Wayne Law, TechTown joining forces to offer free legal office hours
The Business and Community Law Clinic at Wayne State University Law School and TechTown Detroit are joining forces to offer free neighborhood legal office hours to qualifying community-based businesses, social enterprises and non-profit organizations who cannot afford an attorney.
The free neighborhood legal office hours include a 30-minute consultation with a supervised, upper-level student attorney who can provide basic legal information and referrals in the area of transactional law. During office hours, the Wayne Law Business and Community Law Clinic will not provide legal advice or counsel. Interested parties can sign up and fill out the required application at go.wayne.edu/bclcevents. The application must be filled out no later than 48 hours after scheduling the appointment or it may be subject to cancellation.
Office hours will be held in February and March throughout Detroit:
• Monday, Feb. 26 (3-7 p.m.) – Eastside Community Network, 4401 Conner St.
• Thursday, March 8 (3-7 p.m.) – Matrix Center, 13560 E. McNichols Road
• Friday, March 9 (noon-4 p.m.) – Detroit Sip, 7420 W. McNichols Road
For more information, visit law.wayne.edu/ clinics/business.
FBA Seminar, ‘The Art of Pleading: Civil Rights and Employment Law after Iqbal’ March 23
Don’t miss this interactive session for practitioners of all experience levels on what it takes to survive a motion to dismiss under the federal pleading standards established in Ashcroft v. Iqbal (2009) and Bell Atlantic v. Twombley (2007) with a focus on civil rights and employment discrimination lawsuits. The Federal Bar Association presents the seminar from 3-5 p.m. Friday, March 23 in the Detroit Room of the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse, 231 W. Lafayette Blvd. in Detroit. Learn from the experts what really counts as “plausible” these days. Featured speakers are U.S. District Judge Judith E. Levy and Prof. Alexander A. Reinart of the Center for Civil Rights and Justice of the Cardozo Law School in New York. This is a free event; however, donations will be accepted. Attendees should register online by March 15 at www.fbamich.org. After that date, email fbamich@fbamich.org to ensure there is room since a large crowd is expected.
Detroit Legal Services Clinic set for Feb. 27
The Detroit Legal Services Clinic provides information and advice from volunteer attorneys in the areas of: divorce, child support, domestic relations issues, expungements, self-representation, and general civil law. The clinic is from 12-3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27 at the Penobscot Building, 13th Floor, Smart Detroit Conference Rooms, 645 Griswold in Detroit. For more information, contact Mary Kovari at mkovari@detroitlawyer.org or (313) 961-6120, ext. 206.
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