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March 4, 2018
Bar Foundation Awards Stipend to Honorable Albert W. Sheppard Fellow
Drexel law student honored for work with internationally-known case management program in Philadelphia The Philadelphia Bar Foundation named Kalani...
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March 1, 2018
WLP Empowering Women with Community Conversation Series
The Philadelphia Bar Foundation’s nonprofit partner, the Women’s Law Project (WLP), has worked tirelessly to ensure rights for women since 1974. Most...
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February 22, 2018
Hundreds of Thousands in Funds Awarded in the Philadelphia Bar Foundation 2017 Grant Cycle
Philadelphia Bar Foundation Posts Largest Grant Distribution Increase in Nearly a Decade PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (February 2018) – The Philadelphia Bar...
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February 15, 2018
CLS Chosen as Provider for New Eviction Prevention Project
The problem of eviction in the City of Philadelphia has detrimental effects on the livelihoods of many. Those facing eviction are confronted with...
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February 9, 2018
YSRP Helps Navigate the Next Steps for Juvenile Lifers with Resource App
In January 2016, the Montgomery v. Louisiana U.S. Supreme Court decision was dubbed a monumental step for Juvenile Lifers – men and women who were...
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February 7, 2018
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
By Thomas A. Brophy, president emeritus at Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., and president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. The...
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February 7, 2018
Consortium of Legal Aid Wins Over Unbalanced System Between Tenants and Landlords
The Public Interest Law Center has won a legal battle against an unbalanced system which gives landlords disproportional power over tenants...