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August 16, 2023
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Announces Salisbury and Easton Grand Reopening Events to Launch New Brand
Mid Shore Pro Bono Rebranded to Shore Legal Access to Build Engagement Across Maryland’s Eastern Shore EASTON, MD – August 15, 2023 – Mid-Shore...
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Mid-Shore Pro Bono Announces Salisbury and Easton Grand Reopening Events to Launch New Brand
Shore Legal Access Rebrand Press Release
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August 11, 2023
Mid-Shore Pro Bono is now Shore Legal Access!
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July 25, 2023
Mid-Shore Pro Bono earns 2023 Platinum Seal of Transparency
Mid-Shore Pro Bono has recently earned a Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency on GuideStar by showcasing the nonprofit’s mission-driven goals and measured impacts of...
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July 12, 2023
2023 Mid-Shore Pro Bono Committee Annual Report
2023 Mid-Shore Pro Bono Committee Annual Report from the Annual Mid-Shore Regional Pro Bono Committee Meeting, May 3, 2023.
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July 10, 2023
Mid-Shore Pro Bono announces summer interns
Mid-Shore Pro Bono has named Clay Benedict of Baltimore, Maryland, James Parkinson of Oxford, Maryland, and Gabrielle Shlikas of Wye Mills, Maryland as the...
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June 14, 2023
Mid-Shore Pro Bono welcomes new board officers, members
Mid-Shore Pro Bono has announced its newly elected directors and members to its Board while recognizing the service of two departing Board members. Newly...
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May 25, 2023
Nina Crist, Esq. recognized with Judge Robert M. Bell Maryland Pro Bono Service Award
Mid-Shore Pro Bono volunteer family law attorney Nina Crist, Esq. of Royal Oak, Md. has been recognized for exemplary pro bono service as the...
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April 26, 2023
Advance Medical Directives honor May 1 Senior Law Day
Mid-Shore Pro Bono is offering free advance medical directives by appointment on Monday, May 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kramer...
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April 24, 2023
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Receives Cannabis Expungement Grant Funding
Mid-Shore Pro Bono recently received funding from a Maryland Legal Services Corporation (MLSC) grant to provide legal services for cannabis-related criminal record expungement. Funding...
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February 28, 2023
Mid-Shore Pro Bono announces Sandy Brown Public Interest Spring Interns
Mid-Shore Pro Bono has named Marris Hoffee of Millersburg, Ohio, and Jamnesha ‘Jamie’ Ferguson of Aberdeen, Md. as the nonprofit’s 2023 Sandy Brown Public...
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January 9, 2023
Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Easton Office Expands, Relocates
Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Easton office moved to a larger location on December 22, 2022. The new offices are located at 499 Idlewild Ave. and...
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December 5, 2022
Tenants Rights Resource Fair is Dec. 15
Mid-Shore Pro Bono is hosting a Tenant Rights Resource Fair on Thurs., Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Easton branch...
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November 21, 2022
Mid-Shore Pro Bono announces Sandy Brown Public Interest fall interns
Mid-Shore Pro Bono has named Katrina Hibdon of Dunkirk, Md., and Emily Marshall of East New Market, Md. as the nonprofit’s 2022 Sandy Brown...
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November 17, 2022
Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Salisbury Office Expands, Relocates
Recent expansions of services and staff have Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s Salisbury office moving to a larger location beginning Nov. 1. The new offices are...
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Emily Jenkins Joins Mid-Shore Pro Bono as Housing Fellow
Emily Jenkins of Chester, Md. has recently been named a Maryland Legal Services Corporation Housing Fellow at Mid-Shore Pro Bono, where the third-year University...
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November 14, 2022
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Recognizes Top Volunteer Attorneys
Mid-Shore Pro Bono joined the Oct. 23-29 National Celebration of Pro Bono by recognizing its volunteer attorneys for their work providing access to legal...
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September 12, 2022
ShiAnn Steele joins Mid-Shore Pro Bono
ShiAnn Steele of Smyrna, Del. has recently joined the Salisbury office of the non-profit Mid-Shore Pro Bono as the Lower Shore Intake and Outreach...
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August 31, 2022
Mid-Shore Pro Bono offers new tenant counsel services
Mid-Shore Pro Bono recently received funding from two grants to help provide access to pro-bono legal services for tenants facing eviction. The program enhances...
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August 2, 2022
Mid-Shore Pro Bono announces Sandy Brown Public Interest summer interns
Mid-Shore Pro Bono has named Brandon Ewing of Worton, Md., Joshua Goslee of Salisbury, Md., Naiset Perez of Easton, Md., and Megan Rayfield of...
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June 27, 2022
Edith Ramirez joins Mid-Shore Pro Bono as Community Outreach and Communication Coordinator
Edith Ramirez of Greensboro, Md. has recently joined the Easton office of Mid-Shore Pro Bono as the Community Outreach and Communications Coordinator. Her responsibilities...
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June 6, 2022
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...
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June 1, 2022
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...
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May 2, 2022
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....
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April 6, 2022
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...
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April 1, 2022
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,...
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March 21, 2022
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,...
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March 3, 2022
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...
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January 24, 2022
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...
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December 17, 2021
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...
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November 8, 2021
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...
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Meredith Girard named Mid-Shore Pro Bono Executive Director
Meredith Girard named Mid-Shore Pro Bono Executive DirectorMid-Shore Pro Bono’s Board of Directors recently announced Meredith Lathbury Girard will serve as the non-profit’s Executive...
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Mid-Shore Pro Bono recognizes top volunteer attorneys
Mid-Shore Pro Bono joined the Oct. 24-30 National Celebration of Pro Bono by recognizing its volunteer attorneys for their work providing access to legal...
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August 6, 2021
Mid-Shore Pro Bono looking for help providing equal access to civil justice for all
Mid-Shore Pro Bono is launching a call to action to help with the influx of civil legal needs. The nonprofit offers free legal services...
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July 13, 2021
The Daily Record – MD Lawyers anticipate eviction surge but uncertainties remain
Attorneys who represent tenants across Maryland are bracing for a surge of evictions in the coming weeks, saying it’s unclear whether rental assistance programs...
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June 30, 2021
MSPB Participates in Pro Bono Call to Action
COVID-19 created a health, economic and civil justice crisis. As attorneys, YOU can help abate that crisis. The Maryland Attorney General, Maryland Judiciary, Maryland...
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June 16, 2021
Derek Hills of Easton receives 2021 Maryland Pro Bono Service Award Lee A. Caplan Award
EASTON — Local attorney, Derek Hills received the Lee A. Caplan Award this month at the MSBA Legal Summit. Nominated by Mid-Shore Pro Bono,...
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June 1, 2021
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Elects New Officers and Welcomes New 2021 Board Members
EASTON, MD – June 2021 – Mid-Shore Pro Bono (MSPB), a non-profit organization on Maryland’s Eastern Shore that provides free or reduced fee legal services...
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April 1, 2021
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Recruiting New Board Members to Make a Difference in the Community
EASTON, MD – April 2021 – Mid-Shore Pro Bono (MSPB), a non-profit organization on Maryland’s Eastern Shore that provides free access to legal services to...
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February 22, 2021
The Talbot Spy – Mid-Shore Pro Bono Launches Life Planning For All Initiative Video
Mid-Shore Pro Bono (MSPB) launched today ‘Life Planning For All,’ an initiative to assist local families with legal, financial and health care directives, at...
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February 1, 2021
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Launches Life Planning For All Initiative to Assist Families with Financial & Health Care Documentation
‘Take Care of Tomorrow Today’ – Delivers Peace of Mind Through Education and Action Mid-Shore Pro Bono (MSPB), a non-profit organization on Maryland’s Eastern...
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January 8, 2021
MSPB Relieves Family of Hardship Facing Eviction Video
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Things You Should Know About Maryland’s Eviction Moratorium Video
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October 28, 2020
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Awarded Grant from the Maryland Opioid Operational Command Center
Mid-Shore Pro Bono, a non-profit organization on Maryland’s Eastern Shore that provides free access to legal services to low income community members, today announced...
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October 14, 2020
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Launches New Website in Celebration of Pro Bono Month
Mid-Shore Pro Bono, a non-profit organization on Maryland’s Eastern Shore that provides free access to legal services to low income community members, is inviting...
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September 28, 2020
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Relocates Its Chestertown Office to a More Accessible Downtown Space
Mid-Shore Pro Bono, a non-profit organization on Maryland’s Eastern Shore that provides free access to legal services to low income community members, today...
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August 14, 2020
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Receives $15,000 Grant from Qlarant Foundation to Support Child Advocacy Program
Mid-Shore Pro Bono, a non-profit organization on Maryland’s Eastern Shore that provides free access to legal services to low income community members, today announced...
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July 31, 2020
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Offers Walk-in Services throughout the Eastern Shore
You can now access Mid-Shore Pro Bono in your own county! In order to better serve our community, MSPB has several satellite offices where ...
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July 30, 2020
MID-SHORE PRO BONO COVID-19 UPDATE
Mid-Shore Pro Bono values the health of our staff, clients and volunteers. To protect our community, we are suspending WALK-IN's to our 3 offices...
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August 15, 2019
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Welcomes Meredith Girard as New Managing Attorney
Mid-Shore Pro Bono (MSPB) is proud to announce Meredith Lathbury Girard, Esq. has joined their team as the organization’s first-ever Managing Attorney. In...
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May 3, 2019
Mid-Shore Pro Bono’s “Global Embrace” Event Raises $9,000 to Support Vulnerable Populations Assistance Project
On Sunday, April 28th, Mid-Shore Pro Bono welcomed more than 150 guests to its “Global Embrace” event hosted by Ms. Leslie Raimond at the...
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December 18, 2018
Mid-Shore Pro Bono receives $5,000 grant to support economic stability on the Eastern Shore
Mid-Shore Pro Bono is pleased to announce the award of a $5,000 grant from the American College of Bankruptcy Foundation to support their Economic...
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November 7, 2018
Mid-Shore Pro Bono Teams-Up with the BBQ Joint to Host “BBQ for a Cause” Fundraiser
Mid-Shore Pro Bono (MSPB) is teaming-up with the BBQ Joint to host a fundraiser on Tuesday, November 13th from 11:00am – 8:00pm to support...
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April 8, 2018
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...
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March 18, 2018
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...
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February 2, 2018
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...
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