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March 26, 2018

Lorry Post, founder of Regional Housing Legal Services (RHLS), passed away on Monday February 26, 2018 at the age of 86. Lorry spent much of his life...

March 9, 2018

Women's Law Project asks PA Supreme Court to Address Prenatal Drug Abuse

Is prenatal drug use considered child abuse? This issue stems from the instances in which children are born with withdrawal symptoms due to their...

March 5, 2018

Awarding Years of Service to Legal Philanthropy

By Thomas A. Brophy, president emeritus at Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., and president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. As a...

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...

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...

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...

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...