{"id":732,"date":"2009-12-08T12:54:28","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T16:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/?p=732"},"modified":"2009-12-08T12:55:34","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T16:55:34","slug":"free-bankruptcy-clinic-in-minneapolis-made-permanent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2009\/12\/08\/free-bankruptcy-clinic-in-minneapolis-made-permanent\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Bankruptcy Clinic in Minneapolis made permanent"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h1>Free bankruptcy clinic made permanent<\/h1>\n<p>The need for the legal help offered by volunteer attorneys at the walk-in clinic is strong in this economy.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/bios\/10645396.html\">KARA McGUIRE<\/a>,<\/strong> Star Tribune<\/p>\n<div id=\"featuredCommentBlock\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"featuredComment\">\n<h4>Bankruptcies Soaring<\/h4>\n<p><span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>No one wants to be sitting across from Mary Hoben on a Thursday morning, but they are awfully glad she&#8217;s there.<\/p>\n<p>Hoben is one of 16 attorneys who donate their time and expertise to low-income Minnesotans at a free bankruptcy advice clinic. The new clinic, held at the U.S. Courthouses in Minneapolis or St. Paul, was set up on a trial basis this spring to assist people tackling the painful and mind-boggling task of filing for bankruptcy without an attorney&#8217;s help. The walk-in clinic was made permanent this fall because demand is strong. In the worst recession since the Great Depression, is that surprising?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/lifestyle\/yourmoney\/78554002.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for the rest of the story.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free bankruptcy clinic made permanent The need for the legal help offered by volunteer attorneys at the walk-in clinic is strong in this economy. By KARA McGUIRE, Star Tribune Bankruptcies Soaring No one wants to be sitting across from Mary Hoben on a Thursday morning, but they are awfully glad she&#8217;s there. Hoben is one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[991,896],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-items","category-resources-consumer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":735,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions\/735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}