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The Legal Services Center was founded in 1979 with a commitment to combine education and service in the study of law.

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The Legal Services Center has a long record of providing exemplary legal services to address the unmet needs of low-income individuals and families in Greater Boston.

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Our mission is to educate law students for practice and professional service while meeting the critical needs of the community.

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LSC’s Family Justice Clinic: Addressing the Evolving Legal Needs of Families

By Marianna Yang, Lecturer on Law, Clinical Instructor, and Rebecca Greening, Lecturer on Law, Clinical Instructor There is a knock on the door of the apartment where a mother—we will call her Dee*—lives with her ...
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Coming Full Circle: Alfredo Rosales ’24 on Finding Purpose Beyond the Classroom

By Harvard Law School Student Alfredo Rosales ’24 Life has a funny way of coming full circle. I was born in Tepic, Nayarit, a little-known Mexican city along the Pacific coast. Tepic is one of ...
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Beyond Safety Nets: Sam Holloway ’24 Reflects on Comprehensive Legal Advocacy Outside the Courtroom

By Harvard Law School Student Sam Holloway ’24 The Legal Services Center’s Safety Net Project helps clients with the “social safety net,” but it does a lot more than that, too. Among the Veteran’s Legal ...
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Supporting evolving economic needs and wellbeing in the Consumer Protection Clinic

Supporting evolving economic needs and wellbeing in the Consumer Protection Clinic Jan 31, 2024 By Lorea Mendiguren ‘24, Originally Published in Harvard Law School Today To be an American is to be a consumer. Daily, we trade ...
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