Solitary Confinement Panel
CLASI Paralegal Abby Samuels participated on a panel at the University of Delaware on Solitary Confinement in Prisons on April 18, 2016.
DLP Monitoring Presidential Primary Polling Places
The Disabilities Law Program is monitoring polling places in the Presidential Primary for accessibility for people with disabilities. To report on your experience at a polling place, please take a few minutes to complete this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DLP2016VoterSurvey-PresidentialPrimary
Executive Director Dan Atkins receives MLP Award
The National Medical-Legal Partnership presented Executive Director Daniel G. Atkins with its Distinguished Medical-Legal Partnership Advocate Award at the National MLP Summit in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 7, 2016. The award recognizes an MLP practitioner (from health care, law, medicine, nursing, public health, or social work) who has made a significant contribution to the research,…
Senior Staff Attorney Jim McGiffin to Receive Award
The Delaware St. Thomas More Society will present the Monsignor Taggart Award to CLASI Senior Staff Attorney James G. McGiffin, Jr. This prestigious award is presented each year to a member of the Society who exemplifies the following characteristics: – Strong and pervasive sense of justice – Personal courage and conviction – Commitment to law, community and…
Free Tax Resources
Taxes for 2015 are due by Monday, April 18, 2016. The following pamphlets provide information about free tax resources in each county in Delaware. New Castle County: Tax Resources-NCC Tax Resources-NCC Spanish Kent County: Tax Resources-KC Tax Resources-KC Spanish Sussex County: Tax Resources-SC …
Community Legal Aid Society 70th Anniversary Celebration
SAVE THE DATE! October 20, 2016 Bid on a winter week’s luxurious stay in Maui, fine art, fine wine and other fabulous items while supporting free legal services to low-income Delawareans. More details to follow…
Manufactured Homeowners Win in Chancery Court
The Delaware Chancery Court recently ruled that manufactured homeowners are not required to belong to an official manufactured homeowners association in order to challenge unjustified rent hikes. Homeowners were very grateful for CLASI’s assistance in this case, stating the victory would not have been possible without representation by CLASI attorneys Jim McGiffin and Brian Eng. Find…
A Note from the Executive Director:
I am sharing this news with an extremely heavy heart. CLASI’s CFO, Keith Criddell, died suddenly on Nov. 20 at age 53. It was a horrible shock and has hit us all very hard. Perhaps it is the dissonance of his death—he seemed so healthy, so young, fit, and strong. Perhaps it is the human…
CLASI and CCHS Announce New Medical-Legal Partnership
CLASI’s Medical-Legal partnership is expanding to include Christiana Care Health System (CCHS).
DSBA Musical to Benefit the Combined Campaign for Justice
Who ever said lawyers always take themselves too seriously? The bi-annual musical comedy adventure written and performed by members of the Delaware Bar will take place November 20 – 22. The shows feature prosecutors and defense attorneys, corporate lawyers and tort lawyers, legal services lawyers and judges, singing, dancing and acting into hilarity in a…