Ten years ago, the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law created one of the only family law education programs for incarcerated women in the U.S. 1.What is the jail project? We provide information about dependency, family and probate law to mothers at Century Regional Detention Facility (CRDF), Inglewood and Twin Towers downtown, with an emphasis
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The Board of Directors, staff, volunteers and supporters of the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law congratulate Executive Director Betty Nordwind on her selection by the State Bar of California as the recipient of the 2014 Loren Miller Legal Services Award! The State Bar of California is bestowing its prestigious Loren Miller Legal Services Award for 2014
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“Every day at the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law is stimulating and engaging. The staff creates an environment that facilitates learning and growth,” says 2014 Trope and Trope Public Interest Fellow Rochelle Smith (USC, 3L). Assigned one-on-one to staff attorneys for direction and supervision, interns get a lot of hands on experience drafting pleadings
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To equip low-income dads with tools to better understand the responsibilities of parenthood, the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law has designed a special legal education program for them. Presented in collaboration with the Fatherhood Project of Children’s Institute, Inc. (CII), a large social services agency serving disadvantaged families, the program is offered at sites
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The Northern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) awarded Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law Executive Director Betty Nordwind with the 2014 De Goff and Sherman Award for her significant and meaningful contributions to family law in California. AAML noted several of her achievements, including helping to develop the self-help model
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