Maureen van Stone, Esq., M.S., Director of Project HEAL, a medical-legal partnership between Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service and Kennedy Krieger Institute, and the Associate Director of the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities, and a resident of Towson, has been selected for the Leadership Maryland Class of 2012, its 20th Anniversary Class. Founded in 1992, Leadership … Read More »
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service announces that sixteen members of its Board of Directors have been selected for inclusion in Maryland Super Lawyers for 2012: Edward J. Baines, Saul Ewing LLP; Rignal W. Baldwin, Baldwin, Kagan & Gormley, LLC; Alan C. Cason, McGuireWoods LLP; Caroline D. Ciraolo, Rosenberg | Martin | Greenberg LLP; Lawrence D. Coppel, … Read More »
Ms. McSherry, Principal at Kramon & Graham, PA and MVLS Board Member, received the Maryland Legal Services Corporation’s 2011 Arthur W. Machen, Jr. Award at its annual awards ceremony December 5, 2011. The award is presented to an attorney who has rendered extraordinary service by providing civil legal services to the poor or by improving … Read More »
Ms. Swift, Director of Pro Bono Programs at MVLS, received the Maryland Legal Services Corporation’s 2011 William L. Marbury Outstanding Advocate Award at its annual awards ceremony December 5, 2011. The award is presented to a non-attorney who has demonstrated outstanding service in Maryland representing the rights and legal needs of low-income persons. READ MORE … Read More »
Ms. van Stone, Director of Project HEAL at Kennedy Krieger Institute, was recognized as one of the Daily Record’s 2011 Leading Women on December 1, 2011. This award is presented to women age 40 or younger for the tremendous accomplishments they have made so far in their career. They are judged on professional experience, community … Read More »
Hope Tipton, Director of Project HEAL at the JHU Children’s Center, was awarded the Bar Association of Baltimore City’s annual Presidential Award on November 22, 2011. This award is presented to a member of the Association who has “selflessly undertaken” civic and charitable service to help the most vulnerable populations in Baltimore and who has … Read More »
The Baltimore County Bar Association presented Laurie Hansen their Pro Bono Attorney of the Year award on October 27, 2011. Ms. Hansen is a 15-year volunteer of Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, Maryland’s largest provider of pro bono legal services. In that time she has taken a total of 35 pro bono family law cases.
Read about MVLS in the Baltimore Sun article about the increasing need for pro bono legal services.
Check out MVLS Deputy Director Richard Chambers as he is interviewed on GBCHRB Fair Housing News.
