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Op-EdWhy the CDC’s eviction moratorium isn’t enough to prevent evictions in Maryland | COMMENTARY
Tisha Guthrie, Charisse LueBaltimore Sun
September 17, 2020
Editorial
Providing lawyers to Baltimore tenants facing eviction could pay for itself
Baltimore SunMay 19, 2020
The one absolute requirement to comply with a stay-at-home or safer-at-home order is a home. Yet access to that very critical living necessity is in jeopardy for millions of Americans who’ve been forced out of work by coronavirus and now face mounting bills and past due rents.
Column
Deeds: Volunteers help Baltimoreans untangle titles, keep more homes from going vacant
Dan RodricksBaltimore Sun
January 24, 2020
The MVLS provides pro bono help to Marylanders who can’t afford an attorney for civil matters. In the last couple of years, it started providing advice on estates and help untangling titles to homes.
Feature
Detained immigrants seeking asylum at border get help from Baltimore attorneys, law students
Jean MarbellaBaltimore Sun
December 28, 2018
Domzal and a fellow attorney at Ballard Spahr, Michelle McGeogh, are among hundreds of lawyers across the country who have taken time away from their paid work to travel to remote detention centers and represent undocumented immigrants.
News Story
Attorneys: Social Services again illegally keeping Baltimore foster children overnight in offices
Tim PrudenteBaltimore Sun
September 4, 2018
State law requires foster children sleep in a licensed facility, but the agency’s offices are not licensed. Such a sleeping arrangement is forbidden by the 1988 consent decree that resulted from the ongoing class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of the children.
News Story
Baltimore court expands tenant aid in housing cases
Doug DonovanBaltimore Sun
January 4, 2018
The navigator program is among several initiatives launched last year by the Maryland Judiciary to address that inequity in the busy district court downtown, where nearly 151,000 landlord-tenant cases are processed each year in Baltimore.
News Story
Working out of the library, Maryland Legal Aid helps people grapple with issues only a lawyer can fix
Yvonne WengerBaltimore Sun
November 16, 2017
At the Lawyer in the Library clinic, a Legal Aid attorney helped Burns scrub his record of six charges and three traffic tickets. Now he has a new job with a fitness program.
Op-Ed
Fee shifting can help restore balance to rent court
Joseph MackBaltimore Sun
October 16, 2017
The landlords rarely suffer significant consequences for allowing unsafe property conditions, and tenants frequently struggle to navigate the system even when their cases are strong.
News Story
Carroll lawyers participate in pro bono organization
Catalina RighterBaltimore Sun
October 4, 2017
Cases of civil law can have deeply felt consequences on an individual or family. These consequences can be even greater for low-income individuals who have less access to legal resources and defense.
Op-Ed
Lawmakers must end debtors’ prisons in Maryland
Amy P. HennenBaltimore Sun
September 4, 2017
For the sake of human decency, taxpayer savings, internal consistency in our justice system, and common sense, Maryland legislators need to finally eliminate body attachment in our state.
News Story
Lawmakers seek legal aid for tenants facing eviction in Baltimore
Doug DonovanBaltimore Sun
July 3, 2017
Del. Sandy Rosenberg and Baltimore City Councilman Robert Stokes, both Democrats, hope their efforts can generate momentum for an issue that has stalled in Maryland while gaining traction across the nation.
News Story
Maryland judges differ on ‘what is rent?’
Doug DonovanBaltimore Sun
September 29, 2016
An opinion by the state's highest court this year is upending that tradition by doing what Maryland's real estate statute does not: defining "rent."
News Story
Legal Aid: Despite errors in complaints, landlords win rent cases
Jean MarbellaBaltimore Sun
September 20, 2016
Landlords in the state have won cases in rent court despite failing to properly document claims, serve legal notice on tenants or prove that they are licensed to rent properties, according to a study released Tuesday by Maryland Legal Aid.
Op-Ed
A path to self-sufficiency in Baltimore
Bonnie SullivanBaltimore Sun
July 10, 2016
MVLS has helped more than 200 Baltimoreans who needed legal "check ups" to break down barriers to full-time quality employment.
Op-Ed
Poultry processing, a thankless job
Minor SinclairBaltimore Sun
February 9, 2016
A recent survey of over 60 poultry workers at several plants in the Delmarva region, conducted by Maryland Legal Aid and others, gives a gloom look into the poultry industry.
Op-Ed
Give communities a bigger say
Kelly E. PfeiferBaltimore Sun
February 5, 2016
Effective tools for equitable development are finally getting more notice for the positive impact they can have on Baltimore's communities.
News Story
Lawyers launch fresh push to get poor represented in Maryland civil courts
Ian DuncanBaltimore Sun
February 1, 2016
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and other top lawyers launch fresh push for more civil legal aid in Maryland.
News Story
Activists rally for ‘Rent Court’ reform amid thousands of Baltimore evictions
Luke BroadwaterBaltimore Sun
December 9, 2015
Dozens of people rallied Tuesday in downtown Baltimore, calling for reform to a system that they say unfairly threatens thousands of families with quick evictions annually.
Editorial
Out of house and home
Baltimore SunDecember 7, 2015
Maryland's legal system is stacked against renters in landlord-tenant disputes says the Baltimore Sun.
News Story
Baltimore eviction rate among highest in country, study says
Luke BroadwaterBaltimore Sun
December 7, 2015
Every year in Baltimore, more than 6,000 renters and their families are evicted from their homes — forced into court proceedings at a higher rate than any other major American city except Detroit, according to a new study from the Public Justice Center.
News Story
New state laws to help Marylanders clear arrest records
Alison KnezevichBaltimore Sun
October 16, 2015
Under new state laws that take effect Thursday, many more Marylanders will be able to clear minor charges from their records — and, officials say, fare better in the employment market.
Op-Ed
Water is a basic human right, Baltimore
Zafar Shah, Matt HillBaltimore Sun
April 9, 2015
Op-ed arguing against Baltimore's water shut-off plans.
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