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For community associations and nonprofit organizations
To apply for legal assistance from the Community Law Center, please complete and submit an application along with the nonrefundable application fee and all requested information (current clients click here.) If your organization would like help applying for tax-exempt status please also submit a draft of the completed IRS Form 1023.
Once received, the Pro Bono Project staff review the applications and may contact client organizations for additional information. Once a client is accepted by the Community Law Center, the Pro Bono Project staff matches the organization with an appropriate volunteer attorney. Finding a match generally takes several weeks after all information has been submitted. Due to the volunteer nature of the Pro Bono Project, the Community Law Center cannot guarantee placement of all cases. However, the Pro Bono Project has a long history of successfully matching the overwhelming majority of applicant clients with pro bono attorneys.
Once a match is made with a pro bono attorney, the client organization will directly work with that attorney on the legal issue at hand. During the course of representation, however, the Pro Bono Project staff maintains contact with the client and volunteer attorney to provide assistance when necessary.
Beyond the nonrefundable application fee, no fees are charged for the volunteer attorney's time, but clients are responsible for direct expenses (filing fees, postage, copying expenses, etc.) related to their cases.
Community organizations and nonprofits are encouraged to purchase the Community Law Center's manual "How to Start a Nonprofit Organization in Maryland" to get their organization started as well as to keep their organization running efficiently and effectively. Community associations are also encouraged to purchase the Community Law Center's manual "Revitalizing Baltimore's Neighborhoods: Legal Tools for Community Associations" for in-depth information on strategies community associations can use to make their neighborhood a place everyone would want to call home!
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