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July 26, 2010 - Common Law Featured On ProPublica

Common Law co-founder and staff attorney Karen Gargamelli, Esq. was featured in a ProPublica article titled "When Denying Loan Mods, Loan Servicers Often Wrongly Blame Investors."
 
You can read the entire article here.

Common Law's Second Annual Benefit!

Please join Common Law at our second annual fundraiser on Thursday, June 17th.

April 30, 2010 - Legal Education at Sheepshead Bay

Take a look at what Common Law has been up to this week! In keeping with our mission to make the law more accessible for everyone, we were in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn providing legal education workshops for young people and adults.

April 29th, 2010 - A Statement in Solidarity Against Arizona's Draconian Immigration Law

Common Law stands in solidarity with activists across the country in denouncing the state of Arizona’s Immigration Bill S.B. 1070 as racist, xenophobic, and unconstitutional.

April 21, 2010 - Meet Frank Morales, Housing Organizer at Picture the Homeless

Picture the Homeless Housing Organizer, Frank Morales has preached, squatted, protested, and organized in New York City for over 30 years.

April 12, 2010 - Common Law's Latest Accomplishments

Common Law has been busy this Spring providing a variety of legal service for our community partners. Learn more about some of our latest achievements around foreclosure prevention and protecting the rights of immigrant street vendors.

March 2, 2010

Common Law is excited to announce a new partnership with Picture the Homeless.  Common Law will hold legal clinics helping those in danger of foreclosure to navigate the settlement conference procress.  Through this partnership, Common Law and Picture the Homeless will confront the housing crisis in the Bronx.
 
For more information, please read our press release.

February 3, 2010

Common Law will be participating in "No More 'Affordable' Housing Scams (NO MAHS), a daylong conference on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Hunter College.  The conference will be a forum for housing activists, tenants, squatters, community organizers, and homeless people to discuss issues of affordable housing and community space.  For more information about this conference, please click here.

February 2, 2010

Common Law will be participating in the Citywide National Lawyers Guild (NLG) DisOrientation for Law Students on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Brooklyn Law School.  Common Law Co-Founder and Staff Attorney Jay Kim will be featured on the Career Panel from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.  For more information about this conference, please click here.

January 8, 2010

Common Law is happy to welcome two new part-time staff members: Kerry Toner (Law Graduate) and Kyle Nelson (Program Assistant). (Continued)