Community Legal Services of Philadelphia (CLS): Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:06, 15 September 2020

Our mission is to fight poverty, challenge systems that perpetuate injustice, and change lives through cutting-edge advocacy and exceptional legal representation.

Founded in 1966 by the Philadelphia Bar Association, Community Legal Services (CLS) has provided free civil legal assistance to more than one million low-income Philadelphians. Approximately 10,000 clients were represented by CLS in the past year. CLS assists clients when they face the threat of losing their homes, incomes, health care, and even their families. CLS attorneys and other staff provide a full range of legal services, from individual representation to administrative advocacy to class action litigation, as well as community education and social work. CLS is nationally recognized as a model legal services program.

Note: The above descriptive information came from the organization's About Community Legal Services page.

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Penn law and engineering students built these accessible tech projects for Philly nonprofits, Technical.ly Philly, July 31, 2020.

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Facebook: @clsphila
Twitter: @CLSphila

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+{{toplink|url=http://www.clsphila.org|name=clsphila.org}}Our mission is to fight poverty, challenge systems that perpetuate injustice, and change lives through cutting-edge advocacy and exceptional legal representation.
-Our mission is to fight poverty, challenge systems that perpetuate injustice, and change lives through cutting-edge advocacy and exceptional legal representation.
-Founded in 1966 by the Philadelphia Bar Association, Community Legal Services (CLS) has provided free civil legal assistance to more than one million low-income Philadelphians. Approximately 10,000 clients were represented by CLS in the past year. CLS assists clients when they face the threat of losing their homes, incomes, health care, and even their families. CLS attorneys and other staff provide a full range of legal services, from individual representation to administrative advocacy to class action litigation, as well as community education and social work. CLS is nationally recognized as a model legal services program.
+Founded in 1966 by the Philadelphia Bar Association, '''Community Legal Services''' (CLS) '''has provided free civil legal assistance to more than one million low-income Philadelphians'''. Approximately 10,000 clients were represented by CLS in the past year. CLS assists clients when they face the threat of losing their homes, incomes, health care, and even their families. CLS attorneys and other staff provide a full range of legal services, from individual representation to administrative advocacy to class action litigation, as well as community education and social work. CLS is nationally recognized as a model legal services program.
 ''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above descriptive information came from the organization's [http://clsphila.org/about-community-legal-services/ About Community Legal Services] page.
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 ==In The News==
 *[http://technical.ly/philly/2020/07/31/university-pennsylvania-law-engineering-students-technology-projects-nonprofits-legal/ Penn law and engineering students built these accessible tech projects for Philly nonprofits], Technical.ly Philly, July 31, 2020.
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+*Facebook:&nbsp;[http://www.facebook.com/clsphila @clsphila]
+*Twitter:&nbsp;[http://twitter.com/CLSphila @CLSphila]
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