by Lee DiFilippo | Apr 21, 2017 | Access to Justice, Our Services |
History In 2012, as a volunteer attorney working with survivors of domestic violence at Texas Advocacy Project, Inc. (TAP), I began to personally experience the lack of access to legal services for low-and moderate-income people. I noticed that we at TAP could never...
by Lee DiFilippo | Apr 19, 2017 | Access to Justice, Press |
Award recipients, from left to right: Thomas Allen, Tom Stutz, Wallace Jefferson and Lee DiFilippo It was with great humility that I received the Impact Award from the Poverty Law Section of the State Bar of Texas on April 12, 2017. As many of you know, since 2012, I...
by Lee DiFilippo | Feb 15, 2017 | Access to Justice, Legal Advice, Our Services |
There is a new law in Texas which is a tremendous benefit to low-and moderate-income people. It is called the Transfer on Death Deed. This Deed allows for the transfer of your home or land to someone, upon your death, without having to go through the very expensive... by Lee DiFilippo | Feb 1, 2017 | Access to Justice |
I am excited to announce that the Washington State Bar formed the first Low Bono Section and is having its first low bono conference on February 24, 2017! Like DiFilippo Holistic Law Center, many other attorneys throughout the country are now offering “Low Bono” legal...
by Lee DiFilippo | Jan 18, 2017 | Access to Justice |
In an effort to address the lack of access to civil legal services for low-and moderate-income Texans, the Texas Supreme Court formed the Texas Commission to Expand Civil Legal Services in November of 2015 dedicated to the following: “Evaluate recent efforts to make... by alek | Jan 13, 2017 | Access to Justice |
DiFilippo Holistic Law Center is honored to be featured in a recent ABA Journal article about nonprofit firms trying to bridge the access-to-justice justice gap. A burgeoning group of legal entrepreneurs is hoping to tap into the nationwide demand for low bono work....