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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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CLASI and CCHS Announce New Medical-Legal Partnership
CLASI’s Medical-Legal partnership is expanding to include Christiana Care Health System (CCHS).
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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…
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An Innovative Approach to Community Health
Executive Director Dan Atkins, and Staff Attorney Marissa Band published this op-ed in the News Journal, highlighting the benefits of the Medical Legal Partnership to community health.
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CLASI and ACLU File Lawsuit on Behalf of Prisoners with Mental Illnesses in Solitary Confinement
At least 100 people with mental illnesses are being held in solitary confinement by the Delaware Department of Corrections under conditions known to make mental illness worse and cause paranoia, self-mutilation, and suicide attempts, according to a lawsuit filed today in federal court by plaintiff Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI). The suit argues that…
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CLASI Appoints Daniel Atkins As New Executive Director
CLASI announced that Daniel Atkins will serve as its new Executive Director. William Dunne retired July 10 after nearly 20 years with the agency, including 3 years as Executive Director. Atkins has worked at CLASI for 25 years, beginning as a staff attorney in his first job after graduating from law school. For most of his…
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