Community Law Center Inc

Community Law center is maryland's only legal services organization dedicated solely to strengthening neighborhoods and the nonprofit sector. For over 30 years, Community Law center's attorneys have been providing learning opportunities and direct legal representation for neighborhood-led groups, Community associations, grassroots organization and small nonprofits in maryland with a strong concentration in Baltimore city. Community Law center is the legal partner for neighborhood organizations and nonprofits that lack the financial resources to pay for private legal representation. Through Community Law center programs, the organization has assisted in the capacity building of hundreds of Community associations and nonprofits, facilitated the revitalization of blighted land and vacant structures, reduced crime and nuisance activities stemming from residential and commercial properties and helped communities and nonprofits accomplish their goals and achieve their mission. Community Law center recognizes that in order to dismantle systematic racism, the organization's work must be a collaborative approach to legal representation in which attorneys contribute their legal knowledge and skills in partnership with Community leaders to support priorities and initiatives identified, and led, by directly impacted groups. Community Law center has provided countless hours of free legal services to organization working to make positive change. These legal services are provided by staff attorneys through the organization's Community legal services program or volunteer attorneys through the organization's pro bono program. With staff attorneys and hundreds of volunteer attorneys, Community Law center is equipped to provide representation to neighborhoods and nonprofits for all of their legal needs. In addition to direct legal representation, Community Law center also develops self-help publications, workshops and training programs for the organization's attorneys, clients and Community leaders.