On May 18, 2012 The Harriett Buhai Center and HBCFL Senior Staff Attorney Cheryl Segal were honored by El Camino College for the Center’s Community College Program. Community colleges play an important role helping low-income students and their families become self-sufficient. Providing the support they need to stay in school is important not only to
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The Harriett Buhai Center is thrilled to welcome our 2012 Summer Law Students Ashley Caldwell, Rebecca Fischer, Meaghan Glisczinski, Shani Kupferman, Kelley Lowe, Brody McKelvey and Laura Zaragoza. Law students are an integral part of the Center’s practice and the Center is strongly committed to mentoring and training our students. During their first two weeks
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In honor of the many hard working mothers on staff at the Harriett Buhai Center, we sat down with three mothers to learn more about how being a parent affects their work with clients at the Center. Read below for an interview with Client Assistant Karina Estrella and Staff Attorneys Nina Combellack and Judy Schwartz-Behar.
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The work of the Center would not be possible without its dedicated team of volunteers. We asked volunteer, Board member and entrepreneur Jodi Bell Ticknor to share her experience and inspirations as a mother at the Harriett Buhai Center. “I feel rewarded and challenged each time I work at the Harriett Buhai Center. I know
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On Saturday, April 28th the Harriett Buhai Center held its family law training for new volunteers at Loyola Law School. Keynote speaker Judge Willett, HBCFL Board President Jessica Uzcategui and experienced volunteer attorneys joined with Center staff lawyers in teaching to the nearly 70 new enrollees. Here is just a taste of the wonderful feedback
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