Tagged: pro bono

Spring Break Pro Bono

March 18, 2019 at 9:27 pm

Spring Break should be a time for wild parties, going to the beach, or just getting back home to see family and friends right? Well, usually that’s the case for me, but for some reason, I decided to apply for BU’s Spring Break Pro Bono trips. BU offers a wide variety of trips to help out those […]

By Conner Kingsley | Posted in In the Community, Jobs/Internships, Uncategorized | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

Going to Jail

November 9, 2015 at 10:30 am

This year, I chose to do the Immigrant Rights Clinic (IRC) at BU Law. After my work at the Florida Immigrant Coalition this past summer, the IRC seemed like a good way to follow up on what I had learned and to further my lawyering skills. For the majority of the clinic this semester, I […]

By Rio | Posted in Clinics, Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Spring break pro bono’s so nice, I did it twice!

March 19, 2015 at 7:16 pm

Last year I went to Portland, Maine, to work at Pine Tree Legal Assistance for spring break, as part of the BU Law Pro Bono Program’s spring service trips. The work was so educational, so interesting, and so fulfilling that I decided to go for a second round! I was the only student from last […]

By margolis | Posted in Extracurriculars, In the Community, Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Public Interesting

March 23, 2014 at 3:11 pm

This month has been a bit of a rushed stress-fest, so in lieu of a story about law prom (which you should definitely go to, by the way!), I thought I’d offer an excerpt of an essay I recently wrote to explain my interest in public interest and pro bono work. Writing it reminded me […]

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Your ‘junk’ debt is my pro bono dream

March 18, 2014 at 2:10 pm

When is the last time you saw a credit card company write a letter like this? Dear Valued Customer, How are you? We heard that you’re going through a tough time at work, and your kid needed emergency surgery last month. We understand that the price of food and gas has gone up, and it’s […]

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