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Attorney Laura Waterland Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Laura Waterland (left), former CLASI Disabilities Law Program Project Director, at the 2024 LIFE Conference with current Disabilities Law Program Project Director Marissa Band Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (“CLASI”) is proud to announce that attorney Laura Waterland is the recipient of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the State Council for Persons with Disabilities…
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CLASI’s Laura Graham Named “Top Lawyer” by Delaware Today
Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (“CLASI”) is excited to announce that Deputy Director Laura Graham has been named a 2023 “Top Lawyer” by Delaware Today magazine. She was selected as a top lawyer for immigration and international law, based on a poll of lawyers across the state regarding the best practitioners in various areas of…
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CLASI Welcomes Findings of New Delaware School Funding Study
On December 12, 2023, the Delaware Department of Education released the results of a new independent assessment of the state’s public school funding system. The assessment is the result of a legal settlement reached in 2020 with Delawareans for Educational Opportunity and the NAACP Delaware State Conference, who filed suit in 2018 seeking more equitable…
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CLASI Deputy Director Laura Graham Receives Vision of Peace Award
(Pictured: Domestic Violence Coordinating Council Executive Director Angela DiNunzio Seguin, Laura Graham, and CLASI Executive Director Dan Atkins) We are pleased to announce that Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI) Deputy Director Laura Graham has received the 2023 Vision of Peace Award from the Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence, in recognition of her outstanding leadership…
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Renters’ Right to Representation Bill Passes Delaware General Assembly
June 14, 2023 Historic Renters’ Right to Representation Bill Passes Delaware General Assembly Delaware becomes fourth state in U.S. to provide right to representation for renters facing eviction Today, the Delaware General Assembly passed historic legislation ensuring low-income renters a right to representation in eviction actions, making Delaware only the fourth state in the nation…
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Marissa Band Named New Disabilities Law Program Project Director
Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI) is pleased to announce that Marissa L. Band, Esq., M.P.A.P., will be the new Project Director of our Disabilities Law Program (DLP) starting June 1, 2023. The DLP is Delaware’s designated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency for people with disabilities, providing free advocacy services to children and adults…
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CLASI Wins Important Fair Housing Victory in Delaware Supreme Court
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 11, 2023 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Sarah Rhine, Esq. Managing Attorney, CLASI Housing Unit 302-674-8503 / srhine@declasi.org CLASI Wins Important Fair Housing Victory in Delaware Supreme Court Decision Will Impact Tenants with Disabilities Facing Eviction Statewide WILMINGTON, DE—Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (“CLASI”) has obtained a significant fair housing victory in the…
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CLASI Disabilities Law Program Report Finds Widespread Accessibility Violations at Delaware Polling Places
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2023 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Laura Waterland, Esq. Project Director, CLASI Disabilities Law Program 302-476-8509 / lwaterland@declasi.org New Report from CLASI Disabilities Law Program Finds Widespread ADA Accessibility Violations at Delaware’s Polling Places WILMINGTON, DE—Ahead of Delaware’s upcoming School Board Elections on May 9, the Disabilities Law Program (“DLP”) of Community…
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CLASI Joins Supreme Court Amicus Brief Supporting Student Debt Relief Program
Yesterday, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI) joined the Student Borrower Protection Center, the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, and more than 70 other legal services and borrower advocacy organizations in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Biden Administration’s student loan debt relief program. The Biden program provides up…
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