Mid-Shore Pro Bono (MSPB) is teaming up with the BBQ Joint to host a fundraiser on Tuesday, November 13th, from 11:00 am – 8:00 pm to support its new Child Advocacy Project. 10 percent of sales on November 13th will be donated to Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Child Advocacy...
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Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Vulnerable Populations Assistance Project Receives Accreditations and Funding
To further their efforts to provide legal services to low-income members of the Eastern Shore community, Mid-Shore Pro Bono is pleased to announce that it has recently been authorized by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide legal services through...
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Helps Those Struggling with Legal Issues
Mid-Shore Pro Bono has identified the top three civil legal issues facing young people and families of the Eastern Shore based on their work with clients during the first quarter of 2019. These issues involve advocating for children, caring for elderly loved ones, and...
Mid-Shore Pro Bono to Open Salisbury Location
Mid-Shore Pro Bono is opening an office in Salisbury to expand its elder law programs and services to the citizens of Wicomico County. The new location at 212 West Main Street, Suite 302 is slated to open on or about March 1st.“The new Salisbury location enables us to...
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Geoffrey Cooke, Esq. Joins Mid-Shore Pro Bono as Staff Attorney
Geoffrey L. Cooke, Esq. of Easton, MD, has recently joined the Easton and Salisbury offices of the non-profit Mid-Shore Pro Bono as a staff attorney. Cooke is a previous Mid-Shore Pro Bono volunteer attorney and has spent the last nine years helping clients in family...
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Welcomes New Board Members
Mid-Shore Pro Bono has announced its new Board of Directors members while recognizing the service of a departing Board member. Newly elected are Directors Hillary Lindeman, Clinton Pettus, Ph.D., Rosemary Ramsey Granillo, and Anthony Rodriguez, Esq. Officers...
Advance Directives Workshops Held May 2 Across Mid-Shore
Mid-Shore Pro Bono and the Maryland State Bar Association are hosting free informational sessions for seniors on advance medical directives beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Mon., May 2, at locations in Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, and Queen Anne’s Counties. Participants...
Meet Austin Graham, Esq., Mid-Shore Pro Bono Intern Alumnus
Austin Graham, Esq. of Easton MD, and now Alexandria, VA, interned with Mid-Shore Pro Bono in 2013 when he was between his first and second years of study at William and Mary Law School. Graham is a 2008 Easton High School graduate and earned a Bachelor of Science...
Laura L. Chafey named Mid-Shore Pro Bono Legal Director
Mid-Shore Pro Bono recently named Laura L. Chafey, Esq. as the non-profit’s Legal Director. Chafey most recently served as Dorchester County’s Assistant State's Attorney, where she gained extensive experience working on legal issues impacting families and children....
Mid-Shore Pro Bono announces promotion, new Administrative Director
Mid-Shore Pro Bono has recently announced Alicia Myers of Queen Anne, Md. has been promoted from Community Outreach Coordinator to Elder Law Case Manager, and Cheryl Lee of Preston, Md. has been hired as the nonprofit’s new Administrative Director. Both are working...
Elliett Earhart named first Sandy Brown Public Interest Intern
Elliett Earhart of Westover, MD, has been named Mid-Shore Pro Bono's first Sandy Brown Public Interest Intern. The paid internship program was established in late 2021 to honor MSPB Past Executive Director Sandy Brown. The donor-funded program provides undergraduate...
Meet Laura L. Chafey, Esq.
Laura L. Chafey, Esq. of St. Michaels, Md. includes her Mid-Shore Pro Bono internship as part of the preparation she received to serve in her current role as Dorchester County’s Assistant States Attorney, a position she’s held since 2015.“I was eager to intern with...
Mid-Shore Pro Bono announces new internship program
Mid-Shore Pro Bono announced a new Sandy Brown Public Interest Internship at a Dec. 2 reception to honor Brown, who is stepping down at the end of December after serving for 13 years as the legal assistance network’s Executive Director. Current Mid-Shore Pro Bono...
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Executive Director Sandy Brown to step down
Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Board of Directors has recently announced Sandy Brown is stepping down after serving as the nonprofit legal assistance organization’s longest-standing Executive Director for the last 13 years. “Every organization’s natural evolution is for the...
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