Jeanne Charn | Professor Philip B. Heymann Liz A. Solar | Richard Zorza

Liz A. Solar, Associate Director
   Liz became the Associate Director of the Bellow-Sacks Project in September 2001. Prior to that she was a clinical instructor/attorney in the Community Enterprise Project (CEP) at the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, which focuses on community economic development. Her clients included small businesses, non-profit organizations, community development corporations and first-time homebuyers. Liz's prior work experience included: Legal Counsel and Policy Advisor to the Boston Private Industry Council; General Counsel to the Boston Fair Housing Commission and Staff Attorney and Clinical Instructor in the Housing and Litigation Unit at the Legal Services Center.
    Liz has been an active leader and member in various community-based and professional organizations. She currently serves as Treasurer and Board Director for the Lawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and Homelessness and as a director of Villa Tech, Inc. She has also been a member of the Massachusetts Association of Hispanic Attorneys, City on Hill Charter School, Latino Professional Network, and Chair of the Community Advisory Board to the Greater Egleston Alternative High School. Liz earned her B.A. at Wesleyan University in 1984, and a J.D. at Northeastern University School of Law in 1988.

Richard Zorza , Project Consultant
   Richard is an attorney and independent consultant who has worked for the past fifteen years helping nonprofits and legal service institutions find ways to carry out their strategic and service visions. In addition to the Bellow Sacks Project, his current work includes: consulting with the Open Society Institute in a process to build a system to meet legal information needs of low and middle income people and the legal advocacy organizations that serve them (www.lawhelp.org); advising the National Community Development Initiative on a technology strategy in support of community economic development; and assisting with the development of an Access to Justice Technology Bill of Rights (www.atjteckbillofrights.org).
   Richard has worked for the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services, the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, and the Vera Institute of Justice. While at Harvard Law School, Richard participated in the design of the Legal Services Center. His new book, The Self-Help Friendly Court: Designed from the Ground Up to Work for People Without Lawyers, is being published by the National Center for State Courts. Additional information and publications can be obtained on his website at www.zorza.net. Richard received his B. A. from Harvard 1971, and earned a J.D. at Harvard Law School in 1980.