Greater Boston Legal Services seeks an attorney with at least 6 years of experience or more to work in the Housing Unit, focusing on eviction defense and other types of litigation.
Greater Boston Legal Services
Legal Services
Boston, MA 3,915 followers
Fighting for justice for all...
About us
Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) plays an indispensable role in the lives of poor people in the Boston area by providing free, high-quality civil (noncriminal) legal assistance to low-income individuals and families. GBLS helps its clients navigate the complex maze of laws and regulations, enabling them to obtain the basic necessities of life. GBLS annually provides assistance to over 10,000 people who live at or below 125% of the federal poverty standard ($30,750 for a family of 4).
- Website
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http://www.gbls.org
External link for Greater Boston Legal Services
- Industry
- Legal Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1900
Locations
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Primary
197 Friend St.
Boston, MA 02114, US
Employees at Greater Boston Legal Services
Updates
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Congratulations to the team at Wolf Greenfield, who once again outraised the competition and won the Jack Ward Cup in GBLS' 2024 Associates Drive! Your efforts help us serve more survivors of domestic violence - thank you!
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Stable, quality housing is crucial to overall health and wellness, especially for GBLS' most vulnerable clients. We are so proud to receive much needed funding from the Massachusetts General Hospital Community Health Impact funds to tackle housing stability. Mass General Brigham Mass General Hospital
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The consequences of living under threat of eviction are wide-ranging and severe, and they extend far beyond one's finances, into physical and mental health, community support, and the ability to access critical resources. “'People don’t choose to live in poverty,' [GBLS housing attorney Lauren] Honigman said."
Eviction takes its toll on more than one’s finances - The Boston Globe
bostonglobe.com
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Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) seeks to hire a staff attorney with 0 to 3 years of legal experience to join our Welfare Law Unit (WLU). The WLU uses a range of legal advocacy to enforce legal rights to cash welfare benefits, food assistance and childcare benefits. The WLU’s legal advocacy includes direct representation of individual clients and their families; systemic administrative advocacy directed at targeted state and federal agencies; class action and other impact lawsuits and; legislative advocacy campaigns to expand, improve, and defend income, food, and childcare programs. The WLU's clients include parents with children and single adults with disabilities. Many of our clients have experienced domestic violence or other traumas, have disabilities and/or children with disabilities, are unhoused, and are immigrants.
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Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) seeks to hire a staff attorney with 4 to 10 years of legal experience to join our Welfare Law Unit (WLU). The WLU uses a range of legal advocacy to enforce legal rights to cash welfare benefits, food assistance and childcare benefits. The WLU’s legal advocacy includes direct representation of individual clients and their families; systemic administrative advocacy directed at targeted state and federal agencies; class action and other impact lawsuits and; legislative advocacy campaigns to expand, improve, and defend income, food, and childcare programs. The WLU's clients include parents with children and single adults with disabilities. Many of our clients have experienced domestic violence or other traumas, have disabilities and/or children with disabilities, are unhoused, and are immigrants.