Pro Bono News

Program Provides Counsel to Housing Court Clients (NY)

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

The Center for Court Innovation has launched a new program called Poverty Justice Solutions, in which recent law school graduates represent low-income clients in Housing Court.

The 20 fellows in the program have been assigned to 12 legal service organizations in New York City, where they will spend two years representing tenants facing eviction proceedings or who are seeking repairs to their homes.