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August 14, 2017

Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project Gives Client a Financial Fresh Start

Ms. S. sought help at Philadelphia Legal Assistance with her debts so that she could obtain suitable housing for her family of 5. She was living in a...

August 3, 2017

Board Observer Program Applications are OPEN

Heading into their sixth year of administering the Board Observer Program (BOP), the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, the Delivery of Legal Services...

July 31, 2017

The Philadelphia Bar Foundation Announces 2017 Award Honorees

Every year at the Access to Justice Benefit, the Bar Foundation presents Awards to recognize the volunteerism of leaders and innovators in the...

July 18, 2017

The Bar Foundation Welcomes a New Trustee to the Fold

The Philadelphia Bar Foundation is excited to announce and welcome the Honorable Mark I. Bernstein to the Board of Trustees. Our Board is active and...

July 17, 2017

Competing for a Cause

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

June 21, 2017

Growing the Pie

By Thomas A. Brophy (tabrophy@mdwcg.com), president and CEO at Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., and president of the Philadelphia Bar...

June 15, 2017

Philadelphia VIP Saves a Client's Family Home

Tonia, a teacher and long-time Philly resident, inherited her family home and has fixed it up piece-by-piece over the years. “I do what I can,” she...