“The Center has a special place in everyone’s heart and we all come back because it’s a second home,” said Suzanna Megrabyan, a former law intern alumni returning for the Center’s inaugural “Super Saturday” on April 25, 2015. Joining Suzanna were 12 other alumni, all former law student interns who spent a past summer
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During a presentation to the board of the Latina Lawyers of Los Angeles Association, Alicia Molina, one of the Center’s bilingual volunteer attorneys, expressed how valuable it is to speak Spanish with Latina clients and understand their cultural background especially when discussing domestic violence and immigration issues. Johanna Sanchez, another Center volunteer attorney, credited the
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“The Best Way to Start Your Day is with a Hug” Paul Ginsberg, father of Larry Ginsberg, died on April 13, 2015. Described as a “legend” and “institution” at the University of Wisconsin Madison where he worked and lived since 1951, he sheparded thousands of students through the roughest parts of their college lives. As
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Giving to the Century Campaign means you can help people like our client, Angelica*, and her young children. Angelica froze when the Utah social worker told her over the phone that her estranged husband was in jail for sexually molesting their 11-year-old daughter. She heard that her children were in child protective custody after an
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Vera Brown-Curtis Hayes would approve of the new Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law project named in her honor to increase utilization of our services by low-income African Americans” says Betty Nordwind the Center’s director. Vera, described by her fellow colleagues as a “passionate advocate, protector and defender of human rights,” devoted her time, skills and funds to three organizations
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