August 18, 2021
Darryl Maxwell Introduced as Acting Executive Director
The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center’s Executive Vice President, Robert J. Spagnoletti, has named Darryl Maxwell as its acting executive director.
August 18, 2021
The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center’s Executive Vice President, Robert J. Spagnoletti, has named Darryl Maxwell as its acting executive director.
June 28, 2021
By Matt Stephen
The D.C. Bar presented its annual awards for outstanding leadership, service, and innovation at the Celebration of Leadership on June 24.
May 25, 2021
By Matt Stephen
On May 18, the D.C. Council voted to maintain the city’s eviction moratorium. The moratorium protects tenants from eviction for nonpayment until 60 days after the public health emergency (which the Mayor just extended to July 25) ends.
May 21, 2021
By Matt Stephen
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the District of Columbia in early 2020, the impact was immediate and severe. The widespread fear and uncertainty and devastating loss of lives was accompanied by a wave of economic despair.
April 27, 2021
By Matt Stephen
Each year, the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center helps more than 2,500 tenants avoid eviction, improve their housing conditions, and more.
March 25, 2021
By Matt Stephen
The Pro Bono Center quickly transformed last March when COVID-19 changed the fabric of legal services and life itself. March 16, 2021 marked one year of remote legal services for the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center.
March 19, 2021
The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center stands in solidarity with the Asian American community in the wake of the mass shootings in Atlanta and the appalling incidents of hate crimes against Asian Americans across the country over the last year.
February 12, 2021
By Matt Stephen
Clark Hill associate and Immigration Legal Advice & Referral Clinic mentor Elsy Ramos Velasquez saw the need for legal resources in the D.C. Latino community at a young age.
February 12, 2021
By Matt Stephen
For 27 years, D.C. residents who need a lawyer to represent them have sought help from the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center’s Advocacy & Justice Clinic. The Clinic has placed thousands of cases with volunteer attorneys who have transformed their clients’ lives.
January 26, 2021
By Matt Stephen
A D.C. Superior Court judge overturned the District’s eviction filing moratorium in December, ruling that the ban on new eviction filings is unconstitutional.
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