In an innovative partnership, Southwestern Law School and the Harriett Buhai Center have banded together to offer SWLS students a family law clinic program incorporating both academic and real-world practice experience for school credit. The only clinical education program in LA dedicated to family law including topics pertaining to stopping domestic violence and enhancing the welfare of
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The Center simply couldn’t do without our dedicated volunteers! Which is why, in an effort to offer new volunteers more frequent on-boarding opportunities, the Center has adopted a new volunteer training process. The pilot program is launching on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, starting with our New Volunteer Orientation (NVO). Interested lawyers, law students, and law school graduates
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I am excited and pleased to introduce you to our Director of Legal Services, Elizabeth Erickson, who began this new job on July 1, 2019. As Director of Legal Services, Elizabeth’s position encompasses management and oversight of all aspects of our legal program. In addition to relieving me of oversight of the legal program, I believe that our new full-time position
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The Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership (LARRP) is a countywide network of public, community and faith-based agencies and advocates working together to provide support and advance positive change for formerly incarcerated and convicted Angelenos. The Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law, through its Women’s Gender-Responsive Jail Project, is proud to partner with LARRP in its
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On February 12, 2019, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors adopted several recommendations proposed by the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law in its recent report, Lynwood to Lancaster: Opportunities and Challenges for the Los Angeles County Women’s Jail Relocation. It voted to completely stop the move to Mira Loma Detention Center in Lancaster
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