Category: Legal Clinic
When We Fight, We Win: DHS Changes Food Stamps Campaign
We raised our voices about an offensive food stamps campaign. DHS listened.
Supervising Attorney Esther Adetunji: Changing the World One Housing Case at a Time
Supervising Attorney Esther Adetunji entered law school wanting to change the world. That mission led her to Bread for the City, where she's found a home in our legal clinic.
Dreaming of a Better Tomorrow: A Conversation about Domestic Violence with BFC Managing Attorney Tracy Davis
We sat down with BFC Managing Attorney Tracy Davis for a candid conversation about domestic violence, reimagining a new system that considers the needs of survivors and why "hope" is more like an axe than a lottery ticket.
More than Skin Deep: Warning Signs of Domestic Violence
Because domestic violence is more than physical abuse, we wanted to share a few resources to help spot the abuse we don't always see immediately.
Former BFC Attorney, Clients Featured in Washington City Paper Article
Former Bread for the City attorney and Assistant Attorney General Stephon Woods and two clients are featured this week in a Washington City Paper article documenting what happens when residents, advocates and attorneys come together to fight unscrupulous and abusive landlords.
Values and Rapid Re-Housing: It’s Time We Do What Works
BFC attorney Samantha Beckett questions whether DC's policy is aligned with DC's stated values on affordable housing, and she calls for long-term housing solutions for families experiencing homelessness.
Managing Attorney Rebecca Lindhurst Calls for Stand-Alone Agency Focused on Rental Housing Inspections and Enforcement of Housing Code Violations at Recent DC Council Hearing
BFC Managing Attorney Rebecca Lindhurst testified on Thursday, April 19th to the DC City Council regarding the proposal to sever functions of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and create a new Department of Buildings. Part of the function that will move is the division managing tenant inspections. Advocates are concerned that (even with the severing of the agency) tenants will still face the same problems with getting inspections and having the agency follow through and properly enforce the housing code. Lindhurst's testimony focuses on a specific Tenant Protection Division.
Interview with BFC Managing Attorney & Cicchino Public Service Award Winner, Tracy Davis
Tracy Davis is a BFC managing attorney and supervises the family law work of our legal clinic. Her advocacy work was recently recognized by her alma mater, American University’s Washington College of Law., where she was one recipient of the Peter M. Cicchino Public Service Award.
Attorney Lance Simon Volunteers to Help BFC Domestic Violence Victims
Originally from South Africa, Lance Simon moved to the DC area in 2012 after living in Atlanta Georgia. Lance has been volunteering at Bread’s Legal Clinic for two and a half years now. He has represented survivors of domestic violence in DC Superior Court, offering civil protection orders to his clients, and even representing a client in a protracted child custody dispute.