Posts Tagged ‘Baltimore City’
The 6th Annual Run for Justice
Register now for the Pro Bono Resource Center’s 5k fun run or 1-mile walk and support justice for all! To increase your impact, join a team or raise funds from your family and friends!
Read MoreEstate Planning Clinic – Baltimore City
Seniors in Baltimore can attend a FREE Estate Planning Clinic on Thursday, June 18. 2020, from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM, at Mount Pleasant Church, 6000 Radecke Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21206. Volunteer attorneys will meet one-on-one with Baltimore seniors at the day long clinic and prepare wills, advance medical directives and financial powers of attorney.
Read MoreEstate Planning Clinic – Baltimore City
Seniors in Baltimore can attend a FREE Estate Planning Clinic on Tuesday, May 19. 2020, from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM, at Forest Park Senior Center, 4801 Liberty Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21207. Volunteer attorneys will meet one-on-one with Baltimore seniors at the day long clinic and prepare wills, advance medical directives and financial powers of attorney.
Read MoreBuilding Your Practice: Solo and Small Firm Seminar (MAJ CLE)
Attorneys who have already accepted a pro bono commitment through a PBRC training within the past 12 months OR who commit to answer at least 3 legal questions for low-income Marylanders, using the https://Maryland.FreeLegalAnswers.org website within 1 year of registration, can attend MAJ CLEs at the member price.
Read MoreTax Sale Prevention in Baltimore City
Learn about Tax Sale and Tax Foreclosure in Baltimore City! This is a basic training, available to attorneys and housing counselors who are interested in volunteering to assist homeowners and/or nonprofit groups facing tax sale foreclosure in Baltimore City.
Read More12th Annual Veterans’ Legal Assistance Conference & Training
Designed for lawyers, law students, veterans, policymakers and other service professionals, this annual conference provides a forum for discussion of critical legal issues facing our veterans. It features substantive panels on hot topics in veterans law and also offers training to volunteer lawyers who commit to provide pro bono assistance to veterans in need.
Read MoreThe 22nd Annual Partners for Justice Conference
Each year the Partners for Justice Conference presents a unique opportunity for legal services program staff, the public and private bar, members of the judiciary, human services agencies, elected officials, and others to discuss critical issues facing the poor and underrepresented in our state and in the surrounding areas. With an expected number of almost 300 attendees, the structure of the day includes a variety of panel discussions related to the delivery of legal services to the poor and disenfranchised, a morning plenary, and a luncheon keynote address by powerful guest speakers with a passion for justice.
Read MoreRepresenting Asylum-Seekers: Model Hearing Edition
The AM session will cover how to represent children and families applying for asylum while in removal proceedings (including asylum law, special protections for children, filling out the application, and appearing in court). The PM session will include a presentation from the Court and a series of model hearings with Assistant Chief Immigration Judge David M. Jones. Open to pro bono attorneys as well as non-attorneys who are willing to act in the Model Hearing.
Read MoreEstate Planning Clinic – Baltimore City
Seniors in Baltimore can attend a FREE Estate Planning Clinic on Monday, February 24, 2020, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, at St. Agnes Hospital, 900 Caton Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21229. Volunteer attorneys will meet one-on-one with Baltimore seniors at the day long clinic and prepare wills, advance medical directives and financial powers of attorney.
Read MoreImmigration Legal Triage
This training, offered to attorneys and Spanish-speaking law students as part of the Maryland Immigrant Legal Assistance Project (MILAP), will teach about how you can help vulnerable immigrant children and families learn the law and preserve their claims while they look for an attorney. The training will cover immigration benefits and defenses to deportation (asylum, special immigrant juvenile status, U visas, family petitions and more), best practices for interviewing, tips for working with an interpreter, and providing pro se assistance as a nonprofit volunteer.
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