“In a February letter, Harris and Henn said that an overwhelmingly majority of their tax sale prevention clients are Black, and about 70% either live with a disability or are older adults. They said while they have pushed the city repeatedly to institute a payment plan policy, their pleas have been met with resistance due to citywide “tech issues” that may not be solved for another few years.”
Read more about the recommendations city housing advocates have for how real change can be brought to Baltimore's tax sale system.
Unmet Need
There are only 1.49 lawyers for every 10,000 low-income people in Maryland.
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Who We Are
PBRC is Maryland’s hub for pro bono (free) civil legal assistance provided by volunteers. Equal access to justice is a core value of our nation, yet hundreds of thousands of our state’s residents cannot afford the legal help they desperately need and have no legal guarantee of a lawyer. As the pro bono arm of the Maryland State Bar Association, PBRC plays a unique role as the training, support, innovation, and advocacy center for pro bono. Our statewide services include:
- Offering a professional training and mentoring program with both substantive law and skills building sessions enabling lawyers and others to effectively serve clients
- Consulting and connecting volunteers with legal nonprofits across Maryland
- Hosting innovative, free legal clinics in the courthouse and community offering immediate legal assistance to low-income families in areas of critical need not yet addressed by other organizations
- Advocating and organizing to encourage pro bono service and improve the justice system for the communities we serve
Together, our community of lawyers with purpose is opening the doors of justice for everyone.
Thank you to the following community leaders for their generous support of the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland.
PBRC's mission is to champion equitable access to justice for Maryland's marginalized communities by providing legal help, pioneering collaboration with partners, and advocating for economic and social justice.