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Proceeding remotely: The impact on court access and legal assistance for low-income Marylanders
This is a draft of a forthcoming article in the Maryland Bar Journal. Dave Pantzer* This article briefly explores (a) logistical challenges encountered by legal services providers during the COVID-19 pandemic; (b) technological challenges frequently experienced by...
Staff Profile: Daria Zane
Daria Zane came to PBRC in 2019. She works on the Courtroom Advocacy Project, PBRC’s limited-scope courthouse-based pro bono clinics for consumers and tenants in Baltimore City and Prince George’s County. Daria is also an adjunct professor at the University of...
Montgomery County to Invest $2 Million in Tenant Assistance
"Officials speculate the program will assist roughly 1,100 households countywide. But nearly 400,000 people rent their homes in Montgomery County." - The Daily Record http://ow.ly/PNRe50Aftzh
Maryland attorney general forms task force for indigent and minorities in anticipation of a “tsunami” of eviction cases
Providing a right to counsel for indigent defendants in civil litigation will be a top agenda item for a task force Maryland’s attorney general has convened amid the economic havoc wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. “We know that Marylanders lose their civil cases and...
Baltimore County’s Eviction Prevention Initiative
“Baltimore County is launching a $1 million effort to prevent evictions caused by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 outbreak. Baltimore County’s program will take effect once Gov. Larry Hogan ends the state’s eviction moratorium enacted in response to the disease’s...