Law Students with Shelter Legal Services Foundation at Boston College (SLSF) provide pro bono, and often emergency, legal services to the homeless, veterans and low-income women. Students from BC and four other Boston-area law schools work together to operate five weekly legal clinics in Boston and Cambridge. Working directly with clients, students handle client-counseling & interviewing, legal research & writing and representation at hearings. Under the direction of staff attorneys and practicing attorneys who volunteer, students handle a variety of legal issues including, housing, child support, social security benefits, immigration and bankruptcy.
Office: F306 (Stuart)
Office phone: 617-552-0623
Co-Presidents: Patrick Connolly, connolpn@bc.edu, and Tom Matthews, thomas.matthews.1@bc.edu
Email: shelterlegalservices@yahoo.com
